EdBizWatch

Blackboard Seeks $3 Billion Sale

Owner Providence Equity Partners has hired Deutsche Bank and BoA to run an auction.

Blackboard Seeks $3 Billion Sale, Baker, Roumeliotis & Stone, Reuters

Renaissance Learning Acquires UClass

The San Franciso, CA-based startup bills itself as a “Dropbox for Education.”

Renaissance Learning Acquires UClass, Tony Wan, EdBizWatch

Berkery Noyes' Education Report: 1st Half 2014

Two transactions reached the $1 billion threshold in the first half of 2014.

Berkery Noyes' Education Report: 1st Half 2014, Berkery Noyes

Who is Jack Lynch?

He's CEO of Renaissance Learning, and in this interview he talks ed tech.

Jack Lynch: Data Drives Effective Teaching, Michele Molnar, Education Week

Big Data Enters the Classroom

"The only way to make data totally safe is to not ever use it or keep it," she says. "That's just not an option." Kathleen Styles, the U.S. Dep't of Education's first chief privacy officer

Big Data Enters the Classroom, Lisa Flescher, Wall Street Journal

Renaissance Learning Sold for $1.1 Billion

Only last month Renaissance Learning raised $40M from Google, valuing co at $1B.

Renaissance Learning Sold for $1.1 Billion, Michael De La Merced, New York Times

Renaissance Learning Draws $40 Million From Google Capital

Deal values co at $1Billion. RL uses the cloud to help teachers develop lesson plans.

Google Capital invests $40M in Renaissance Learning, Michael J De La Merced, NYT