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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. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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

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PowerSchool has reached an agreement to acquire Schoology, a provider of learning management systems with a sizable footprint among K-12 schools and districts. Since 2015, PowerSchool has acquired eight companies. The pending deal would combine two established companies with large customer bases. and Canada. and Canada.

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Popular K-12 Tool Edmodo Shuts Down

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A popular communication and collaboration tool for K-12 teachers that’s been around for more than a decade is closing for good. Edmodo is permanently shuttering , the company announced late Monday. It was originally considered a competitor to Schoology and Google Classroom, and it was popular with teachers. It's so sad!”

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How to Use Fortnite in the Classroom

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He takes us through lessons that teachers are teaching in Fornite and also the two warnings that educators need to keep in mind when teaching with this tool. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Hobsons’ Higher Ed Business Split and Sold in Separate Deals Totaling $410M

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By bringing these two solutions into PowerSchool’s unified portfolio, we are focusing on providing tools and insights that can help simplify, guide, and provide all the options they need to help with that journey.” But it has been actively expanding its portfolio, purchasing nearly a dozen edtech companies over the past five years.

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Indiana’s Vigo County School Corporation Adds New, High-Tech Tools Supporting Teaching and Learning to Students’ Digital Book Bags

eSchool News

Connecting educators to a vast collection of high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, intuitive quiz and activity creation tools, and professional learning resources, Discovery Education provides an enhanced learning platform that facilitates engaging, daily instruction in any environment. Discovery, Inc.

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PowerSchool’s Latest Acquisition Aims to Help Districts Connect the Data Dots

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based company is adding more tools that it says can bring much of the data from those offerings in one place, at a time when district leaders need more visibility into how students are faring—especially those learning remotely. In 2016, it bought Interactive Achievement , a set of assessment and reporting tools.

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