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LearnLaunch Formed to Drive Greater Boston Ed Tech Innovation
LearnLaunch — Tuesday, December 04, 2012
LearnLaunch today announces its formation as a non-profit fostering the creation and growth of learning and education technology companies and the ed tech business cluster across New England. LearnLaunch provides support to entrepreneurs at critical stages of their development to reach their next level of growth through access to peers, investors, mentors, and potential users. Read More »
21 New Publishers Partner with MetaMetrics
MetaMetrics — Wednesday, November 28, 2012
MetaMetrics announced that 21 new publishing partners signed on to provide Lexile® measures for their titles. From both domestic and international book publishers to classroom instructional content and reading passage banks developers, a variety of publishing companies are measuring their texts to add a reliable reading metric to their content in attempts to improve reading globally. Read More »
SIIA Announces Innovation Incubator Award Winners
Software & Information Industry Association — Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The Education Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) showcased some of the leading growth companies in the education technology market and recognized the best among them as part of the Innovation Incubator program at the 12th annual Ed Tech Business Forum... Read More »
McGraw-Hill To Sell Education Business to Apollo for $2.5 Billion
The McGraw-Hill Companies — Monday, November 26, 2012
The McGraw-Hill Companies announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC, for a purchase price of $2.5 billion, subject to certain closing adjustments. The transaction is expected to close in late 2012 or early 2013. Read More »
PLATO Learning Changes Name to Edmentum
PLATO Learning — Thursday, November 15, 2012
Limited resources, evolving academic standards and new technologies are reshaping how learners interact in the classroom and engage with their learning, and redefining the very idea of what teaching and learning can be. To help educators and administrators respond to the demands of this “21st century” classroom, PLATO Learning is evolving and bringing its online learning solutions to market under a new name: Edmentum™. Read More »
Capstone Partners with BLEgroup
Capstone Digital, BLEgroup — Monday, November 12, 2012
When Capstone Digital wanted to promote myON™ reader, a personalized literacy environment matching student interests and reading levels to the largest collection of enhanced digital books with reading supports, they turned to the BLEgroup and its leading education technology practitioners to promote the solution. Read More »
K12 Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2013 Results
K12 Inc. — Saturday, November 10, 2012
K12 Inc.announced its results for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2012. Revenues for first quarter FY 2013 grew to $221.1 million, an increase of $27.8 million, or 14.4 percent, over the prior year. Read More »
SPi Global Pursues K-12 Opportunities with Tighe Acquisition
SPi Global — Saturday, November 10, 2012
SPi Global, through its subsidiary Laserwords, has acquired Tighe Publishing Services, a full-service educational development house in the K-12 educational marketplace. This acquisition positions Laserwords to take advantage of the burgeoning opportunities in the educational publishing business in the United States. Read More »
Macmillan New Ventures Acquires Sapling Learning
Macmillan New Ventures — Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Macmillan New Ventures, a technology innovation division of Macmillan Publishers, Ltd., today announced the acquisition of Sapling Learning, a leading provider of interactive homework and learning software for the higher education and high school in the areas of science, economics and other STEM disciplines. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More »
Participants for SIIA Innovation Incubator Program Announced
Software & Information Industry Association — Monday, November 05, 2012
The Education Division of the Software & Information Industry Association announces participants for its Innovation Incubator Program. Twelve products and services will be featured during the event, and awards will be presented to the Most Innovative and Most Likely to Succeed based on votes of conference attendees. New this year, one innovator will be presented with the Educator's Choice Award based on votes from educators in New York and around the country. Read More »
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