This is the Top Hat’s fifth acquisition and its first outside of publishing.
Promethean’s acquisition is part of a plan to provide rapid technology innovation to create new solutions that address teaching, learning, and collaboration needs.
How a New Generation of Ed-Tech Entrepreneurs Plans to Transform the Market
Gen Z and Millennial Founders Are Focused on Easing Collaboration and Career Readiness
Young millennial and Generation Z ed-tech company founders are drawing upon their personal experiences with technology in designing a new class of products.
Carnegie Learning is acquiring a virtual curriculum founded by Hollywood director James Cameron and his wife, Suzy Amis Cameron.
A University of Southern California program that supports ed-tech companies led by women and minorities has seen rapid growth in applicants addressing learning loss and other needs.
Classera, which offers a digital learning platform to students in the Middle East and Africa, said the funding is its first since being founded in 2011.
What Big Losses in School Enrollment Mean for Education Companies
Districts Face Potentially Severe Implications From Losses in Funding and Slowing Economic Conditions
School districts face a financial “bloodletting” in a few years as enrollment declines, loss of stimulus, and a potential economic slowdown takes hold, says Marguerite Roza of Georgetown University.
Startup Weaving Music Into Literacy Takes Top Prize in Education Competition
Seven Finalists Pitched Their Startups to Judges
Words Liive was one of four companies honored through the Penn-GSE program, one of the country’s best-known competitions for early-stage education organizations.
In a pair of deals affecting some of the biggest players in the K-12 marketplace, Illuminate Education was acquired by Renaissance, and Frontline Education was bought by Roper Technologies for $3.75 billion.
Discovery Education has acquired U.K.-based DoodleLearning, and WeVideo has scooped up a software company, PlayPosit.