Market Trends
What’s in a Name? Inside the Pricey, ‘Laborious’ Process of Education Rebrands
Dec 10 · Stephen Noonoo
Market Trends
What’s in a Name? Inside the Pricey, ‘Laborious’ Process of Education Rebrands
Dec 10
Mergers and Acquisitions
Mentoring Minds Acquires SchoolSpire to Digitize Critical Thinking Materials
Dec 10
Mergers and Acquisitions
Mentoring Minds Acquires SchoolSpire to Digitize Critical Thinking Materials
Dec 10
Enterprises
With a New CEO, Can Edmodo Regain Its Ed Mojo?
Dec 10 · Tony Wan
Enterprises
With a New CEO, Can Edmodo Regain Its Ed Mojo?
Dec 10
Mergers and Acquisitions
EAB Buys YouVisit to Help Colleges Offer Virtual Tours
Dec 5
Mergers and Acquisitions
EAB Buys YouVisit to Help Colleges Offer Virtual Tours
Dec 5
Financing
Bamboo Learning Raises $1.4 Million to Build Voice-Powered Content for Alexa
Dec 5
Financing
Bamboo Learning Raises $1.4 Million to Build Voice-Powered Content for Alexa
Dec 5
Financing
Can You Say Unicorn? Duolingo Raises $30 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation
Dec 4 · Tony Wan
Financing
Can You Say Unicorn? Duolingo Raises $30 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation
Dec 4
Edtech Business
Strategy Shift Leads to Layoffs (and a Rogue Ex-Employee) at Coding Kit Company Pi-Top
Dec 4 · Wade Tyler Millward
Edtech Business
Strategy Shift Leads to Layoffs (and a Rogue Ex-Employee) at Coding Kit Company Pi-Top
Dec 4
Mergers and Acquisitions
Tes Global Buys Edval to Add Scheduling to Portfolio of Teachers Tools
Dec 3
Mergers and Acquisitions
Tes Global Buys Edval to Add Scheduling to Portfolio of Teachers Tools
Dec 3
Financing
StudentFinance Raises $1.3M to Service ISAs for European Education Programs
Dec 2
Financing
StudentFinance Raises $1.3M to Service ISAs for European Education Programs
Dec 2
Mergers and Acquisitions
Elsevier Acquires 3D Anatomy Content Provider for $50M
Nov 27
Mergers and Acquisitions
Elsevier Acquires 3D Anatomy Content Provider for $50M
Nov 27
Mergers and Acquisitions
PowerSchool Completes Schoology Purchase in March Toward ‘Unified’ K-12 Data Ecosystem
Nov 27 · Tony Wan
Mergers and Acquisitions
PowerSchool Completes Schoology Purchase in March Toward ‘Unified’ K-12 Data Ecosystem
Nov 27
Higher Education
‘Academic Capitalism’ Is Reshaping Faculty Life. What Does That Mean?
Nov 25 · Rebecca Koenig
Higher Education
‘Academic Capitalism’ Is Reshaping Faculty Life. What Does That Mean?
Nov 25
Financing
Perlego Raises $9 Million Series A to Grow E-Book Library
Nov 20
Financing
Perlego Raises $9 Million Series A to Grow E-Book Library
Nov 20
Mergers and Acquisitions
SchoolMint Buys Smart Choice to Improve Admissions Tools Suite
Nov 20
Mergers and Acquisitions
SchoolMint Buys Smart Choice to Improve Admissions Tools Suite
Nov 20
Enterprises
A Textbook Publisher in a ‘Sea of Calm’? How Houghton Mifflin Is Navigating the Digital Transition
Nov 20 · Tony Wan
Enterprises
A Textbook Publisher in a ‘Sea of Calm’? How Houghton Mifflin Is Navigating the Digital Transition
Nov 20
Financing
Verto Education Raises $6.3 Million Seed Round to Bring More College Students Abroad
Nov 20 · Wade Tyler Millward
Financing
Verto Education Raises $6.3 Million Seed Round to Bring More College Students Abroad
Nov 20
Financing
Pathrise’s Seed Round Grows Larger to Support Tech Career Training Platform
Nov 19
Financing
Pathrise’s Seed Round Grows Larger to Support Tech Career Training Platform
Nov 19
Mergers and Acquisitions
IXL Learning Buys Education.com to Add More Learning Games and Activities
Nov 18
Mergers and Acquisitions
IXL Learning Buys Education.com to Add More Learning Games and Activities
Nov 18
Edtech Business
Canvas LMS Provider Instructure Considers Sale
Nov 18 · Wade Tyler Millward
Edtech Business
Canvas LMS Provider Instructure Considers Sale
Nov 18
Social-Emotional Learning
Rethinking Recess Leads to Results On and Off the Playground
Nov 15 · Emily Tate
Social-Emotional Learning
Rethinking Recess Leads to Results On and Off the Playground
Nov 15
Mergers and Acquisitions
Aliter Capital Buys Second Online Training Company
Nov 13
Mergers and Acquisitions
Aliter Capital Buys Second Online Training Company
Nov 13
Financing
Cybrary Lands $15 Million Series B Round to Train Cybersecurity Workforce
Nov 13 · Wade Tyler Millward
Financing
Cybrary Lands $15 Million Series B Round to Train Cybersecurity Workforce
Nov 13
Financing
A $157M Fundraise for Guild Education Births Edtech’s Newest Unicorn
Nov 13 · Tony Wan
Financing
A $157M Fundraise for Guild Education Births Edtech’s Newest Unicorn
Nov 13
Textbooks and Course Materials
Chegg Ditches Ingram for FedEx and Eyes International Growth
Nov 12 · Wade Tyler Millward
Textbooks and Course Materials
Chegg Ditches Ingram for FedEx and Eyes International Growth
Nov 12
Financing
French Startup Lalilo Raises $5.5M to Boost English Literacy in the US
Nov 11 · Tony Wan
Financing
French Startup Lalilo Raises $5.5M to Boost English Literacy in the US
Nov 11
Opinion
What EdSurge Will Write About in Its Next 500 Newsletters
Nov 6 · Betsy Corcoran
Opinion
What EdSurge Will Write About in Its Next 500 Newsletters
Nov 6
Exclusive
ISTE to Acquire EdSurge, in Move to Nonprofit
Nov 6 · Jeffrey R. Young
Exclusive
ISTE to Acquire EdSurge, in Move to Nonprofit
Nov 6
Literacy
To Build Speech Recognition for Early Literacy, Soapbox Labs Gives Kids a Voice
Nov 5 · Tony Wan
Literacy
To Build Speech Recognition for Early Literacy, Soapbox Labs Gives Kids a Voice
Nov 5
Mergers and Acquisitions
Pearson Returns to the Buyer’s Table With Workforce Education Deal
Nov 4 · Tony Wan
Mergers and Acquisitions
Pearson Returns to the Buyer’s Table With Workforce Education Deal
Nov 4