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Wiley to Acquire Knewton’s Assets, Marking an End to an Expensive Startup Journey

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In the second eye-raising deal for the higher-ed publishing industry in as many weeks, Wiley, a major textbook publisher, has agreed to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of digital courseware and adaptive-learning technologies. The New York City-based company has raised more than $180 million in investment capital.

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For Back to School, Savvas Supports Educators and Students With Innovative Solutions to Maximize Personalized Learning

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PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — As students return to the classroom for the new school year, Savvas Learning Company is helping educators move learning forward with engaging, easy-to-use K-12 solutions that offer data-informed instruction and adaptive technology to take personalized learning to the next level. “A

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

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Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education plan to join forces in an all-stock merger. The new company will retain the McGraw Hill name, but will be led by Michael Hansen, currently the CEO of Cengage. Nana Banerjee, who holds that title for McGraw-Hill Education, is expected to depart after the deal goes through. billion in 2013.

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South Carolina Department of Education Selects DreamBox Learning® to Support COVID-19 Academic Recovery

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DreamBox Learning ®, the K-8 digital math company that pioneered Intelligent Adaptive Learning technology, announced today that the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) has selected DreamBox Learning Math to support teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate student learning loss.

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Hitting Reset, Knewton Tries New Strategy: Competing With Textbook Publishers

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Knewton drew heaps of hype and investment by promising to provide artificial-intelligence technology to major textbook companies to make their content more adaptive. Now the company has pivoted, and it is poised to formally announce its own online courseware that will compete head-to-head with those publishing giants.

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Showing #OpenGratitude for: OpenStax

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This is another post in my series of posts showing gratitude and appreciation for members of the open education community. From their website: OpenStax is a nonprofit based at Rice University, and it’s our mission to improve student access to education. Today I’m going to focus on OpenStax.

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Carnegie Learning Gets a Makeover After Private Equity Investment

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Private equity’s pursuit to acquire puzzle pieces to build comprehensive educational technology platforms shows no sign of slowing down. The latest move comes from CIP Capital , a New York City-based private equity firm that is investing an undisclosed sum in Carnegie Learning. We’re not trying to smash a bunch of things together.

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