Publishers remain concerned about the ongoing statutory exclusion of educational materials from copyright protection in Canada after a recently concluded trade agreement failed to incorporate language to address the issue.
The Texas Education Agency is looking for a producer of large-print materials, while Nevada’s state education department wants an impact and validity study of Nevada’s teacher and administrator performance evaluation framework. The city of Santa Fe, N.M. is looking for an after-school program.
College learning materials publisher FlatWorld releases a customizable textbook; supplemental education company Infobase acquires Credo Reference; OER courseware provider Lumen raises funds.
Social reading site Glose raises funds to expand into the education market; Accelerate Learning gains significant new investors,; and Grand Canyon Education seeks to acquire Orbis Education Services.
Publishers’ net sales in the school market fell slightly, to $2.8 billion, during 2017, according to the Association of American Publishers.
Renaissance Learning, a major provider of assessments and other services, has named Daniel Hamburger as its new CEO.
ACT will invest in ProExam, a provider of noncognitive and professional credentialing. And Capstone, a children’s book publisher and provider of digital products and services, has sold myOn to technology investor Francisco Partners.
Three companies command 36 percent of the market share for grades 6 to 8, but they are much less dominant in K-3 grades, Noodle Markets found.
Renaissance Learning chief Jack Lynch will take over the helm at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, an industry giant that has disappointed investors recently.
In this week’s dealmaking news, game-based learning platform CodeMonkey raised $1.5 million while Tenka Labs, a developer of STEM toys for children ages 8 and up, has raised $2.1 million.