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| 11.09.2024 | Teaching in the Digital Age: Essential Education Tools for Effective | Share
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The digital age has transformed the education sector, offering a plethora of tools and resources to enhance teaching and learning. Effective instruction in this era requires educators to leverage te... |
| 25.07.2024 | AI-Powered Amira Learning Strikes New Deal with Louisiana Department of Education | Amira logo
Going into effect on August 1, 100,000 students across 25 Louisiana school districts will have access to Amira's proven AI tutor to support reading fluency and comprehension
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Amir... |
| 22.05.2024 | SIIA Announces 2024 CODiE Award Winners for Education Technology | WASHINGTON, May 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) presented the winners of the 2024 CODiE Awards in Education Technology during a virtual ceremony on May 21, 2024. Now in its 39th year, the ... |
| 29.09.2023 | Renaissance Announces Winners of Second Annual Student Art Contest, Celebrating Hispanic Culture | The company recognizes three contest winners, shining a light on what bilingualism means to them during Hispanic Heritage Month
BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Sept. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education tech... |
| 09.08.2023 | Renaissance Unveils New Back-to-School Resources to Help Educators Personalize Teaching and Address Learning Gaps this School Year | Renaissance “In many areas, we are seeing a rebound in students’ scores—not back to pre-pandemic performance levels, but rising slowly,” said Dr. Gene Kerns, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer at Renaissance.
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| 18.07.2023 | Independent Study Shows Nearpod Satisfies Level III ESSA Requirements and Leads to Positive Student Outcomes | Nearpod “Nearpod makes it easy for teachers to source high-quality and pedagogically-sound resources for the whole class, small groups, and 1:1 instruction,” said Todd Brekhus, Chief Product Officer at Renaissance and General Manager of Nea... |
| 09.06.2023 | New Digital Books in Indigenous Mixteco Language Support Biliteracy in Oxnard School District | “Mixteco-speaking families will now have the opportunity to read and listen to stories in their own language, allowing us to celebrate and preserve their rich culture,” said Dr. Karling Aguilera-Fort, Oxnard School District’s superintendent... |
| 25.05.2023 | Renaissance Earns 2023 Great Place to Work Certification™ | “At Renaissance, we recognize that to accelerate learning for all students, we need to build a company culture that supports all employees,” said Kim Mitchell, Chief People Officer at Renaissance.
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| 12.05.2023 | Renaissance Launches Art Contest for Students to Help “Shine a Light on Bilingualism” in America | “We’re honored to showcase students’ perspectives on what it means to be bilingual, and the wonderful impact Hispanic heritage has had on communities and schools in the US,” said Doris Chávez-Linville, Director of Linguistic and Culturally ... |
| 24.04.2023 | Built for School Districts, Flocabulary’s New Data-Driven Analytics and Reporting Provide Insights on Students’ Vocabulary Acquisition | “Paired with these data-driven insights, educators can take action right now to differentiate learning at scale,” said Todd Brekhus, Chief Product Officer at Renaissance and General Manager of Nearpod.
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| 12.04.2023 | Renaissance’s All New Visual Identity Champions a Teacher-Led Ecosystem, Empowering Educators to “See Every Student” | “Today marks a shift, where Renaissance moves from specific education products to full-service, integrated solutions that champion a teacher-centered ecosystem supporting the whole student," said Chris Bauleke, Chief Executive Officer ... |
| 06.04.2023 | Renaissance Co-Hosts Science of Reading Webinar with Leading Voices in Education | “Five decades of research show us how to assess and teach reading, and while educators recognize the importance of the Science of Reading, transforming how we teach reading itself is a tremendous change,” said Dr. Michelle Hosp, Director of... |
| 03.04.2023 | Renaissance Completes Acquisition of GL Education, Positioning Renaissance as a Global Education Leader | “GL Education’s formative assessments, paired with Renaissance’s interconnected solutions, further empower our educators and help leaders leverage data to make meaningful change based on each individual students’ needs,” said Chris Bauleke,... |
| 09.03.2023 | Nearpod Announces the 2022 Educator of the Year Award Winners | “Some people say challenges and barriers make our lives complicated, but I think they are essential for success and self-development,” said Liudmyla Katereniuk, a School Director in Ukraine and one of the award recipients.
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| 07.03.2023 | Renaissance Releases All-New Edition of World’s Largest Annual Study of K–12 Reading Habits | “Reading practice is where students grow and improve—and our What Kids Are Reading report is a celebration of that, filled with books and ideas to inspire,” said Dr. Michelle Hosp, Director of Foundational Literacy at Renaissance.
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| 01.03.2023 | Tech & Learning’s Awards of Excellence Program Recognizes Three Renaissance Solutions | “It is an honor for not one or two, but for three of our solutions to be recognized,” said Todd Brekhus, Chief Product Officer at Renaissance.
