Education Week

What Education Week does

Education Week is a K-12 education news and information organization published by Editorial Projects in Education, Inc. (EPE), a nonprofit corporation incorporated in Maryland and headquartered at 6935 Arlington Road, Suite 100, Bethesda. Founded in 1981 and self-described as American education's newspaper of record, it serves classroom teachers, school and district administrators, and education industry vendors across all 50 U.S. states, with the underlying editorial product spanning leadership, policy & politics, teaching & learning, technology, and opinion content distributed primarily through the edweek.org website and a family of email newsletters.

The product portfolio centers on the flagship digital publication and is augmented by several integrated sub-brands: EdWeek Top School Jobs (a recruitment marketplace hosting more than 10,000 K-12 positions), EdWeek Market Brief (a B2B subscription service delivering district purchasing intelligence and industry analysis), and the EdWeek Research Center (a proprietary survey research arm that produces nationally representative teacher data, the annual State of Teaching project, and a proprietary Teacher Morale Index measured on a -100 to +100 scale). Additional products include the Leaders to Learn From annual recognition program, Technology Counts annual ed-tech report, targeted newsletters (EdWeek Update, The Savvy Principal, EdWeek Tech Leader), Online Summits and webinars, interactive Trackers data tools (including a state-level K-12 AI policy tracker), sponsored whitepapers, and Custom Research services. Reported technology investments include proprietary survey infrastructure, multimedia production capability, and engagement tooling across web and email.

The business model operates on multiple parallel revenue streams: annual individual and group/corporate subscriptions on the edweek.org platform, recruitment advertising through Top School Jobs, B2B Market Brief subscriptions aimed at ed-tech vendors, sponsored content and webinars, custom research engagements, and philanthropic grants from roughly ten major foundations, including the Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Overdeck Family Foundation, Siegel Family Endowment, Charles Butt Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Nellie Mae Education Foundation. Specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. EPE operates as a private nonprofit with 51-100 employees, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed acquisitions or fundraising rounds; editorial decisions are controlled by the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director under governance by a Board of Trustees, with an explicit firewall separating funder interests from editorial content.

Name

Education Week

Legal name

Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.

Website

https://edweek.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Education Week, published by the nonprofit Editorial Projects in Education since 1981, provides daily K-12 education journalism and proprietary research to U.S. educators, administrators, and ed-tech vendors through edweek.org and integrated sub-brands for recruitment, market intelligence, and survey research.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Education News & Information Services

NAICS

Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Studies & Civics Instruction (School-Delivered) (EDAJAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Instructional Delivery & Pedagogy (School-Led) (EDAJAFAB)

Keywords

• K-12 education news
• Education journalism
• Education market intelligence
• Teacher survey research
• Education recruitment platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Bethesda

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Individual and organizational subscriptions providing access to Education Week's digital content, archives, and premium resources including newsletters and specialized publications.
2. Advertising & Marketing Solutions: Recruitment advertising through EdWeek Top School Jobs platform and general advertising/marketing solutions for reaching K-12 educators and administrators.
3. Group/Corporate Subscriptions: Organizational subscriptions providing institutional access to content for entire school district staff or education organizations.
4. Sponsored Content & Webinars: Sponsored whitepapers, webinars, virtual events, and special reports including branded content from education technology and service providers.
5. Philanthropic Grants: Grant funding from foundations supporting specific enterprise journalism projects, general operations, and special initiatives including Technology Counts, Leaders to Learn From, EdWeek Market Brief, and the State of Teaching Project.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Education Week, published by the nonprofit Editorial Projects in Education, Inc., operates a subscription-based K-12 education news and information platform (edweek.org) providing daily journalism on leadership, policy, teaching, learning, and technology. The portfolio includes specialized sub-brands such as EdWeek Market Brief (B2B market intelligence for education vendors), EdWeek Top School Jobs (K-12 recruitment marketplace), the EdWeek Research Center (proprietary survey research), and annual projects like The State of Teaching and Leaders to Learn From.

