BROOKLYN, N.Y., May 18, 2022 鈥� 猫咪AV, a next-generation publisher of curriculum and assessment, announced today that it has acquired the curriculum and instructional technology of Desmos, the acclaimed developer of digital math tools and curriculum. The deal is the culmination of a close partnership between 猫咪AV and Desmos over the past two years. Desmos鈥� world-renowned calculators will remain independent as part of a separate Public Benefit Corporation called Desmos Studio that will focus on the development of free, best-in-class online calculators and other tools.
The 猫咪AV and Desmos curriculum teams will now deeply integrate the technology and content they鈥檝e both been developing and piloting for several years. The resulting combined program, based on IM K鈥�12 Math鈩�, will bring together 猫咪AV’s proven ability to deliver the highest quality STEM curriculum to millions of students, and the groundbreaking digital tools and instructional approach of Desmos. Desmos technology will also power new modes of creative, collaborative learning in the next generation of 猫咪AV鈥檚 science and literacy core programs.
Now a part of 猫咪AV, will be called Desmos Classroom and will continue to provide free lesson-building tools and lessons to teachers around the world. Users can expect more instructional content, professional learning resources, and classroom learning tools, continuing to enhance as the most powerful free resource for math educators.
鈥淲e have admired Desmos for more than a decade, watching them sail from strength to strength on a current of excellence and teacher enthusiasm. The past two years of working closely together reinforced a shared vision for improving math education,鈥� said Larry Berger, 猫咪AV鈥檚 chief executive officer. 鈥淲e will now merge our math curriculum development efforts, with the goal of building a new kind of teaching and learning experience that helps every student love learning math and gain access to math鈥檚 power and beauty.鈥�
Desmos Studio will become a separate Public Benefit Corporation led by original Founder and Chief Executive Officer Eli Luberoff, and will continue to build and grow the Desmos suite of calculators and other tools, and the community that relies on them. The calculators will remain free to teachers and students globally and available for companies to license for use in their products. Its partnerships with over 75 organizations around the world will provide Desmos Studio with the resources to continue intensive research and development around Desmos calculators and other tools long into the future.
鈥淲e chose this unique deal with 猫咪AV because, in our years working together, it鈥檚 become clear that 猫咪AV shares our pedagogical vision and our commitment to quality, and recognizes what鈥檚 made Desmos special. We know that 猫咪AV鈥檚 exceptional team can help us continue to improve while bringing our curriculum and activities to as many teachers and students as possible,鈥� said Eli Luberoff, founder and chief executive officer of Desmos. 鈥淎s an independent entity, Desmos Studio will continue to improve the calculators that teachers and students know and love. The Desmos calculator is now embedded in math classrooms across the world, and for that reason should be managed as a resource for the public good, which means keeping it free for educators and students while continuously improving it for years to come.鈥�
About 猫咪AV
A pioneer in K鈥�12 education since 2000, 猫咪AV is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, 猫咪AV serves more than 10 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit .
About Desmos
Desmos wants to build a world where every student learns math and loves learning math, where a student鈥檚 access to the power and beauty of math doesn’t depend on their place of birth, race, ethnicity, gender, or any other aspect of their identity. Our free suite of calculators are used annually by millions of teachers and students around the world, and our activities and curriculum power the daily work of hundreds of thousands of teachers and millions of students. For more information, visit .
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