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (PRWEB) March 01, 2023
Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education tech... |
| 21.02.2023 | Renaissance and GL Education Come Together, Creating Comprehensive Platform to Enhance K–12 Learning Worldwide | “GL Education and Renaissance share a vision that technology and data can be powerful tools to enable educators to build teaching and learning around the needs of every child,” said Greg Watson, Chief Executive at GL Education.
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| 14.10.2022 | Kentucky Board of Education Approves Renaissance Assessments for K-3 Early Literacy Screening and Diagnostics | BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (PRWEB) October 14, 2022
Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, recently announced that Star Assessments have been approved by the Kentucky Department of Education to assist school leaders and teac... |
| 15.08.2022 | Star Assessments Now Connect to Nearpod to Accelerate Student Growth | “This is the biggest Back-to-School product release in Renaissance’s history, and we’re excited for educators and students to take advantage of the new products and new functionality this year,” said Todd Brekhus, chief product officer at R... |
| 28.03.2022 | Renaissance Expands Its Early Literacy Portfolio with the Acquisition of KeyPhonics | BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (PRWEB) March 28, 2022
Renaissance, a global leader in student-centered, pre-K–12 personalized practice and assessment, has acquired KeyPhonics, to deliver early literacy assessment data that can be linked directly to pho... |
| 23.03.2022 | National Report Reveals Pandemic Has Had Profound Effect On K–12 Student Outcomes | BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (PRWEB) March 23, 2022
Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, today released the latest edition of https://www.renaissance.com/how-kids-are-performing/How Kids Are Performing, a report detailing th... |
| 01.03.2022 | Renaissance Shares Findings of World’s Largest Annual K–12 Reading Survey | BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (PRWEB) March 01, 2022
Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, today released the latest What Kids Are Reading (WKAR) report, the world’s largest annual survey of K–12 reading habits.
Each year, Ren... |
| 24.02.2022 | Renaissance and MetaMetrics Extend Partnership to Accelerate Student Learning | "We’re committed to providing educators and students with insights to accelerate learning and growth, and our partnership with MetaMetrics builds on this commitment."
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. and DURHAM, N.C. (PRWEB) February 24, 2022
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| 11.02.2022 | Renaissance and Hillsborough County Celebrate 10 Years of Equitable Access to Thousands of Books | BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (PRWEB) February 11, 2022
Renaissance, the global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is honored to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the community reading initiative Read on myON, a first-of-its-kind partnership bet... |
| 16.12.2021 | Influitive Announces 2021 Best Advocate Marketing (BAMMIE) Award Winners | “With a record number of award submissions this year from companies of all sizes, advocacy marketing is clearly now a business imperative. Congratulations to this year’s winners for inspiring our industry.” – Dan McCall, CEO, Influitive
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| 10.11.2021 | Rivian’s IPO shows investors are still keen on venture-like risks | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Public market investors, it seems, are hungry for venture-like risk.
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| 10.11.2021 | Rivian’s IPO shows investors are still keen on venture-like risks | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Public market investors, it seems, are hungry for venture-like risk.
Nowhere is that more apparen... |
| 09.11.2021 | Francisco Partners Portfolio Company Renaissance Announces Significant Growth Investment from Blackstone | Existing Investor Francisco Partners Remains Major Shareholder;
Investment Supports Global Education Technology Leader’s Mission of Accelerating Student Growth and Learning
NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. – Renaissance® (“... |
| 02.08.2021 | National Report Reveals Students Are Behind in Reading and Math | BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (PRWEB) August 02, 2021
Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, today released the full-year edition of How Kids Are Performing, a new report detailing the academic impacts associated with COVID-19 ... |
| 20.04.2021 | National Achievement Report Finds Varied Rates of Recovery from COVID-19 Impact | “We were pleased to see many students making typical school-year progress despite shifting instructional approaches this year,” said Dr. Katie McClarty, vice president of research and design at Renaissance.
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (PRWEB) April ... |
| 25.03.2021 | Renaissance Has Completed Its Acquisition of Nearpod | BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (PRWEB) March 25, 2021
Renaissance has completed its acquisition of Nearpod as planned on March 8, 2021. Financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed. Both organizations are excited to begin their collaborat... |
| 22.03.2021 | Paris-based edtech Lalilo acquired by US-based Renaissance | Founded in 2016, learn-to-read firm Lalilo has been acquired by US-based Renaissance.
