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Renaissance Learning to Acquire Nearpod in Blockbuster $650M All-Cash Deal

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Renaissance Learning , a provider of K-12 software and assessments, including the widely used STAR tests, has agreed to acquire Nearpod for $650 million. The pandemic really accelerated the need for teachers to find ways to continue doing things that were once easily done in classrooms,” he says in an interview.

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TenMarks Shutdown Leaves Teachers Wanting, Competitors Circling

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Any time a program is changed or phased out, it can be disruptive to classroom activities, administrators tell EdSurge. They did, however, provide this statement: “In April 2018, after a thorough review, we made the difficult decision to wind down the TenMarks service. These tactics may well be working.