SchoolMint Acquires Whetstone Education, Expanding Positive Classroom Capabilities
Summary
SchoolMint CEO, Bryan MacDonald said, “Today’s teachers are being asked to do more than ever and do it in ways they never imagined, often without the support, training, and coaching they need to be successful. “We are confident that a combination with SchoolMint’s Hero line of solutions offers teachers the support and coaching they need to grow professionally, along with the proven Hero tools that enable simple and powerful solutions to positively transform a classroom environment.” MacDonald added, “SchoolMint’s strategic enrollment platform has proven to be successful helping schools and districts attract, enroll and retain students. Serving over 10 million students and families with more than 16,000 schools across the country, SchoolMint is the leading K-12 provider of solutions for Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM). With products that put the family experience first, while generating powerful insights, the company is helping all schools across the K-12 landscape attract, enroll, and retain students. Designed by educators for educators, Whetstone streamlines the complex work of classroom observation, teacher feedback, instructional coaching, and lesson planning by organizing everything in one place so teachers can teach, coaches can observe and give feedback, leaders can see progress and analyze trends, and everyone can collaborate, plan, and grow together.