WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., May
20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Renaissance®, a
global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, today announced
that it has acquired Freckle Education, a company that provides a
differentiation platform for all four core subjects: math, social
studies, science and English language arts. This acquisition will
expand and enhance educators' opportunities to accelerate student
learning, especially in the critical math skills students need to
be college and career ready.
"We chose Freckle for its innovative approach to
student-centered practice, instructional design and teacher tools,"
said Todd Brekhus, chief product
officer at Renaissance. "So many personalized learning programs
suggest students should just put the headphones on, let the
computer take over and wait for the learning to happen without the
teacher's involvement. With Freckle, we're bringing educators a
tool that puts them in control of targeting instruction and
differentiating practice for students. The acquisition of Freckle
is another step forward in our mission to continually extend and
expand the impact of our solutions."
Freckle helps teachers differentiate instruction quickly and
effectively deliver guided practice to students at their own
academic level. The platform includes interactive student practice
activities aligned to state standards, teacher resources such as
progress reports and inquiry-based lesson plans and an
administrator dashboard. With Freckle's wide variety of
high-quality teacher lessons and student activities, educators can
differentiate not just what students learn, but how
they learn it, engaging students in topics that already interest
them and guiding them to learn in ways most effective for them
individually.
The move is the third major acquisition for Renaissance in the
last year and a half, coming just weeks after the company's April
acquisition of myIGDIs™, and mirrors the company's previous
purchase of myON®. A student-centered digital literacy
platform, myON by Renaissance® has proven to be a
strategic complement to Star
Reading® assessment and Accelerated
Reader® literacy programs, which provide educators with
data-fueled insights into student progress and growth for effective
differentiated learning.
Similarly, combining Freckle's differentiated lessons with the
robust insights educators gain with Renaissance's Star Math® K–12 assessment solution
will help deepen the learning connection between teacher and
student.
"We know that, when we combine best-in-class solutions, it can
have an incredible effect on student learning," said Renaissance's
CEO Chris Bauleke. "When we
introduced teachers and administrators to myON, we saw increased
usage of both Accelerated Reader and myON and, more to the point,
an increase in student reading. We believe the same thing will
happen as educators work with Star
Math, Accelerated Math and Freckle, combining powerful tools
for uncovering student data and the resources to put those insights
to work to strengthen student math learning."
Founded five years ago as Front Row Education, Freckle has
rapidly grown into a teacher favorite, with many adoptions
championed by teachers. Today, more than 700,000 teachers use
Freckle to differentiate learning for over 10 million students
across 75,000 schools. Multiple research studies have found that
students who use Freckle see greater learning gains than those who
do not.
"We launched Freckle because we believe every student deserves a
world-class education, and the best way to deliver that is by
empowering teachers to differentiate instruction for their
students," said Sidharth Kakkar,
Freckle co-founder and CEO. "We've been honored to help hundreds of
thousands of educators all across the country, and we couldn't be
more excited to see Freckle improve learning for so many more
students with the expanded reach Renaissance will provide."
Freckle customers will continue to receive the support and
service they have come to expect and love from the company.
Existing Renaissance customers can look forward to being introduced
to Freckle.
Vista Point Advisors, a San
Francisco-based boutique investment bank, acted as the
exclusive financial advisor to Freckle.
About Renaissance
Renaissance® is a
global leader in pre-K–12 educational technology, enabling
teachers, curriculum creators and educators to drive phenomenal
student growth. Renaissance's solutions help educators analyze,
customize and plan personalized learning paths for students,
allowing time for what matters: creating energizing learning
experiences in the classroom. Founded by parents, upheld by
educators and enriched by data scientists, Renaissance knows
learning is a continual journey—from year to year and for a
lifetime. Our data-driven, personalized solutions are currently
used in over one-third of U.S. schools and more than 90 countries
around the world. For more information,
visit Renaissance.com.
About Freckle Education
Freckle Education provides an
innovative differentiation platform that allows teachers to provide
every student with instruction and practice at the level that's
best for them, especially in the three-quarters of classrooms with
students whose reading levels span across more than four grade
levels. With instructional resources and practice activities for
all four core subject areas—math, social studies, science and
English language arts—Freckle helps educators provide students with
rich, engaging learning experiences that accelerate growth.
Originally founded as Front Row Education in 2013, Freckle
currently serves more than 700,000 teachers and 10 million students
across 75,000 schools. For more information, visit Freckle.com.
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