Apple gets serious about education, buys student data startup LearnSprout

Apple has acquired small education-focused startup LearnSprout, Bloomberg reports.

San Francisco-based LearnSprout makes a dashboard for teachers and school administrators to analyze student-generated data.

LearnSprout has raised $4.7 million in venture capital funding from firms such as Andreesen Horwitz, Formation 8, and Samsung Ventures, according to Crunchbase.

In recent years, Apple's traditional stronghold of the U.S.

Apple provoided its customary non-denial to Bloomberg:

"Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans,"

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