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Capstone Announces DC Entertainment License for Educational Markets
Capstone — Saturday, January 28, 2012
Capstone, a leading publisher of children’s books and digital products and services, has announced a licensing agreement with DC Entertainment to publish reinforced library hard covers and paper-over-board editions of the DC Comics comic book list. The license includes worldwide English and select Spanish editions for limited markets. Read More »
Reliance Communications Acquires AnComm
Reliance Communications — Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Reliance Communications, the parent company of SchoolMessenger, announced the acquisition of AnComm, creator of Talk About It®, the first and only anonymous communication service that allows students to ‘speak up’ by engaging in text message or email dialogue with trusted school staff members. The acquisition expands the suite of communications solutions SchoolMessenger now offers... Read More »
Independent Report Shows K12's Leadership
K12 Inc. — Tuesday, January 24, 2012
In an independent report on educational technologies, MDR's market research service EdNET Insight ranked K12 Inc. the leading provider of online curriculum to school districts across the United States. Based on large-scale surveys of instructional and technology decision makers at the district level, the report shows that more respondents named K12 as their provider of choice for online content than any other provider. Read More »
Berkery Noyes Releases 2011 Education Industry M&A Report
Berkery Noyes — Monday, January 23, 2012
Berkery Noyes released its 2011 Full Year Mergers and Acquisitions trend report for the Education Industry. The report analyzes the sector for 2011 and compares it with similar activity in 2009 and 2010. This market includes information and technology companies servicing the Education Industry, including the K-12, Post-Secondary, and Corporate and Professional segments. Read More »
Gale and National Geographic Sign Agreement for Magazine Archive
Cengage Learning — Saturday, January 21, 2012
Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and National Geographic announced an agreement to provide an online archive of more than 100 years of National Geographic magazine. Read More »
Carson-Dellosa Evolves with Education in Its 35th Year
Carson-Dellosa Publishing, LLC — Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Carson-Dellosa Publishing, LLC is celebrating 35 years in business by expanding its offerings of high-quality digital content as well as the paper-based products teachers have come to know and love....The growing Carson-Dellosa product portfolio will be designed to help teachers and parents use both paper and technology to enrich the children’s learning experiences in and out of the classroom Read More »
Texas, Florida Lead Transformation on Digital Textbook Adoptions
Simba Information — Thursday, January 12, 2012
Florida and Texas led a major push for digital materials in the classroom in 2011, strengthening the foundation for the use of technology in textbook adoption states. According to a recent report from publishing forecast firm Simba Information, sales generated from state textbook adoption programs totaled $660 million in 2011. Read More »
Agile Education Marketing and RedRock Reports Form Partnership
Agile Education Marketing, RedRock Reports — Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Together, Agile and RRR will provide K-12 education businesses with targeted access to federal and state funding information through RedRock Online, a cloud-based integrated service that delivers funding data, key contacts, and a wide variety of sales resources and training. Read More »
Amazon Publishing To Acquire Marshall Cavendish US Children's Books Titles
Amazon.com, Inc., Marshall Cavendish — Sunday, December 18, 2011
Amazon.com, Inc. and Marshall Cavendish announced that Amazon has signed a deal to acquire over 450 titles of its US Children's trade books business, Marshall Cavendish Children's Books (MCCB). Marshall Cavendish was advised by Robin Warner, Atwood Capital Partners,.... Read More »
DreamBox Learning Raises $11 Million
DreamBox Learning — Wednesday, December 07, 2011
DreamBox Learning® has closed an $11 million investment round led by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who will invest through the Charter School Growth Fund, and a private investment by venture capitalist John Doerr. GSV Capital Corp. and current investor Deborah Quazzo also joined this round. Read More »
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