The education software platform Panorama raised $60 million in a Series C round of funding, and Pearson snapped up an Australian AI-focused company.
Follett’s K-12 content and software division is being sold to Francisco Partners, and U.S. regulators have approved the merger of game-based learning platform Kahoot! with single-sign-on provider Clever.
Two months after McGraw Hill announced it was being acquired by Platinum Equity, the education giant has entered into an agreement to acquire digital content provider Achieve3000.
This past month saw major infusions of capital into classroom management and safety solutions provider GoGuardian and a startup that integrates teaching tools into Zoom.
Congresswoman Lori Trahan of Massachusetts is collecting input on a sweeping K-12 data protection draft bill that would significantly impact how ed companies treat student information.
PowerSchool, a major provider of student information systems and an array of other K-12 tools, is the latest education company to announce it is going public.
Byju’s continues its effort to expand into North America, and early childhood education provider Teaching Strategies switched from one investment firm parent company to another.
Instructure, maker of the widely used K-12 learning management system Canvas, is the latest ed-tech firm to go public.
K-12 media and tech overtook professional learning services as the education market segment with the highest activity, as acquisitions totaled nearly $20 billion in the first half of 2021.
DreamBox Learning is acquiring the well-known adaptive literacy program, Reading Plus, marking the ed-tech provider’s expansion into reading curriculum.