ActiveGrade

  • Post-acquisition ActiveGrade team of three stays intact, takes on new roles

    Less than five months after its acquisition, Iowa City-based startup ActiveGrade is releasing its first new features under the Haiku Learning Systems platform. Originally designed as an electronic platform to help educators track student development, ActiveGrade merged with the cloud-based platform in February, significantly expanding its market and the features available …

  • ActiveGrade is acquired by Haiku Learning, says it’ll stay in Iowa City

    ActiveGrade, a startup established to help educators better track pupils’ development, announced today it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Goshen, Ind.-based Haiku Learning Systems, a cloud-based learning management system. “With the incredible talent behind Haiku, we’ll be able to take standards-based grading to new places that we simply didn’t have the resources…

  • Lessons from the classroom on company culture

    (Guest post by Michal Eynon-Lynch.) Creating a positive company culture is much like creating a positive classroom culture. As former teachers and camp counselors, this is something we enjoy actively considering. When intentionally attempting to improve company culture, I recommend following these three tips: 1. Laissez-faire it up 2. Hire well 3. Make it enjoyable.…

  • A (belated) midyear look at the “10 Silicon Prairie startups to watch”

    One counts McDonald’s among its account holders, another carries recognition from the SXSW Interactive Awards and another had its product featured on the PBS News Hour. Seven months ago, none of these milestones had been achieved, but we’ve seen quick progress and achievements. In January, I presented a list of 10 Silicon Prairie companies that…

  • Sales engineer, UI designer, customer service representative and 10 more

    We’re excited to bring you our 96th Opportunities on the Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please register your positions using …

  • Prairie Moves: Quadis Technologies, DocuTap, Scott Kubie and more

    Published Tuesdays (one day late this week) and Fridays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post,…

  • Prairie Moves: Macy Koch, Blake Pinneke, Lake Surf Co. and more

    Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (two days late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post,…

  • ActiveGrade names advisory board, co-founder confirms $200k raise

    ActiveGrade, a startup established to help educators better track pupils’ development, has assembled a group of educators tasked with keeping a similarly watchful eye on the company’s own progress. Iowa City-based ActiveGrade last week unveiled a seven-member advisory board, which is made up of educators and teacher leaders from across the country. The group will…

  • Prairie Moves: Miranda Bouck, ActiveGrade, Powow and more

    Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…

  • Ex-teachers look to sharpen focus of student feedback with ActiveGrade

    It wasn’t long ago that Michal Eynon-Lynch (far left) and Riley Eynon-Lynch (near left) made their living as teachers, educating students on subjects like math and science, history and humanities. Now, the wife and husband are getting an education of their own — on bootstrapping a startup. The Eynon-Lynches, along with designer Dan Sweeney, make…