Pointful Education, a provider of innovative, online career and technical education (CTE) courses, is excited to announce that it has been acquired by Savvas Learning Company, a next-generation K-12 learning solutions leader.
Savvas provides high-quality, standards-aligned, evidence-based instructional materials that span every grade level and discipline, from core curricula and supplemental and intervention programs to state-of-the-art assessment tools and the industry’s most well-rounded portfolio of college and career readiness solutions — all designed to meet the needs of every learner. Its products are used by millions of students and educators in more than 90 percent of the nation’s 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.
“We built our courses to give students the tools they need to develop the skills and industry knowledge for success in their future careers,” said Steve Southwick, CEO and founder of Pointful Education. “We’re so excited to join Savvas and be able to accelerate the development of new high-quality career-focused courses that help schools support and expand their CTE pathways and grow their program offerings.”
The acquisition of Pointful Education follows news in February of Savvas Learning Company’s strategic acquisition of Outlier, which offers high-quality, online college-level courses that enable high school students to earn dual credit while never having to leave their school building. Outlier by Savvas provides immersive, cinematically-produced courses in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences taught by world-class, charismatic instructors from NASA, MIT, Harvard, Yale, and other top institutions.
“There’s a growing demand in the education marketplace to provide secondary students with multiple pathways for college and career learning that ignite a passion for career exploration,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company. “In addition to providing students an opportunity for college learning with our Outlier offerings, the acquisition of Pointful Education allows us to provide the millions of high school students we serve with a broader array of high-quality technical, career-focused courses for high-demand, high-skills, and high-paying careers.”
Specializing in career-focused courses and certification exam preparation for middle and high school students, Pointful Education offers a wide range of virtual and blended learning solutions that engage students in career exploration and prepare them for the workforce. Pointful’s robust catalog features 55 courses that are aligned with nationally recognized career clusters. The courses offer engaging instructional design packed with interactives, videos, projects, language translations, and text-to-speech functionality.
From CTE courses to exam preparation, Pointful Education courses give students the edge they need to be successful in their field of choice and master career-readiness skills training. Nearly half of Pointful courses are directly tied to an industry-recognized certification exam, so when students are done with the course they are prepared to take the exam.
Joining Savvas will enable Pointful Education to rapidly expand the development of new career-focused products, delivering even more course options to educators and enabling more students to gain the skills they need for in-demand careers.