Newly announced plans to liquidate Class Acceleration Corp. are one sign of how market conditions have turned against special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs.
Instructure is acquiring a company known for helping school districts analyze their usage of ed-tech products.
The program aims to improve at-home, foundational learning, and is receiving support from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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.
Carnegie Learning is acquiring a virtual curriculum founded by Hollywood director James Cameron and his wife, Suzy Amis Cameron.
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.
The acquisition of BrainPOP is part of Kirkbi’s goal to become a “global force for learning through play, be it physically or digitally,” the company says.
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.