Edtech Companies
Edtech companies create the tools and materials that help people learn. There are roles in sales, marketing, and customer success — often working directly with school districts, higher-ed administrators, or HR and training leaders.
If you’re technical, there’s always demand for engineers, designers, and product managers to build products. If your background is in education or curriculum, you’ll find opportunities to design learning experiences, assessments, and content that drive real impact in classrooms and workplaces.
LINQ
LINQ helps school districts manage operations like finance, HR, nutrition programs, and family payments. It supports school meals, payroll, purchasing, and online payments for fees and lunches, helping districts reduce paperwork and run more efficiently. LINQ works with about 30 percent of U.S. school districts, serves over 17mm students, processes payroll for more than 360,000 staff, and supports over 1 billion school meals each year.
Learning A-Z
Learning A-Z provides reading, writing, and science resources for elementary classrooms. Its products include Raz-Plus and Raz-Kids for leveled reading practice, Foundations A-Z for early reading skills, and Science A-Z, Writing A-Z, and Vocabulary A-Z for subject support. Learning A-Z serves more than 1mm students in over 170 countries.
Promethean
Promethean is best known for interactive classroom displays and teaching software used in K-12 schools. Its ActivPanel displays are widely used for class instruction, paired with tools like Explain Everything and ActivSuite for lesson creation and collaboration. Promethean is a market leader in interactive displays in the U.S. and UK, and its software is used by more than 4mm teachers and students.
ACT
The ACT is a nonprofit education organization best known for its college admissions exam. It also provides K-12 assessments, college and career readiness tools, workforce credentials such as WorkKeys, and research services for schools, states, and employers.
Skyward
Skyward is an Student Information System (SIS) for K-12 schools and school districts. Its tools include - student data management, attendance tracking, student finance, payroll, and human resources. Skyward also offers Qmlativ, a modern system that brings student and district data together, and DistrictPulse, an analytics tool that helps leaders understand trends and make decisions.
