Weld North Education's Imagine Learning Acquires Early-Learner Digital Math Curriculum Company Reasoning Mind
Jul 30, 2018, 10:00 ET
NEW YORK, July 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Weld North Education (WNE), a leading digital education technology company focused on developing digital curriculum and tools for grades pre-K–12, today announced its Imagine Learning business acquired Texas-based Reasoning Mind, a leading innovative math curriculum organization addressing the early learning market. Serving more than 100,000 students last year, Reasoning Mind adds an important complement to Imagine Learning's portfolio of digital curriculum. Terms were not disclosed.
"We are excited to partner with Reasoning Mind and add their rich curriculum and math expertise to our product line," stated Jeremy Cowdrey, Co-President of Imagine Learning. "We will now be able to offer a complete supplementary pre-K through middle school math program, helping us more fully serve students, teachers, and schools across the country."
"We were looking for a partner that shared our mission and could increase our distribution," explained Gregg Fleisher, CEO of Reasoning Mind. "After exploring many possibilities and learning about Imagine Learning's passion for helping all students reach their potential, we knew that partnering with Imagine Learning would make for a wonderful marriage."
Jonathan Grayer, Chairman and CEO of Weld North—parent company to Imagine Learning, said, "Imagine Learning develops critically important learning tools for the young student and delivers this curriculum in compelling and innovative platforms, providing educators important tools to foster learning," said Grayer. "We are pleased to welcome Reasoning Mind to the Imagine Learning family and look forward to expanding the audience for their learning solutions."
Imagine Learning, acquired by WNE in 2014, is a leader in harnessing the power of technology to instruct students with engaging language, literacy, and math software, delivering effective supplementary instruction solutions to schools and districts across the country. Imagine Learning currently serves over three million students in 25,000 schools across all fifty states.
About Reasoning Mind: Founded in 2000, Reasoning Mind has established itself as one of the highest-quality blended learning organizations for mathematics in the United States, servicing nearly a million students and teachers over 18 years, across several states. The program's results have been confirmed by Teachers College Columbia University and the Education Research Center at Texas A&M and reviewed by SRI Education and WestEd. In 2015, Reasoning Mind earned the Deloitte RightStep Innovation Prize, a national competition designed to identify and help scale the next "cutting edge solution in education." Read more about Reasoning Mind at https://www.reasoningmind.org.
About Imagine Learning: Imagine Learning delivers award-winning language, literacy, and mathematics solutions for pre-K–12 students, revolutionizing the way kids learn. Students and teachers love Imagine Language & Literacy, Imagine Math, Imagine Math Facts, and Imagine Español because they are research- and evidence-based, data driven, instructionally differentiated, and incredibly fun to use. After more than a decade of growth and continuous improved student outcomes, Imagine Learning has established itself as a leader in the digital education arena. The Imagine Learning family is dedicated to changing lives and opening doors of opportunity for kids. To learn more about Imagine Learning, visit www.imaginelearning.com
About Weld North Education: Weld North Education is a leading digital education technology company focused on developing digital curriculum and tools for pre-K–12 students. The company is built around two underlying businesses, Edgenuity and Imagine Learning. Edgenuity is a leading digital courseware provider focused on providing online curricula and intervention solutions. Imagine Learning is a leading digital supplemental solutions provider focused on addressing language, literacy, and math. Read more about Weld North at http://www.weldnorth.com.
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