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Scientific Learning Reports Third Quarter 2011 Results
Scientific Learning Corporation — Saturday, November 05, 2011
Scientific Learning Corporation announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011. Total revenue in the third quarter of 2011 was $10.5 million, compared to $10.2 million in the third quarter of 2010. Total booked sales for the third quarter were $12.2 million, an increase from $11.4 million in the third quarter of 2010. Read More »
CTB/McGraw-Hill Forms Publishing Advisory Board To Guide Company in Developing Next Generation of K-12 Assessments
CTB/McGraw-Hill — Tuesday, November 01, 2011
CTB/McGraw-Hill announced the creation of a Publishing Advisory Board that will guide the company as it works to develop assessments that reflect the goals of the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The Board's experience in developing assessments and their insight into the CCSS and other emerging educational requirements will help CTB stay at the forefront of the ever-changing world of K-12 assessment. Read More »
Berkery Noyes Releases Q3 M&A Update for The Education Industry
Berkery Noyes — Monday, October 24, 2011
The report analyzes merger and acquisition activity over the first three quarters of 2011 and compares it with activity in 2010. This market includes information and technology companies servicing the education industry, including K-12, post-secondary, and professional segments. Read More »
MediaSpark Launches Innovative New Business Simulation and Expands Marketing in Europe and Southeast Asia
MediaSpark Inc. — Saturday, October 22, 2011
MediaSpark CEO, Mathew Georghiou, made a series of announcements that position the company for future success. "We are excited to be launching our newest innovative product," said Georghiou. "The market for educational games is seeing rapid growth, and we are moving quickly to capture this opportunity with new products and new business relationships for wider distribution." Read More »
FrontRow and Calypso Systems Announce Merger
FrontRow and Calypso Systems — Friday, October 21, 2011
FrontRow and Calypso Systems announced that they will merge into a single entity operating under the name FrontRow. The unified company plans to offer an unsurpassed suite of technologies that schools can use to improve communication within and between classrooms — even with students at home. Read More »
Digital Schools® Enters into a Resellers Agreement with Sonasoft
Digital Schools — Thursday, October 20, 2011
Digital Schools has entered into a resellers agreement with Sonasoft. Sonasoft’s generation of software products, established in the private sector, are being introduced to the K-12 market. Sonasoft’s product, SonaVault, provides school districts with an extremely detailed and cost effective email management application to archive, search, and retrieve emails to achieve regulatory email compliance and operational excellence. Read More »
PARCC Issues First Invitation to Negotiate
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers — Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) has issued a three-part Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) to support the to-be-developed assessment systems' technology needs. This is the first of a number of solicitations PARCC will be issuing in the fall and winter of 2011. Read More »
MetaMetrics and IPG Helping More Book Publishers Get Lexile Measures
MetaMetrics — Tuesday, October 18, 2011
MetaMetrics has partnered with Independent Publishers Group (IPG) to offer its small and mid-size publishing customers a special discount on getting certified Lexile measures for their books. Lexile measures provide valuable information about the text complexity of a book... Read More »
Weld North To Acquire Learning House
Weld North Holdings LLC — Monday, October 17, 2011
Weld North Holdings LLC has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Learning House, Inc. (“Learning House”). Founded in 2001, Learning House is a leader in enabling not-for-profit colleges and universities to develop effective ways to deliver online degree programs. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed Read More »
Tyler Technologies Acquires Windsor Management Group
Tyler Technologies, Inc. — Saturday, October 15, 2011
Tyler Technologies, Inc. announced that it has acquired Windsor Management Group, L.L.C., which provides an integrated suite of financial and human capital management solutions to the K-12 education market through its flagship product, Infinite Visions® enterprise software. Read More »
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