Product overview

Education Week operates as a multi-platform media organization serving the K-12 education sector. The core product is the flagship news publication (edweek.org) covering leadership, policy, teaching & learning, and technology topics. This is supported by specialized sub-brands: EdWeek Top School Jobs (a recruitment advertising platform), EdWeek Market Brief (market intelligence for education vendors), and the EdWeek Research Center (proprietary survey research). Key special initiatives include The State of Teaching (annual teacher survey project), Leaders to Learn From (district leader recognition), and Technology Counts (annual tech report). Additional products include targeted newsletters (EdWeek Update, The Savvy Principal, EdWeek Tech Leader), Online Summits (virtual events), Trackers (data tools), Custom Research services, and Whitepapers/Spotlights. The portfolio functions as an integrated news-and-information ecosystem for educators, administrators, policymakers, and education vendors rather than a single software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Education Week (Main Publication) The flagship K-12 education news and information platform providing daily coverage of teaching, leadership, policy, technology, and student achievement across U.S. schools, available via individual and organizational subscriptions.
• EdWeek Top School Jobs A specialized K-12 job board and recruitment advertising platform enabling job seekers to search teaching, principal, and administrative positions, and enabling school districts and education employers to post job listings and recruit candidates.
• EdWeek Market Brief
• EdWeek Research Center
• The State of Teaching
• Technology Counts
• Leaders to Learn From
• Online Summits (Virtual Events and Webinars)
• Trackers
• Custom Research
• Whitepapers & Spotlights
• Email Newsletters (EdWeek Update, EdWeek Tech Leader, The Savvy Principal)

Quantifiable outcome

• Education Week has won multiple journalism awards including Azbee Awards (Magazine of the Year 2026, multiple gold/silver/bronze medals), Neal Awards, SIPAwards, EWA Awards, and NABJ Salute to Excellence recognition.
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Chalkbeat: Nonprofit digital news organization covering K-12 education with similar editorial mission, foundation funding model, and target audience of educators, administrators, and policymakers. Closest comparable in business model and nonprofit journalism structure.
• The 74: Nonprofit education news site covering K-12 and education policy with similar foundation-supported model, directly competing for the same K-12 educator and policymaker audience across digital channels.
• The Hechinger Report: Nonprofit national education news outlet covering K-12 and higher education, with similar editorial scope, foundation funding structure, and target audience of education professionals and policymakers.
• K-12 Dive: Trade publication serving K-12 administrators and educators with industry news, similar newsletter and digital content model, and overlapping advertising-supported revenue streams.
• District Administration: Long-running K-12 administration trade publication targeting superintendents and district leaders with news and analysis, closely comparable in audience segmentation and B2B advertising model.
• EdSurge: Ed-tech-focused news and information service covering K-12 and higher ed with strong overlap on education technology, district purchasing intelligence, and vendor audience targeting.
• EdTech Magazine: Trade publication focused on educational technology in K-12 and higher education, comparable in audience (IT leaders, ed-tech decision-makers) and in overlapping coverage of classroom technology, data privacy, and infrastructure topics.
• Education Next: Education policy journal and news outlet covering K-12 reform with similar academically-rigorous editorial approach and education leader audience, though with stronger policy-research tilt.
• eSchool News: K-12 ed-tech news and resource publication with similar target audience of educators and technology leaders, comparable digital content and newsletter format, and overlapping advertising-supported revenue model.

Regional players

• Scholastic Administrator: K-12 leadership magazine and digital resource from Scholastic serving principals and district administrators with news, lesson resources, and best practices; comparable in audience and editorial scope though backed by a curriculum publisher.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/educationweek
• YouTubeyoutube.com/educationweek
• Facebookfacebook.com/edweek
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/26657
• Instagraminstagram.com/educationweek

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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