Concord, California – October 28, 2026 -- eTeamSponsor, a funding platform for K-12 and higher education that says it has raised more than $300 million, has launched eTeamSponsor Ticketing, a mobile-friendly digital ticketing product for game day that is available now.

Ticketing runs on the same supporter data as school fundraising

Ticketing is built into the existing eTeamSponsor platform. Every ticket buyer therefore connects to the supporter data behind a school's fundraising, giving days and sponsorships.

BEIJING – October 28, 2026 -- New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE: EDU / 9901.SEHK) reported a 23.1% year-over-year rise in net revenues to US$1,874.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2027, ended August 31, 2026. Operating income rose 20.5% to US$374.7 million, and net income attributable to the company rose 13.5% to US$273.2 million.

ARLINGTON, Va. – October 28, 2026 -- The American Institutes for Research (AIR), a Gold Conference Sponsor, will present in 10 panels, roundtables and paper sessions, plus two poster events, at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference, November 5-7, 2026, at the Marriott Copley Place in Boston.

BEAVERTON, Ore. – – October 27, 2026 -- Vernier Science Education has launched the Go Direct Materials Test Frame, a tabletop system priced at an introductory $3,495 that measures forces up to ±4,000 N in college teaching laboratories.

Test frame measures force to 0.18 N and displacement to 0.51 μm

The system records real-time force data up to ±4,000 N and displacement across roughly 0–23 cm. Resolution is 0.18 N for force and 0.51 μm for displacement. Adaptable features accommodate specimens longer than 60 cm.

North America – October 27, 2026 -- WaitWell scored 9.4 out of 10 in its own ranking of six higher-education enrollment management platforms, ahead of Slate by Technolutions (8.4) and Salesforce Education Cloud (8.0). The vendor-published guide scored platforms on seven weighted dimensions, including recruitment CRM depth, student-services experience, SIS integration, multi-campus support and total cost of ownership.

Lakeland – October 27, 2026 -- Florida Southern College has begun building a four-greenhouse citrus and horticulture complex and reopened its modernized Miller Planetarium, backed by state, federal and private funding. Both milestones were marked at a joint ceremony on Oct. 22.

MARRAKECH – October 27, 2026 -- The International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), which counts more than 190 member anti-corruption authorities worldwide, will hold its 2026 annual conference in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 25, marking the organisation's 20th anniversary.

Portland – October 27, 2026 -- Multnomah County, Oregon, migrated a decade-old SQL Server environment to a modern data platform in five months, a timeline that public sector organizations often stretch over years, according to a session at this year's Snowflake Summit.

Australia – October 27, 2026 -- Rio Tinto and the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) have launched a three-year partnership to support community-led Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language initiatives in five regions across Australia.

London – October 25, 2026 -- The Government Digital Service (GDS) is rolling out passkeys across GOV.UK One Login, giving more than 23 million users a faster and more secure way to sign in to government services.

GDS extends passkeys to its 23-million-user sign-in platform

The rollout covers GOV.UK One Login, the single sign-in system for UK government services. GDS describes the change as a simpler and more secure access route for the platform's user base of more than 23 million people.