Michelle Caffrey

1 week ago | marketbrief.edweek.org | Michelle Caffrey

Another major publisher and assessment provider are joining forces in an effort to offer K-12 districts a way to connect and draw more insights from student data. McGraw Hill, a longtime provider of academic resources, said it has partnered with Pearson to integrate its interim assessments into the former company’s core curriculum products. The move will bring Pearson’s PRoPL, or the Pearson Review of Progress & Learning assessment tool, into McGraw Hill’s instructional materials.

2 weeks ago | marketbrief.edweek.org | Michelle Caffrey

Web-based IEP program, strategic plan consulting, ESL literacy coaching. A Texas district is looking for a web-based program to develop and implement individualized education plans, while a Georgia school system seeks a consultant to help develop a strategic plan. In addition, a district in New Jersey is in the market for English as a second language literacy coaches.

3 weeks ago | marketbrief.edweek.org | Michelle Caffrey

Computer science education platform CodeHS has acquired coding platform Tynker for $2.2 million in cash, following an auction in U.S. bankruptcy court in Delaware. Tynker was acquired by Byju’s for a reported $200 million in 2021 and is now among the U.S.-based subsidiaries of the Indian ed-tech company that are now being sold off. The proceedings are meant to to help the lenders behind a $1.2 billion term loan recoup their losses following Byju’s financial collapse.

3 weeks ago | marketbrief.edweek.org | Michelle Caffrey

School funding management system, executive coaching, professional development services. Colorado’s department of education is looking at school funding management systems, while a New Jersey school system seeks executive coaching. In addition, a district in Mississippi is in the market for professional development services.

3 weeks ago | marketbrief.edweek.org | Michelle Caffrey

Chinese education company TAL Education has acquired a popular reading platform used by students across the United States, in a $95 million deal tied to the unwinding of the assets by troubled ed-tech provider Byju’s. The acquisition of Epic!, which was approved by a federal bankruptcy court last week, has drawn the interest of the U.S. Department of Justice, which is weighing whether the deal should be subject to a process for reviewing foreign investments, court records show.