Edtech Companies

Scholastic is a global education and publishing company best known for children’s books, school book fairs, and literacy programs. It publishes popular titles for kids and teens, offers book clubs, runs nearly 90,000 school book fairs each year, and provides classroom and supplemental learning materials across 130 countries.

Lexia Learning improves literacy through reading programs and teacher training for K-12 students. Its products include Core5 Reading for elementary students, PowerUp Literacy for middle and high school readers, English Language Development for English learners, and LETRS for teacher training in the Science of Reading. Lexia supports 1 in 3 U.S. school districts and serves more than 2mm students each year.

Clever is an edtech company that provides a secure, single sign-on and data-integration platform connecting K–12 schools, teachers, and students to thousands of digital learning applications. Clever serves more than 110,000 schools and 95 of the largest 100 U.S. districts, with roughly 60% of American students logging in monthly through its platform. The company’s core product streamlines identity management and rostering by automating account provisioning and enabling one-click access to learning tools—reducing administrative burden and improving security for districts and app partners. Acquired by Kahoot! in 2021, Clever operates as a cornerstone of K-12 digital infrastructure, positioning itself as the trusted “identity layer” for education by making access to learning safe, simple, and scalable.

ParentSquare helps schools communicate with families by sending messages, alerts, forms, and payments by text, email, voice, and app, with translation in many languages. After acquiring Remind in 2023, ParentSquare now supports communication for more than 20mm students across the U.S.

Benchmark Education is a K–12 publisher that specializes in literacy and language arts for both English and Spanish. It offers core curriculum, supplemental materials, reading-intervention programs, and bilingual resources for English language learners. The company also provides educator training, through its digital platform, Benchmark Universe, for instruction and assessment in for K–8 students.