This private equity firm is amassing companies that collect data on America’s children

The Next Web
By The MarkupJan 12, 2022, 1:42 am353 pts
By: Todd Feathers Over the past six years, a little-known private equity firm, Vista Equity Partners, has built an educational software empire that wields unseen influence over the educational journeys of tens of millions of children. Along the way, The Markup found, the companies the firm controls have scooped…

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