October 31, 2011; Volume 18, Number 21
Wireless Generation (Brooklyn, N.Y.) is planning to open a new 65-person office in a 12,600 square foot space within Durham’s (N.C.) American Tobacco Historic District in November. ...
Private equity firm Permira Funds (Frankfurt, Germany and New York) on Oct. 19 completed its $455 million acquisition of Renaissance Learning (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.) following the ...
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning in October released new national standards for states, districts and schools to use as guidelines for online courses. Susan ...
Florida Virtual School is building mobile initiatives, game-based courses and exploring new ways to use learning tools as it looks to broaden its connections with students. FLVS ...
Princeton Review (Framingham, Mass.) and its Penn Foster Education Group (Scranton, Pa.) in October launched Avondale & Williams Preparatory High School. The intent is to offer an ...
The West Point (Miss.) school district this fall launched its IMPACT laptop initiative, making computers available to senior high school students in an effort to boost student ...
CompassLearning (Austin, Texas) in October named Arthur VanderVeen, the former chief of innovation for the New York City Department of Education, vice president of business strategy ...
Archipelago Learning (Dallas) in October added two product lines for students in grades 4-12. ESL ReadingSmart offers English-language-learners content-based instruction with an ...
U.S. private equity fund-raising slipped in the third quarter, raising concerns that fund-raising is starting to lose momentum, according to Dow Jones. The slowdown was attributed to ...
The Charlotte-Mecklenberg (N.C.) school district stepped up its commitment to online learning this fall with the pilot launch of an e-Learning Academy that gives high school juniors ...
