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title: "Sylvan Learning Acquires Citelighter"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5e974d86-43ff-42ce-9867-577390473012
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/technically-baltimore-sylvan-learning-acquires-edtech-startup-citelighter-12213
category: "Tutoring"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
segment: "Tutoring"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2017-05-16T13:08:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:59:53.412Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/0ea6ce01ca7f665b86a3e6e043ef0a4d6388.jpg
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# Sylvan Learning Acquires Citelighter

**TL;DR:** Sylvan Learning acquired Citelighter, an edtech startup, to utilize its tool throughout the Sylvan Learning system. The acquisition will allow the Citelighter tool to be used to support students in the Sylvan Learning system.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-05-16. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/technically-baltimore-sylvan-learning-acquires-edtech-startup-citelighter-12213).*

## Story

Sylvan Learning recently acquired Citelighter, an edtech startup from Baltimore. Techincal.ly Baltimore spoke with Sylvan Learning vice president of education Emily Levitt about the acquisition.

The article discusses how the deal will allow the Citelighter tool to be utilized throughout the Sylvan Learning system.

Said Levitt, “It provides support for the students directly into the document they’re writing. It holds their hand and walks them through the composition in a way that I have not seen in any other writing product."

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- Sylvan Learning (company)
- education technology (topic)
- edtech acquisition (topic)
- startup acquisition (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/technically-baltimore-sylvan-learning-acquires-edtech-startup-citelighter-12213). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5e974d86-43ff-42ce-9867-577390473012).