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PowerSchool to Acquire Kickboard

November 10, 2021

Education

PowerSchool has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kickboard, a provider of K-12 behavior management and social-emotional learning (SEL) software, to integrate Kickboard’s capabilities into PowerSchool’s Unified Classroom. The acquisition is intended to give educators a more comprehensive view of student behavior and wellbeing by combining behavior management, SIS, LMS, and analytics; Kickboard and PowerSchool will continue to operate separately until the transaction closes.

PowerSchool Acquires Hoonuit from Renovus Capital Partners

November 6, 2020

Education

PowerSchool has acquired Hoonuit, a leading K-12 education analytics and data management provider, from Renovus Capital Partners. The deal adds Hoonuit’s analytics and data-management capabilities—supporting more than 14.5 million students and multiple state deployments—to PowerSchool’s K-12 product portfolio to deliver unified analytics across SIS, LMS, enrollment, ERP and talent systems.

Bain Capital Acquires PowerSchool

October 1, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Bain Capital has completed the acquisition of PowerSchool Holdings, a Folsom, California-based provider of cloud-based K-12 education software, for $22.80 per share in cash, valuing the company at approximately $5.6 billion. Vista Equity Partners and Onex Partners retain minority stakes; the deal takes PowerSchool private to accelerate product innovation (including its PowerBuddy generative AI platform) and expand its global reach.

PowerSchool Acquires Allovue

January 22, 2024

Data & Analytics

PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC) has acquired Allovue, a K-12 financial planning, budgeting, and analytics software provider, to expand PowerSchool’s financial management and data & analytics capabilities for K-12 customers. The acquisition integrates Allovue’s budgeting and analytics tools into PowerSchool’s product suite to provide schools and districts improved budget transparency and planning (reports indicate an approximate purchase price of $38.2 million).

SchoolStatus Acquires SchoolNow

February 13, 2024

Education

SchoolStatus, a K-12 student-success platform, has acquired SchoolNow, a Cincinnati-based unified digital publishing platform for K-12 schools. The acquisition will integrate SchoolNow's ADA-compliant websites, mobile apps and multi-channel communications into SchoolStatus' platform to expand its family-engagement and communications capabilities.

SchoolMessenger (PowerSchool) Acquires Permission Click

January 5, 2022

Education

Permission Click, a K-12 platform for managing school policy compliance, parent permissions, payments and online forms, has joined the SchoolMessenger product family. The deal brings Permission Click’s forms, workflows and payments capabilities into SchoolMessenger (part of PowerSchool), expanding SchoolMessenger’s K-12 product portfolio and accelerating digital transformation for schools across North America.