BIG DATA: Nelson Heller, founder of the influential education broadsheet, the Heller Report, just released the first in a two-part series on "big data" here. Heller ticks off a list of big data companies to watch in education including: Amplify (Wireless Generation’s parent), DreamBox Learning, McGraw-Hill (with LearnSmart), Grockit, Knewton, Junyo, Civitas Learning, Revolution K12, Root-1, and the somewhat mysterious Pierson Labs.