Terms of the deal were undisclosed, however Renaissance has confirmed that Lalilo’s tech will remain in France and that they are continuing the recruit ne... |
| 10.03.2021 | After The Pandemic, American Education Will Never Be The Same — How That’s A Good Thing | By Myles Hunter, co-founder and CEO of TutorMe, a leading on-demand, online tutoring solution. |
| 23.02.2021 | Renaissance and Nearpod, Coming Together to Empower Teachers and Accelerate Student Growth | Together, Nearpod and Renaissance will become the instructional operating system of the classroom, combining live instruction and in-the-moment insights with personalized practice and assessment
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| 23.02.2021 | Renaissance and Nearpod, Coming Together to Empower Teachers and Accelerate Student Growth | BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 23, 2021--
Renaissance, a global leader in student-centered, pre-K–12 personalized practice and assessment, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nearpod, a leader in teacher-facilitated... |
| 20.02.2021 | A $650M exit in the making for Nearpod, a homegrown edtech success story | Facebook
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Nearpod, the South Florida education technology company founded in 2012, has agreed to be acquired for about $650 million, accordin... |
| 19.02.2021 | Renaissance Learning to Acquire Nearpod in Blockbuster $650M All-Cash Deal | With constant budget pressures, protracted sales cycles and a diffuse web of different purchasing processes, the K-12 education market is not for the faint of heart, especially for startups looking to establish themselves. It has long had a... |
| 18.02.2021 | Latest On The School Reopening Saga: Biden Administration Waffles, Media Tires Of Rhetoric And Unions Claim Their Actions Won’t Harm Students | People rally to reopen the schools and put students back in the classroom during the coronavirus ... [+] pandemic on a snowy day. (Photo by: Michael Siluk/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Education Images |
| 26.01.2021 | Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles | In our district, we’ve seen firsthand the power of a community reading initiative and how easily myON makes it to tap into that power. We’re excited to be part of an even larger community celebrating reading across the nation this February.... |
| 14.12.2020 | Learning Loss Is Everywhere. But How Do the Reports Compare? | Learning loss is everywhere—and so are reports detailing the setbacks. As some schools reopen, edtech product use declines. And “non-traditional” students appear more okay with remote online learning than their “traditional” peers. All in t... |
| 19.05.2020 | Parent Involvement Has Always Mattered. Will The COVID-19 Pandemic Finally Make This The New Normal In K-12 Education? | Parents want their children to succeed academically, regardless of their race and income level. Will ... [+] the COVID-19 pandemic finally force school systems to treat parents as the priceless academic resources they have always been?Sprin... |
| 16.05.2020 | How to implement augmented analytics: 3 important caveats | Image: iStockphoto/NicoElNino
Conversations about big data and analytics have emphasized the importance of leveraging data for the past decade. What hasn’t been discussed as often is the need to leverage the ability of people to understand ... |
| 29.10.2019 | Renaissance Learning Acquires Schoolzilla to Marry Assessment and School Data | Almost a decade after Lynzi Ziegenhagen began work on tools to help K-12 schools with data analysis and visualization, she faced an important decision.
For her Schoolzilla company to continue to grow, it needed a larger sales division. Rais... |
| 04.05.2018 | Private Equity Firm Buys Renaissance Learning—and Buys Back MyON | In what’s playing out like a game of edtech musical chairs, digital literacy platform myON is changing hands again—for the third time in 15 months—as part of the just-announced acquisition of its parent company, Renaissance Learning, by pri... |
| 04.05.2018 | Term Sheet — Friday, May 4 | BLOODBATH
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| 03.05.2018 | Francisco Partners To Acquire Renaissance | Private equity firm Francisco Partners has agreed to acquire Renaissance, a Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.-based provider of pre K-12 learning analytics solutions.
The financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the second quarter of... |
| 03.05.2018 | Francisco Partners to Acquire Renaissance | Renaissance will continue to develop leading education technology products under new ownership
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., -- Renaissance®, a leader in pre-K–12 learning analytics, today announced that Francisco Partners, a leading technology-... |
| 19.03.2018 | MyON Turns Another New Page With a New Owner: Renaissance Learning | Just a year after it was purchased by a private equity firm, myON is swapping hands again.
The latest owner of the digital K-12 literacy platform is Renaissance Learning, a provider of math, literacy and assessment products. Financial terms... |
| 19.03.2018 | Renaissance Acquires myON to Expand Digital Literacy Solutions | Renaissance and myON come together to deliver a shared vision of literacy growth for all students
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wisconsin -- Renaissance®, a leader in pre-K–12 learning analytics, today announced the acquisition of myON®, a leading pro... |
| 27.06.2017 | Updates, Upgrades and Overheard: What Was Unveiled at ISTE 2017 | Flocks of educators and entrepreneurs have made their way down to San Antonio this week for the mecca of edtech conferences, hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education—better known as ISTE. The annual event brings toget... |
| 27.06.2017 | Updates, Upgrades and Overheard: What Was Unveiled at ISTE 2017 | Flocks of educators and entrepreneurs have made their way down to San Antonio this week for the mecca of edtech conferences, hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education—better known as ISTE. The annual event brings toget... |
| 08.06.2017 | How Achievement First is Creating an Interoperable Ecosystem | This case study was originally published on
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Achievement First operates a network of 32 high-performing college-preparatory, K-12 public charter schools in Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York City. In keeping with its name, ... |
| 21.09.2016 | Life After Merger: When Edtech Acquisitions Go Sour | Most startups will not go public. The next best option, typically, is to be acquired by another company, in exchange for cash or stock options. But what happens after the paperwork is signed and LAA (Life After Acquisition) begins?
