Blackboard Inc. said last week that it planned to buy its longtime course-management software rival, WebCT Inc., in a $180-million deal that would make the new corporation the Goliath of its market.

Address: 1899 L St. NW, Fifth Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: 800-424-9299 Web site: www.blackboard.com Industry: Enterprise software and services for education Founded: 1997 Number of ...

Are you smarter than a third-grader? Because the online education system used by the Fairfax County public schools apparently is not. Police say a 9-year-old McLean boy hacked into the Blackboard ...

The New Learning Experience stems from Blackboard's mission to reimagine education and by creating new ways to better serve learners and the institutions that serve them. “There is a major disconnect ...

Support for Blackboard Learn ™ ANGEL Edition was scheduled to expire in October 2014. With the change, clients using ANGEL will now be supported indefinitely beyond that date. Blackboard will evaluate ...

Blackboard Inc. carried out a round of layoffs last week as part of a broader reorganization by CEO Jay Bhatt, the latest in a string of actions aimed at revitalizing the 16-year-old ed tech behemoth.

Jay Bhatt, Blackboard’s CEO for the last two and a half years, knows this all too well. “Blackboard is a function of the system it served for many years,” he admits.

Blackboard, which is backed by Providence Equity Partners, has agreed to buy Schoolwires, an educational website for K-12 schools and districts. No financial terms were disclosed.

Blackboard affiliate pays $260M for an online payments company. Here’s why that matters.

Blackboard Inc. has launched its Charitable Giving Program, the company announced. This year, more than $200,000 will be provided to multiple organizations to help foster education technology programs ...

Blackboard also announced an “Open Services Support Group” aimed at selling support services to colleges that use free, open-source learning management systems (LMS). The company says it has hired ...