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Feb 24, 2026

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Mantra Health Appoints New Executive Leadership, Ensuring Success of New Persistence Intelligence Platform Beacon

Following the recent launch of Beacon, the first persistence intelligence platform for higher education, Mantra Health today announced the expansion of leadership with the hiring of Zahra Safavian, Phil Tallman, and Jessica E. Bright.

Feb 24, 2026

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Orijin Acquires Honest Jobs to Create the First End-to-End Education-to-Employment Pathway for Justice-Involved Individuals in the U.S.

Orijin, a national leader in correctional education and workforce development technology, today announced the acquisition of Honest Jobs, a national fair-chance employment platform connecting formerly incarcerated individuals with job opportunities and reentry resources.

Feb 5, 2026

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Censia

Censia AI Adds Peter M. Fasolo to Board, Strengthening the Workforce Intelligence Layer for Enterprise Transformation

Censia AI, the enterprise workforce system of intelligence, announced today the appointment of Peter M. Fasolo to its Board of Directors. Fasolo brings decades of experience leading global talent strategy and organizational transformation and will help guide Censia's mission to make workforce decisions faster, more precise, and continuously adaptive.

Feb 5, 2026

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Orijin

Instructure and Orijin Partner to Expand Secure, Scalable Education Across United States Correctional Systems

Instructure, the leading learning ecosystem and maker of Canvas LMS, powered by AWS, announced a partnership with Orijin, a leading education and workforce development platform for correctional systems, to expand secure, scalable education across correctional facilities nationwide. Orijin chose to partner with Instructure for its ability to scale alongside Orijin and address the increasing complexity of delivering secure, high-quality education for correctional facilities.

Feb 3, 2026

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Regent Education

Regent Education Joins the CollegeBuys Institutional Purchasing Program

Regent Education, a leader in SaaS-based financial aid and fund management solutions, announced today a new partnership with CollegeBuys. As part of this agreement, California's community colleges will have access to discounted pricing for the Regent Award Suite of financial aid and fund management solutions.

Feb 2, 2026

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Regent Education

Regent Education is Excited to Announce We’re TrustEd App Certified for CBE

Higher education is facing increasing pressure to demonstrate how learning translates into real-world skills, sparking a rise in competency-based education (CBE) programs nationwide.

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EdTech Times Podcast with Jason Palmer: Building Products That Deliver

Apr 15, 2018
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Updated: Nov 6, 2024

What can education technology startups do to ensure that their products are implemented in classrooms? In this podcast, Hannah Nyren from EdTech Times explores this topic with Jason Palmer from New Markets Venture Partners.

A day prior to the recording of this podcast, Jason was a speaker at the LearnLaunch Investor Summit. He and Hannah discuss the themes he covered during his presentation. Jason describes the importance for entrepreneurs to connect with teachers, principals and other administrators in school systems, and understand the issues facing them. He recommends partnering with an established organization that has experience with customers, and can introduce a startup to prospective school systems.

So, what is the best approach to establishing a partnership with these larger companies?

Check out the podcast to learn more.

Building Products That Deliver: Jason Palmer of New Markets Venture Partners Shares Advice for EdTech Startups

In both higher ed and k-12 markets, edtech entrepreneurs typically have one major goal: getting their product into classrooms. A great idea and a beautiful piece of code are one thing, but finding people to actually use it is naturally the end game. Listen in to our interview from last October’s LearnLaunch Investor Summit, to find out what Jason has to say about choosing partnerships wisely, and developing a proven product that brings value to the classroom.