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Shmoop Enters Partnership with AETN To Produce Digital Content for BIO.com
Shmoop — Monday, August 02, 2010
Shmoo announced a partnership with A&E Television Networks, LLC in which Shmoop will develop content for Bio.com, the leading digital resource for biographies. Shmoop digital content is written by educators and experts – mostly Ph.D. students from Stanford, UC Berkeley, Harvard, and other top universities. Read More »
Berkery Noyes Releases First Half 2010 Education Industry M&A Trends
Berkery Noyes — Monday, July 26, 2010
Berkery Noyes has released its 2010 Half Year Education M&A Trends Report. This report analyzes merger and acquisition activity in the Education Industry in the first half of 2010 and compares it with activity in the four previous sixth month periods from 2008-2009. Read More »
K12 Inc. Announces Acquisition of KC Distance Learning, Inc.
K12 Inc. — Monday, July 26, 2010
K12 Inc. announced the all-stock acquisition of KC Distance Learning, Inc. (KCDL), a privately-held, nationally-recognized provider of distance learning programs for middle and high school students, with a newly-issued class of non-voting shares having a value of $63.1 million under the terms of the Merger Agreement. Read More »
Scantron Acquires Spectrum K12 School Solutions
Scantron Corporation — Thursday, July 22, 2010
Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Scantron Corporation, has acquired Spectrum K12 School Solutions, a recognized industry leader in providing Response to Intervention (RTI), Student Achievement Management and Special Education software solutions. Read More »
Scholastic Announces Fiscal 2010 Results and Fiscal 2011 Outlook
Scholastic Corporation — Thursday, July 22, 2010
Scholastic Corporation reported significantly higher earnings and free cash flow for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010, exceeding its previous guidance. The Company also provided its fiscal 2011 plan focused on digital expansion and sustained cost and cash discipline. Read More »
Promethean Acquisition of SynapticMash Strengthens Formative Assessment Offering
Promethean World Plc — Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Promethean World Plc, a world leader in the rapidly growing global market for interactive learning technology, announces that it has agreed to acquire SynapticMash Inc, a start-up US education formative assessment software company. The acquisition is expected to complete before the end of July 2010. Read More »
Archipelago Learning Added to Russell 3000 Index
Archipelago Learning — Thursday, July 08, 2010
Archipelago Learning, a leading subscription-based online education company, today announced it has been added to the Russell 2000(R) Index. The addition took place on June 28 when Russell Investments reconstituted its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes. Read More »
Blackboard To Acquire Elluminate and Wimba
Blackboard Inc. — Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Blackboard Inc. announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire both Elluminate, Inc. and Wimba, Inc., two of the leading providers of synchronous learning and collaboration technology to the education markets, for a total of approximately $116 million in cash, excluding transaction costs and subject to certain adjustments. Read More »
Cengage Learning Announces Streamlined Operating Structure
Cengage Learning — Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Cengage Learning announced that the company will consolidate its business units into one streamlined operating group, a new structure that will allow for greater synergies, more focused technology investments and increased innovation both domestically and internationally. Read More »
Questar Wins Augmented Benchmark Examinations Program Contract for Arkansas
Questar Assessment, Inc. — Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Questar Assessment, Inc. announced a contract award from the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) for the Augmented Benchmark Examinations program (Benchmark), part of the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program. Read More »
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