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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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One such provider, Acrobatiq, was acquired in 2018. Called Aero , the platform has been in the works since 2017. In its statement, the publisher said Smart Sparrow’s technology will support its capabilities in adaptive learning and add more interactive and immersive features for its digital books. million in 2018.

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2018 Halftime Ka’Ching Report: U.S. Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding

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edtech industry, that’s no big deal: In the first six months of 2018, 62 companies raised $739 million in venture capital. This year’s first-half funding total marks a lull from the same period in 2017, which totaled $887 million spread across 58 deals. The full-year tally for 2017 reached $1.2 But for the U.S.

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The 2018 Horizon Report has appeared, thanks to EDUCAUSE

Bryan Alexander

The 2018 Horizon Report , started by the New Media Consortium in 2017, was completed and published by EDUCAUSE this week. My perspective is based on many years of working on and with Horizon Reports. It was really important to us that it have not just the look, but that it also read and felt like a Horizon Report.”.

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Cengage, McGraw-Hill Agree to Merge to Become 2nd Biggest US Textbook Publisher

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The news, first reported by The Wall Street Journal , would create the second-biggest U.S. Earlier this February, it claimed to have sold 1 million such subscriptions since the program was launched in August 2018. Last week, Cengage reported $1.5 It reported $1.6 Pearson, with a market cap of $8.5 billion in 2013.

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The 2018 Horizon Report has appeared, thanks to EDUCAUSE

Bryan Alexander

The 2018 Horizon Report , started by the New Media Consortium in 2017, was completed and published by EDUCAUSE this week. My perspective is based on many years of working on and with Horizon Reports. It was really important to us that it have not just the look, but that it also read and felt like a Horizon Report.”.

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Knewton Was Acquired For Less Than $17M, and Former CEO Brian Kibby Has Left

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In its most recent earnings report , which covers the three months ended July 31, 2019, Wiley disclosed that it had “spent $73 million in total on acquisitions in the quarter, including zyBooks and Knewton.” Brian Kibby, who took over from Knewton founder Jose Ferreira as CEO in July 2017, has also moved on.

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This Math Program Helped Students Blow State Test Scores Out of the Water

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Some highlights: Fourth graders at Salt Creek improved their CAASPP scores by 137% of the state average in the 2016/2017 school year—their first year using the platform—and by 172% the following year. Fourth grade ELLs at both schools grew their CAASPP scores by 252% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year.