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Turning Technologies Grows Number One Global Market Position for Seventh Consecutive Quarter
Turning Technologies — Friday, June 01, 2012
Turning Technologies confirmed its number one market position in a first quarter 2012 report delivered by independent research firm Futuresource Consulting. The report confirms that Turning has grown its number one position for the seventh consecutive calendar quarter. Read More »
Cambium Learning Group Announces Share Repurchase Program
Cambium Learning Group, Inc. — Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Cambium Learning Group, Inc., a leading educational company focused primarily on serving the needs of at-risk and special student populations, announced that its board of directors has approved a share repurchase program that enables the Company to purchase up to $5 million of its shares of common stock over a one year period. Read More »
Macmillan Acquires Educational Benchmarking, Inc.
Macmillan New Ventures — Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Macmillan Acquires Leading Student Success, Retention Provider Educational Benchmarking, Inc. (EBI); Purchase of MAP-Works Provider Enhances Macmillan’s Position in the Student Success and Retention Market Read More »
Shmoop Joins Q1Media's Student Lifestyle Channel
Q1Media — Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Q1Media announced today that Shmoop will be joining its Student Lifestyle Channel as a publisher partner. ... Q1Media will work with major brands and advertising agencies to develop custom campaigns featuring video units and site wide ad integration to reach Shmoop's large student audience. Read More »
The McGraw-Hill Companies Prepare for Education Company Spin-off
The McGraw-Hill Companies — Monday, May 14, 2012
The McGraw-Hill Companies announced further steps to establish the new, independent company, McGraw-Hill Education, by the end of this year. The process of creating this new entity requires multiple changes across operating and support functions to both separate the education segment from The McGraw-Hill Companies and to stand up McGraw-Hill Education as an independent, digital learning and education services organization. Read More »
HMH Reaches Agreement To Convert Current Debt to Equity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt — Saturday, May 12, 2012
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced that it has reached an agreement with more than 70% of its senior secured lenders and bondholders on the terms of a comprehensive financial restructuring plan to convert HMH’s outstanding long-term debt to equity and create an appropriate capital structure to support the Company’s strategic plan and business objectives. Read More »
SIIA Announces Top Innovators in Education Technology
Software & Information Industry Association — Wednesday, May 09, 2012
During SIIA's bi-annual Innovation Incubator program held in connection with this week's SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit, Language Express and Filament Games were voted by 350 conference attendees as being the Most Likely to Succeed (first place and runner-up, respectively). Filament Games and Language Express were also voted as the Most Innovative (first place and runner-up, respectively). Read More »
Archipelago Learning Announces Results for Q1 2012
Archipelago Learning Inc. — Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Archipelago Learning announced its financial results for the first quarter 2012. “We are pleased with our first quarter 2012 performance driven by solid invoiced sales in some of our key states. Pennsylvania, Georgia and California sales more than offset the continued softness we are experiencing in Texas and Ohio.” Read More »
GSV Capital Reports First Quarter 2012 Results
GSV Capital Corp. — Tuesday, May 08, 2012
GSV Capital Corp. reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012. GSV continued to identify, source and execute on our strategy of investing in high-growth venture-backed companies that we believe represent game-changing technology ideas. Read More »
K12 Inc. Reports Q3 2012 Results
K12 Inc. — Monday, May 07, 2012
K12 Inc. announced its results for the third fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2012. Revenues for third quarter FY 2012 grew to $178.2 million, an increase of $47.9 million, or 36.8 percent, over the prior year period. Read More »
