Education Publishing Associations to Merge
The Association of Educational Publishers and the Association of American Publishers have announced that they will join forces. Read Full Post >
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February 19, 2013
Ed-Tech Companies Use Mergers, Acquisitions to Grow in 2012
There were 48 mergers and acquistions among education- and training-related technology companies in 2012, according to one recent analysis. Read Full Post >
January 09, 2013
Sale of Tutor.Com Places Online Tutoring Industry in the Spotlight
The online media company IAC, known for developing sites like Match.com, is acquiring a tutoring site used by families and schools, Tutor.com. Read Full Post >
November 26, 2012
McGraw-Hill Sells Education Division to Private Equity Firm
The "big three" educational publisher sells it educational properties to Apollo Global Management for $2.5 billion, in yet another landmark move in the industry. Read Full Post >
September 24, 2012
Preparing for Common Core, Firm Acquires School Improvement Companies
Weld North buys Editure and JBHM Education Group with plans to form national consulting group for professional development and school improvement. Read Full Post >
August 02, 2012
McGraw-Hill Acquires Math Technology Company Key Curriculum
Deal, which will integrate digital learning tools into McGraw-Hill content, continues Key's transition from print to digital. Read Full Post >
July 25, 2012
Longstanding Classroom Magazine, Weekly Reader, Stops Printing
Much of staff could be laid off as classroom magazine is consolidated into Scholastic, which purchased the publication in February. Read Full Post >
July 20, 2012
Private Equity, Professional Training Dominate 2012 Education Deals
Report from investment banking firm on mergers and acquisitions shows number of deals in education are up, but value of transactions is down. Read Full Post >
July 11, 2012
McGraw-Hill Lays Out Official Plans for Education Spinoff
Filing includes information on stock split, executive compensation, and digital sales. Read Full Post >
June 28, 2012
News Corp. to Split, Join Education Business with Publishing
Company will explore separating entertainment division and publishing division, including education, into two separate companies in the next year. Read Full Post >
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