article thumbnail

K-12 Dealmaking: PowerSchool Acquires Haiku Learning; Jefferson Education Partners with Fishtree

Marketplace K-12

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. Citelighter Raises $2.1 Million: Digital writing solution provider Citelighter has raised a $2.1

article thumbnail

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

Edsurge

The impetus behind the company can be traced to the frustrations that two of Pear Deck’s co-founders—all former classroom teachers—encountered while trying to keep their students engaged. Prior to this venture, Eynon-Lynch and two other co-founders developed an online gradebook that was acquired by Haiku Learning in 2013.

article thumbnail

PowerSchool Buys Chalkable, Tops $200 Million in Acquisition Spending

Edsurge

PowerSchool has now added an array of services in the past 15 months, including a learning management system (through its purchase of Haiku Learning ), special education reporting ( TIENET ), student enrollment ( InfoSnap ), formative assessments ( Interactive Achievement ) and a Canadian SIS ( SRB Education ).