Education giant Pearson has acquired Credly, and PowerSchool has made a deal to snap up the communications platform Kinvolved.
Texthelp has acquired Don Johnson, Inc., in a pairing of companies focused on technology for special needs populations, and European tutoring provider GoStudent has raised €300 million.
Major cloud software provider Blackbaud has acquired Everfi, a provider of tech-based social impact products that has a big presence in K-12 schools.
Teaching Strategies has acquired trauma-focused startup Noni Educational Solutions, and a Latin American company focused on professional skills training, Platzi, raised $62 million.
Presence Learning, which delivers teletherapy and software to K-12 special education and mental health providers, has acquired a virtual school teletherapy provider, Global Teletherapy.
The learning management system provider PowerSchool announced that it will acquire Kickboard, and a Kenyan startup announced that it raised $1 million in capital.
One of the largest K-12 digital curriculum providers in the U.S. is rebranding itself using the name of one of its most well-known products: Imagine Learning.
India-based education giant Byju’s has acquired K-12 coding platform Tynker, and Blackboard has merged with higher-ed solutions company Anthology.
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.
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