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DYMO™/Mimio® ITT Acquires Headsprout®
DYMO™/Mimio® ITT — Tuesday, March 15, 2011
DYMO™/Mimio® ITT announces the acquisition of Headsprout®, an innovative provider of adaptive instructional content that adjusts automatically to each student's pace for learning. The acquisition - which became effective March 9, 2011 - further strengthens the DYMO/Mimio portfolio of innovative and integrated hardware, software and services. Read More »
Parchman, Vaughan & Company, LLC Announces a Joint Venture with SC&H Group
Parchman, Vaughan & Company — Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Parchman, Vaughan & Company, LLC, a leading middle market investment banker to the education and training industry, is pleased to announce the formation of a joint venture with SC&H Group, LLC. The new venture will offer transition advisory services to institutions and businesses in the education marketplace. Read More »
SAFARI Montage and Cyber-Science 3D Enter Into 3D Deal
SAFARI Montage — Monday, March 07, 2011
SAFARI Montage and Cyber-Science 3D™ have signed a deal to bring the finest interactive science 3D models available to the K-12 educational market. The Cyber-Science Interactive 3D Model Package contains over 80 detailed interactive 3D models, including 4,300 structures of all of the major human anatomical systems.... Read More »
TCEA Announces Winner of New Conference Exhibit Challenge
TCEA/SellingToSchools.com — Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Texas Computer Education Association announced the results of its first annual TCEA Idol challenge, a recognition program for conference exhibitors. A "secret shopper" team of educators, technology coordinators and school administrators were selected to research the best exhibits of participating companies. Capstone Digital is this year's winner. Read More »
MDR Expands Investment in Social Media Marketing
MDR — Wednesday, March 02, 2011
MDR today solidified its commitment to provide customers marketing and sales opportunities through social media by adding WeAreTeachers to the MDR suite of products and services. Customers can now choose from expanded WeAreTeachers programs to help connect to educators, create product awareness and loyalty, and drive qualified leads to their sales teams. Read More »
Scientific Learning Reports Q4 and Full Year 2010 Results
Scientific Learning Corporation — Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Scientific Learning Corporation announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. Total revenue in the fourth quarter of 2010 was $9.8 million, compared to $15.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2009, a decrease of 38%. Read More »
Blackboard Announces $100 Million Share Repurchase Program
Blackboard Inc. — Tuesday, March 01, 2011
"This authorization enables us to act opportunistically in circumstances where repurchasing Blackboard shares constitutes a compelling use of capital," stated John Kinzer, Blackboard's CFO. "The new share repurchase program represents a prudent investment of available funds and underscores our commitment to increasing shareholder value." Read More »
Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc. and Accelify, LLC Announce Alliance
Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc. — Saturday, February 26, 2011
Through the alliance, Spectrum K12 will introduce Accelify’s AcceliTRACK scheduling, tracking and compliance system to complement Spectrum K12’s EXCEED® suite of student achievement solutions. Spectrum K12’s clients will be able to access Accelify’s proprietary Medicaid billing technology, AcceliCLAIM, and related billing services designed to increase Medicaid reimbursements while maintaining strict compliance standards. Read More »
Measured Progress Grant Targets Innovative Tools for Educator Effectiveness
Measured Progress — Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Measured Progress has received a two-year, $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the development of a teacher evaluation system that combines performance tasks with other measures of student achievement. The new system will specifically help inform the evaluation of teaching effectiveness in grades and subject areas not covered by federally mandated state accountability tests. Read More »
K12 Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results
K12 Inc. — Wednesday, February 09, 2011
K12 Inc. announced its results for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2010. Revenues for the second quarter grew to $129.0 million, an increase of 38.4 percent over the second quarter in the prior year, primarily due to strong enrollment growth and acquisitions. Read More »
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