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Learning Tree Discontinues Solicitation Process
Learning Tree — Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Learning Tree International, Inc. announced that, in light of current conditions in the financial markets, the special committee of its independent directors has determined to discontinue the previously announced process to solicit offers to purchase the company. Read More »
Microsoft Creates New Position To Oversee Education Initiatives
Microsoft Corp. — Tuesday, October 14, 2008
In its quest to make quality education available to everyone, Microsoft Corp. welcomes L. Michael Golden as corporate vice president of the Education Products Group, a newly created position that is to play a global role within Microsoft. Read More »
Spectrum K12 School Solutions, Inc. Secures $7.4 Million in Venture Funding
Spectrum K12 School Soultions Inc. — Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc. has completed a round of financing led by Novak Biddle Venture Partners, Capital Trust Ventures, Comerica Bank and MMV Financial Inc. This round of financing will expand Spectrum K12's patented, award winning student achievement management software products... Read More »
Digital Directions International Selects ABA to Manage Distribution
Academic Business Advisors — Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Digital Directions International, Inc. (DDI) has partnered with Academic Business Advisors, LLC (ABA) to bring DDI's highly regarded HELP Program to the national educational market. The HELP Program has demonstrated significant efficacy in improving math learning among English Language Learners... Read More »
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Grants ABC-CLIO Perpetual License To Publish Greenwood Publishing Group Titles
ABC-CLIO and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt — Wednesday, October 01, 2008
ABC-CLIO and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt today announced an agreement granting ABC-CLIO a perpetual license to use the imprints and publish the titles of Greenwood Publishing Group, including Greenwood Press, Praeger Publishers, Praeger Security International and Libraries Unlimited. Read More »
GL Assessment Breaks US Market with Major New Partnership
American Education Corporation and GL Assessment — Tuesday, September 30, 2008
GL Assessment, the UK’s leading independent provider of tests and assessment services for education, has announced that its Progress in English Digital and Progress in Maths Digital assessments are to be used in schools across the United States in a major partnership between themselves, The American Education Corporation (AEC) and MetaMetrics™, Inc. Read More »
The van Tulleken Company advises Cengage Learning on sale of Paraninfo to Ediciones Nobel
The van Tulleken Company — Saturday, September 27, 2008
The van Tulleken Company, international corporate finance advisers in media, information and technology, has advised Cengage Learning on the sale of Cengage Learning Paraninfo S.A. (“Paraninfo”), one of Spain’s best-known vocational publishers Read More »
sixThings Offers Free Learning Standards Database
sixThings, Inc. — Thursday, September 25, 2008
sixThings, Inc., the oldest and largest standards alignment company in the country, announced today that it will give its state learning standards database to any publisher that exclusively uses sixThings' alignment services. Read More »
Cramster.com Now in Expansion Mode after $3M Investment
Cramster.com — Thursday, September 25, 2008
Online study community Cramster.com announced today it has secured $3M in Series A financing led by Mr. Shai Reshef, an online education industry veteran. Reshef has been appointed Chairman, joining Co-founders Aaron Hawkey and Robert Angarita on the Board. Read More »
Scholastic Reports First Quarter Results for Fiscal 2009
Scholastic Corporation — Thursday, September 25, 2008
Revenue from continuing operations in the fiscal 2009 first quarter was $285.0 million versus $531.3 million in the prior year period, when the Company published the seventh book in the Harry Potter series and recorded unprecedented sales of approximately $240 million. Read More »
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