Educational Technology Companies Succeeding in the Marketplace

I recently read an article on BostInno that caught my attention. The article, which can be found here, discussed how well education technology companies have been doing recently.

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What I found most interesting about this article was that much of the recent success of these companies can be attributed to the Common Core Initiative. Common Core has created, as its name suggests, a common standard for the majority of the country. Therefore, technology companies can make programs that they can sell all over the country, not just in specific states. 

I personally hope that the greater profitability of these education technology companies leads to greater research and development which in turn will lead to even better programs being developed. Technology is currently such an important part of education and hopefully it continues to improve.