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K-12 Dealmaking: Barnes & Noble Ed. Acquires LoudCloud; Volley Labs Raises $2.3 Million

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Barnes & Noble Education Buys LoudCloud Systems: The college bookstore operator and provider of digital education services has acquired LoudCloud Systems, a digital platform and analytics provider to clients in higher education, the for-profit sector, and the K-12 community. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Indeed, while there are handful who work arduously to undermine its privileged position in education technology – god bless them – to many more , it is simply impossible to imagine a future of teaching and learning without the LMS. The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this decade — from ITT to coding bootcamps, from Trump University to the Draper University of Heroes — we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works now. People were relieved that there was a new alternative to Blackboard.

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