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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. and Canada.

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Pear Deck Raises $4M to Jazz Up Digital Presentations in the Classroom

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A crop of startups have embarked on the laudable task of ridding the classroom of stale PowerPoint slides. The tool is also tightly integrated with Google tools—G Suite for Education and Google Classroom—which allows students to log in with their Google accounts. The Iowa City-based startup has now raised $5.2

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

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Four years ago, when Hardeep Gulati took over as CEO of PowerSchool, the company numbered around 400 employees. The newest addition comes courtesy of Schoology, a K-12 learning management system provider that PowerSchool announced it was buying last month.

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

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Since 2015, PowerSchool has acquired eight companies. 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. Haiku has since been rebranded as PowerSchool Learning. and Canada.

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Activate Instruction migrates content to Gooru

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Teachers and students using Gooru can now adapt these high-quality resources for their classrooms. In addition, Gooru offers a wiki-assessment system with millions of questions teachers can use to assess student learning. Gooru’s resources are contributed by credible online sources and educators from over 60 public school districts.

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5 Essential Effective Blended Learning Best Practices

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Tips and Tricks I've Learned from Experience From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Online and face-to-face spaces blend to create a today’s classroom. ” When bricks and clicks combine into a powerful learning experience for students, we have an effective blended classroom.

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PowerSchool Buys Chalkable, Tops $200 Million in Acquisition Spending

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Ever since Pearson sold PowerSchool in June 2015, the two companies have embarked on very different paths. The once venerable publisher axed several high-profile (and profitable) businesses in the Financial Times and The Economist as part of efforts to transform itself into a digital learning business. Today, the Folsom, Calif.-based