Why are schools switching from Blackboard to Scholar?

I have no idea what a scholar board would be. im assuming it is one of those white boards that uses permanent marker.

So using a little twisted logic, we know that things that are heavy tend to be expensive, and having installed blackboards in a school i can tell you they are quite heavy. so my guess is they cost less to make or replace or something to do with expense.

On a side note, it could be because of those crazy people in the british government that decided the term ’‘blackboard’’ was racist and tried to have it changed to chalkboard.

“About Blackboard Inc.

Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) is a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day. Blackboard’s solutions allow thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with their communities. Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.”

””Blackboard Scholar® is a social bookmarking service customized for education. It provides an exciting new way for students and instructors to find educationally valuable resources on the Web. Using the knowledge and power of [a] network of educational users, Scholar will make it easier for instructors and students to find relevant resources on the Internet for courses and research. Furthermore, by storing and sharing associated information with each resource such as tags, disciplines, other users who have tagged and more, Scholar will allow users to evaluate the resources and find the most relevant and reliable. And it is directly integrated within the Blackboard Learning System™ – Enterprise, Vista, and CE Licenses, providing easy access right within the course environment.”

(cited from Scholar Wiki: http://wiki.scholar.com/display/SCLR/About+Scholar"

…... and NASDAQ stock BBBB has gone from ~$25/share in Jan to ~$38/share now

….seems like they have a strong niche….. perhaps a dominating unique niche for academic, social, and safety web-based communities…...