Strategy & Operations
How do K-12 companies organize themselves around clear business objectives and reconfigure their products and staffing to accommodate change
Strategy & Operations
K-12 Market News
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Rebrands as Simply "HMH"
The giant company says the name change reflects its evolution from a publisher to a more diversified K-12 organization.
Strategy & Operations
Industry Insight
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt CEO Talks About Consolidation, What's Next for AI, and the End of ESSER
Jack Lynch sees risks for artificial intelligence tools exacerbating student isolation, but benefits in their ability to support teachers.
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K-12 Market News
K-12 Dealmaking: D2L Pays $25.6M for H5P Group; Proximity Buys Coursemojo's Virtual Learning Business
The Canadian LMS provider D2L has acquired a company that delivers content creation and management software for $25.6 million.
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K-12 Market News
LAUSD and AllHere: 4 Takeaways Amid New Doubts About the Far-Reaching AI Project
As signs of trouble surface for LAUSD's major experiment in AI, here are the questions that education companies need to be asking.
Strategy & Operations
K-12 Market News
Company Behind Massive LAUSD AI Rollout Announces Furloughs
The education company working with the Los Angeles Unified Schools on a major artificial intelligence project faces an uncertain future.
Strategy & Operations
K-12 Market News
ETS Sets in Motion Broad Restructuring With Employee Buyouts
The major assessment and testing organization has offered buyouts to a large share of its 2,000 U.S. employees, and layoffs are possible.
Strategy & Operations
Market Analysis
What's Next for the New Wave of Consolidation in the Education Market?
The drying up of federal funding and an oversaturation in some segments of the K-12 space is fueling a run of mergers and acquisitions.
Strategy & Operations
K-12 Market News
Bain Capital to Acquire PowerSchool for $5.6B
The news comes roughly a month after media reports indicated Bain was interested in taking the major global ed-tech company private.
Strategy & Operations
Industry Insight
Do New AI Rollouts by OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Pose an 'Existential Threat' to Education Companies?
GSV Ventures' Claire Zau breaks down what ambitious new AI projects announced by tech titans mean for the K-12 market.
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K-12 Market News
K-12 Dealmaking: ETS Acquires Mastery Transcript Consortium; Elevate K-12 Secures $25M From Trinity Capital
ETS' acquisition comes as it works with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to shift to skill-based learning.
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K-12 Market News
Report: PowerSchool in Talks With Bain Capital to Go Private in Deal Worth $6B
In a statement, a PowerSchool spokesperson said the company "does not comment on rumors and speculation."
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K-12 Market News
K-12 Dealmaking: IXL Acquires Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com; EdLight Raises $4M Round
The Southern Education Foundation, the Charter School Growth Fund, and others backed a $4 million fundraising round by AI-focused EdLight.
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K-12 Market News
Connect With EdWeek Market Brief at the ASU+GSV Summit This Month
EdWeek Market Brief will be offering a series of intel briefings for education companies throughout the upcoming ASU+GSV Summit, April 14-17 in San Diego.
Strategy & Operations
K-12 Market News
Businesses Are Counting on AI, But Skilled Labor Is Lacking, Survey Finds
One-third of global companies surveyed by IBM say the lack of workers capable of using artificial intelligence is a barrier to their organizations using the technology.
Strategy & Operations
K-12 Market News
K-12 Dealmaking: Sylvan Learning Scooped Up by Unleashed Brands; Cognia Acquiring CenterPoint Education Solutions
Private equity-based Unleashed Brands owns child-focused franchised businesses including My Little Gym, Premier Martial Arts, and Urban Air Adventure Park.