The Curve Weekly: The nation’s largest district pauses software purchases as federal funding, incumbent renewals, and stalled literacy gains reshape the K–12 market.
The Curve Weekly: Growing scrutiny of noncompetitive renewals could create new openings for challengers and force incumbents to defend pricing, performance, and switching costs.
International Enrollment, AI Governance, and Graduate Aid Move Into Execution
The Ecosystem Weekly: DHS visa reforms, graduate aid implementation, AI governance, and new research partnership models reshape institutional priorities.
A $2.4B Special Education Increase Changes the Vendor Signal
The Curve Weekly: The strongest K-12 opportunities now sit where districts face mandated delivery obligations, staffing pressure, and documentation requirements they cannot postpone.
District Demand Is Still There. The Rules Are Changing.
The Curve Weekly: From California’s delayed funding fight to Massachusetts’ literacy mandate and Buffalo’s structured-literacy rebid, vendors face a more controlled K–12 buying environment.
