Savvas Learning Company, a Paramus, NJ-based K-12 learning solutions company, acquired Outlier.org, an edtech startup that has created a portfolio of online college-level courses.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The acquisition will bring cinematically-produced, dual-credit online courses to high school students.
Led by Aaron Rasmussen, founder and CEO, Outlier.org combines cinematic video and charismatic professors with evidence-based teaching techniques to virtually transport the student to a college lecture hall. Its diverse catalog of courses in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences are taught by instructors from NASA, MIT, Harvard, Yale, and other top institutions.
In addition to providing students a path toward their college degree, the Outlier offerings also give those looking for career and workforce training the opportunity to earn credit-bearing professional certificates from technology companies like Google, Meta, and Salesforce.
Led by CEO Bethlam Forsa, Savvas Learning Company provides K-12 learning solutions that give all students the opportunity to succeed. Its instructional materials span every grade level and discipline, from evidence-based, standards-aligned core curricula to supplemental and intervention programs to assessment tools — all designed to meet the needs of every learner. Its products are used by students and educators in more than 90 percent of the 13,000+ public school districts across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as globally in more than 125 countries.
FinSMEs
08/02/2024