Microsoft doubles down on education market with new partnerships and devices

A cadre of new announcements looks to keep Microsoft's education momentum going around the world.

Microsoft is finally seeing substantial growth in the education sector with growth last quarter.

According to Futuresource, the worldwide education market grew 15 percent year-over-year. Windows sales grew 4.3 percent in the US on devices under $300 USD and 8.2 percent on devices over $300 USD.

That trend should continue, because today Redmond is announcing multiple new partnerships in education and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Also, Minecraft for Education is getting a chemistry add-on; Lenovo and JP are announcing new, low-cost laptops for students; and augmented reality (AR) and HoloLens will get some new apps for students.

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