For curr... |
| 17.12.2015 | What’s the Perfect Data Tool for Tracking and Developing Reading Comprehension? | Let’s face it—as educators, our lives revolve around data. We are asked to embrace data collections to improve instruction. But one of the most difficult parts of dealing with data is when district assessments get switched.
Just when teache... |
| 10.11.2015 | Nationwide Renaissance Learning Reading Report Finds Students Still Falling Short | Renaissance Learning, maker of Accelerated Reader 360 and Star Reading, has released its annual "What Kids Are Reading: And the Path to College and Careers" report, the eighth in the series. Renaissance analyzed 9.8 million studen... |
| 17.03.2015 | How to Survive the EdSurge Teacher Tank | The success of shows like “Shark Tank” is very telling of the pleasure we get from watching well-intentioned entrepreneurs have their ideas torn apart by judges.
Each year, EdSurge serves up its own edtech version of Shark Tank, with a twis... |
| 23.02.2015 | Renaissance Learning Acquires UClass | Renaissance Learning, a Wisconsin Rapids, WI-based K12 assessment and learning analytics company, acquired UClass, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of K12 content management solutions for school districts.
The financial terms of the trans... |
| 19.02.2015 | Renaissance Learning Acquires UClass | Renaissance Learning, the Google-funded K-12 assessment and learning analytics service with a valuation north of $1 billion, today announced that it has acquired UClass, a cloud storage and content management service school districts can us... |
| 19.02.2015 | Renaissance Learning Acquires UClass, a 'Dropbox for Education' | Renaissance Learning has acquired UClass, a San Franciso, CA-based startup that’s billed itself as a “Dropbox for Education.”
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal comes six months after UClass raised $1 million seed round in Augus... |
| 16.03.2014 | Another Day, Another EdTech Giant Acquired: Following Renaissance Learning, Education Software Veteran Skillsoft Sells For $2B+ | It’s been an active week in the world of education software, with this weekend bringing news of the second big-ticket acquisition of a veteran EdTech company in as many days. Last week, Renaissance Learning, the 29-year-old, Google Capital-... |
| 13.03.2014 | Renaissance Learning Clinches $1.1 Billion Deal | Less than a month ago, Renaissance Learning, owned by Permira Fund, raised $40 million from Google Capital at a $1 billion valuation.
Today, Permira will be getting that amount--and a bit more. Hellman & Friedman, a private equity firm ... |
| 13.03.2014 | Hellman & Friedman buys Renaissance Learning for $1.1B | Sale comes a month after a $40M investment from Google valued the company at $1B
There has been a bit of a shakeup in the ed-tech world on Thursday, as one of the biggest companies in the space now has a new owner.
Less than a month after G... |
| 13.03.2014 | Funding Daily: March 13, 2014 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here are the day’s funding stories: Online educat... |
| 13.03.2014 | Online education site Renaissance Learning sells for $1.1B, a month after Google Capital invests | Here’s yet another big move for online education.
Renaissance Learning, an online learning analytics and assessment company, announced today that it has sold for $1.1 billion to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, Re/code reports.
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| 13.03.2014 | Renaissance Learning Being Sold for $1.1B to Hellman & Friedman | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 3/14/14, 8:50 am. See below.] Renaissance Learning is being sold for $1.1 billion to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman in what it says is one of the largest ... |
| 13.03.2014 | Online education site Renaissance Learning sells for $1.1B, a month after Google Capital invests | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s yet another big move for online education.... |
| 19.02.2014 | Google Capital Pumps $40M in Renaissance Learning | In the fall of 2011, Renaissance Learning found itself in a tug-of-war between competing bidders before being ultimately acquired by Permira Funds, a European private equity firm, at a valuation in the ballpark of $450 million.
That's not t... |
| 19.02.2014 | Google Capital invests $40 million in online education giant Renaissance Learning | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Google is betting big time on the online educatio... |
| 19.02.2014 | Google Capital Invests $40M In Learning Analytics Firm Renaissance Learning At $1B Valuation | Renaissance Learning, one of the leading cloud-based K-12 assessment and learning analytics companies, today announced that it has raised a $40 million investment from Google Capital. This marks the first investment in education for Google ... |
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