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K-12 Dealmaking: PowerSchool Acquires Haiku Learning; Jefferson Education Partners with Fishtree

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PowerSchool continued its acquisition streak with the purchase of Haiku Learning; in addition, Jefferson Education announced a partnership with Fishtree, and digital writing solution provider Citelighter gained additional funding. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. and Canada. Citelighter Raises $2.1

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PowerSchool Completes Schoology Purchase in March Toward ‘Unified’ K-12 Data Ecosystem

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The effort, aptly named the “Unified Classroom” product suite, aims to connect assessment, enrollment, gradebook, professional learning and special education data services to its flagship student information system, which already houses a variety of data including attendance, discipline, health, roster and schedules.

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PowerSchool to Acquire Schoology, Pairing Major K-12 LMS and SIS Providers

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Through these deals, the company has expanded its product suite beyond its original K-12 student information system offering to assessment, enrollment, special education and talent management services. Schoology would be PowerSchool’s second purchase of a learning management system (LMS), after it acquired Haiku Learning in 2016.

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App of the Week: A clever LMS for instruction design

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Haiku Learning. Haiku Learning is a cleverly designed LMS geared towards extending learning beyond the classroom. In addition to creating and managing their classes, teachers can create rubrics, assessments, and tasks using sophisticated but straightforward built-in creation tools. What’s It Like?

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Activate Instruction migrates content to Gooru

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In a move to make high-quality educational content easily available all in one place, The Girard Education Foundation will migrate its teacher-created resources on Activate Instruction to Gooru. Every student is unique and learns differently. Free, personalized online tool makes high-quality content available to all users.

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5 Essential Effective Blended Learning Best Practices

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We needed a simple system to assess student work including built-in rubrics. College and virtual high schools use learning management systems. Haiku Learning was our highest-ranked LMS. Recently, PowerSchool purchased Haiku Learning and rebranded it PowerSchool Learning. My students need to be ready.

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PowerSchool Buys Chalkable, Tops $200 Million in Acquisition Spending

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based education data management company founded in 1982. The company raised $3 million in 2013 and acquired three companies: Learning Earnings, Spiral Universe (an SIS provider) and Chalkable, which initially aimed to create an educational app store where teachers can purchase and deploy apps.