Shelby County Schools, Tenn. wants to manage Head Start data, and Richardson ISD, Tex., will purchase career and technical education coursework. Bend-La Pine Schools, Ore., seeks a K-12 online learning platform.
Companies including a text messaging app and a provider of STEM tools for teachers raised funding. Also, educational games provider Jumpstart acquired online math program Sokikom, and Microsoft and PowerSchool unveiled a new partnership.
BoomWriter Media Inc., a collaboration tool for the crowdsourcing of writing content in schools and colleges, has closed a new round of funding worth $4.1 million.
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Digital House, an Argentine company that offers intensive technology courses and executive programs to the Latin American market, has raised $20 million.
Washington state wants a digital badging system for continuing learning, and Elmhurst CUSD, Ill., seeks a data system to streamline its current platforms. Gallup-McKinley County Schools, N.M., is looking for an adaptive online reading and math intervention program.
Scientific Learning Corp., based in California, will acquire BrainMaps, a Chinese blended learning company.
Professional development platform BetterLesson and China-based English language learning company ALO7 raised funds.
Some industry officials say big telecom providers aren’t likely to throttle K-12 districts’ web access, even if they have new power to do so.
European private equity firm IK Investment Partners has agreed to acquire Studienkreis GmbH, a provider of tutoring services in Germany.
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