IXL Learning Acquires NoRedInk, the Writing Platform Used by 9 in 10 U.S. Districts

What IXL Learning announced

IXL Learning said on October 19, 2026 that it has acquired NoRedInk, a platform that helps middle and high school students build writing skills through personalized practice. Financial terms were not disclosed in the announcement. The release says Tucker Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor to NoRedInk.

The announcement frames the deal around a familiar classroom problem: English teachers facing large stacks of essays to grade, while students need time, patience and individualized feedback to learn to write clearly and persuasively. According to the company, NoRedInk has spent more than a decade addressing that challenge with tools that guide students from constructing a sentence to crafting a compelling argument.

Paul Mishkin, CEO of IXL Learning, said NoRedInk "has built a product with a remarkably deep grasp of how to help teach one of life's most essential skills." He added that NoRedInk earned its place in the classroom "through word of mouth from educators who genuinely love using it."

How NoRedInk works

According to the release, NoRedInk tailors writing instruction to each student's strengths and areas for growth. Students work through lightweight writing prompts, scaffolded essays and guided reviews, with personalized support when they get stuck. Learners restructure sentences, edit and mark up text, and manipulate multi-paragraph passages. The platform also weaves in each student's favorite celebrities, fictional characters and historical figures.

The company recently introduced Read-Write-Reason, a set of integrated reading and writing activities. It is designed to help learners sharpen their analytical and critical thinking skills, develop their ideas and use language effectively.

For teachers and school leaders, the platform offers practice exercises, writing activities and diagnostics aligned to state and national standards and assessments. Built-in diagnostic data, growth reports and gradebooks let teachers and administrators track progress in real time and see where students are thriving or need extra help.

What changes for schools and the market

NoRedInk will remain an independent brand, and the release states that teachers and students will experience no disruptions to the platform they use every day. IXL Learning says it will back NoRedInk with its "extensive resources and scale," with the aim of unlocking new opportunities to innovate and bring high-quality writing instruction to more classrooms.

Jeff Scheur, founder and CEO of NoRedInk, said IXL shares the company's commitment to "thoughtful, student-centric writing instruction." He added that as technology changes how people work and communicate, "the ability to think critically and develop our ideas has never been more important."

IXL Learning, which began in 1998, lists a broad portfolio of education brands. They include IXL, Rosetta Stone, Dictionary.com, Vocabulary.com, TPT, ABCya, Education.com and Wyzant. NoRedInk adds a dedicated writing product to a company that, per its own description, already offers products for math, literacy, language and more.

For current NoRedInk users, the announcement points to continuity rather than change. Any new features or integrations with IXL products were not detailed in the release.