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PrepMe Adaptive Learning Acquired by Providence Equity-Backed Ascend Learning
PrepMe — Tuesday, July 19, 2011
PrepMe today announces the sale of its adaptive learning platform and virtual classroom to Ascend Learning, a leading digital and print education company. PrepMe will continue to provide online college preparation and Coursification™ services under license from Ascend Learning. Read More »
uBoost Selected To Present at SIIA Midmarket Growth Conference
uBoost — Sunday, July 17, 2011
uBoost, an award-winning recognition and rewards program provider announced today that it has been selected to present at SIIA’s Midmarket Growth Conference...,The conference connects profitable companies with potential investors, partners, and merger prospects. John Bower, CEO of uBoost, will share an overview of the company’s key milestones and vision for the future. Read More »
Educator "Mystery Shoppers" Rate Exhibitor Marketing and Sales Skills at ISTE 2011
Focus Marketing — Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Focus Marketing announced the results of its "mystery shopper" program for ISTE 2011. A group of educators attending ISTE 2011 secretly judged ten exhibits, a cross section of companies randomly selected. The SellingToSchools "Mystery Shopper" program helps focus exhibitors on how to more effectively engage with educators who attend major industry events throughout the year. Read More »
Weld North Acquires Education2020,
Weld North Holdings LLC — Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Weld North Holdings LLC , a partnership between Jonathan Grayer, former CEO of Kaplan, Inc., and global investment firm KKR today announced it has acquired e2020, Inc. (Education2020), a leading e-learning company serving middle and high schools across the U.S. Read More »
Ignite! Learning Enters Strategic Alliance with EDUSPARK
Ignite! Learning — Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Ignite! Learning has entered into a strategic alliance with EDUSPARK, Inc. (EDUSPARK), joining sales, product development, and marketing services to offer a new suite of digital learning applications targeting Spanish heritage dual language and bilingual classrooms. Read More »
Piazza Receives Seed Funding
Piazza — Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Piazza, the online Q&A platform for students and instructors, today announced that it has received $1.5M in seed funding from Sequoia Capital, Felicis Ventures, Kapor Capital and SV Angel. Read More »
Blackboard Acquired by Providence Equity Partners
Blackboard Inc. — Saturday, July 02, 2011
Blackboard Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement under which Blackboard will be acquired by an investor group led by affiliates of Providence Equity Partners ("Providence") in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.64 billion, plus the assumption of approximately $130 million in net debt. Read More »
Archipelago Learning Acquires Alloy Multimedia
Archipelago Learning — Monday, June 27, 2011
Archipelago Learning has acquired Houston-based Alloy Multimedia, publisher of ESL ReadingSmart, an online, standards-based program for English language learners (ELL), for $2.0 million in cash, and the founder will receive a royalty on future net sales of ESL ReadingSmart. The transaction closed on June 24, 2011. Read More »
LanSchool Acquired by Stoneware
LanSchool Technologies — Monday, June 27, 2011
LanSchool Technologies, a provider of cross-platform classroom management software, announced an acquisi-tion by Stoneware, Inc. Stoneware allows organizations to create their own private cloud and virtual web desktop to access it. By combining forces with Stoneware, LanSchool will be able to provide customers just-in-time management in a BYOD or 1:1 environment. Read More »
Monarch Teaching Technologies Win $730,000 NIH Grant for Vizzle®;
Monarch Teaching Technologies — Monday, June 27, 2011
Monarch Teaching Technologies (MTT) received a $730,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant program to continue development of VizZle®, a web-based authoring tool used to create interactive, visually supported curriculum for children with autism and other learning challenges. Read More »
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