Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has acquired Instructure, developer of the popular Canvas Learning Management System.
The DoDEA seeks a virtual high school licenses. A New Mexico district wants a literacy program, and Buffalo schools seeks a substitute management system.
The Education Technology Joint Powers Authority, in operation for only a year, has attracted widespread interest from school districts and vendors alike.
Instructure CEO and board member Dan Goldsmith said he will step down from both positions as the company has reached a tentative agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo.
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An Arizona school system wants to adopt textbooks for advanced high school math courses, and a California K-12 purchasing cooperative is seeking a student information system.
The Miami-Dade school district is buying learning management and student information system, and a major district in Minnesota needs a web design and content management solution.
Instructure, which owns the widely used learning management system Canvas, says it is considering putting itself up for sale, or going private.