News Corp.'s Amplify Education Experiment: What Went Wrong?

News Corp. is putting its Amplify electronic learning platform and curriculum up for sale because the new school year selling season flopped and the rush to digital tools never materialized.

Was the demise due to educational institutions' reluctance to change or fatal flaws with Amplify?

Amplify, a News Corp. business unit that aimed to reinvent education via digital tools, tablets and curriculum reinforced with snazzy graphics, became a $371 million write-off in the media giant's fourth quarter.