From 1926 to today: a journey of innovation for schools
A hundred years working with schools, from the first paper register to digital tools used every day.
Roberto Spaggiari founds the publishing house in Parma and invents the “flap” register: teachers can see several pages at once and fill in daily records faster.
New registers and books help rebuild school life and administration.
We specialise in registers and administrative materials, so the school system can restart in an orderly way.
With the single lower secondary school there are more students, classes and sites. We produce more registers and launch new series to help staff manage larger schools.
We update manuals, journals and registers, and become a technical reference for school offices.
We develop tools for budgets, planning and staff management, which prepare the ground for software.
Spaggiari Distribuzione serves schools, regulatory consulting goes online, and Infoschool joins us to bring software into school offices.
ClasseViva offers all the control and record-keeping functions of the paper register, fully digital.
Our digital and training services help schools apply for funding, report and monitor projects that schools co-design with local organisations.
With LaFabbrica, Jobiri, Prima Scuola and ESDS, we bring together educational content, career guidance, project-based learning and digital services, now in Italy, Portugal and Brazil.
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1926 - The year of foundation
Roberto Spaggiari founds Casa Editrice Spaggiari, focused on the school market from the start. Its first success is the paper register “with flaps”, which makes teachers’ work easier.
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1926 - 1998 - Casa Editrice Spaggiari
In these years the publishing house produces manuals, books and professional journals for DSGA (school administrative managers) and office staff. Among the best known titles are the Bergantini, which trained generations of administrative staff, and the journal Pais, founded and run by the Spaggiari family to help school staff stay up to date and exchange ideas.
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1998 - The distribution business is born
Spaggiari Distribuzione was born, with more than 20,000 products ready for delivery and over 50,000 shipments a year. From it comes ScuolaShop, which brings products and services for the school world together in one place. Through partnerships with well-known companies and targeted promotions, students, families and teachers find what they need for school life, safely and conveniently.
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2001 - ItaliaScuola
In 2001 Spaggiari creates ItaliaScuola.it together with ANP (the national association of school leaders and senior school professionals). Recognised by the Ministry of Education and Merit (MIM) for staff training, ItaliaScuola.it offers online consulting on management, administrative and accounting topics for schools. Its team of experts has already solved more than 30,000 cases. Alongside consulting, it offers in-person and distance training for continuous, high-quality updating.
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2005 - Infoschool
To lead the digitalisation of schools, Spaggiari acquires Infoschool in 2005, a pioneer in the first management software for school offices. Infoschool’s experience and skills mark a turning point and lead to the birth of the ClasseViva electronic register. Projects linked to ClasseViva simplify administrative procedures, improve communication between teachers, families and students, and lay the foundations for the school of the future.
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2013 - ClasseViva is born
ClasseViva is the electronic register that brings attendance, grades, end-of-term assessments and school–family communication together in one place. When the electronic register became compulsory in 2013, ClasseViva was ready for schools across the country. During the 2020 lockdown it helped millions of students and teachers keep learning at a distance.
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2020 - EUservice
Spaggiari widens its offer by acquiring EUservice, which specialises in consulting and solutions for safety, privacy and the environment. Schools gain support in an increasingly important area, with an approach that brings technology together with attention to regulations, to protect students, staff and the educational community.
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2023 - Ambienta joins Spaggiari
In 2023 the fund Ambienta acquires a majority stake in Spaggiari, bringing new momentum to investment, growth and sustainability projects. Pier Paolo Avanzi, who led the transformation from publishing house to software company, continues to lead the company as Chairman.
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2024 - LaFabbrica
In 2024 Spaggiari acquires LaFabbrica, an Italian company focused on school digitalisation and on educational projects with a low paper footprint. LaFabbrica connects schools and businesses, supporting training paths with a strong technology focus and showing the sustainable side of learning. Its arrival speeds up the digital transformation of schools and promotes education that is more inclusive, connected and respectful of the environment.
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2026 - A hundred years at the side of schools
In 2026 Spaggiari celebrates a hundred years at the side of schools (1926-2026) and presents a new logo. With Jobiri and Prima Scuola, the offer widens to AI-based guidance between study and work, from early years to university.
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2026 - ESDS joins Spaggiari
In September 2026 ESDS (E-Schooling Dream Shaper) joins us: an EdTech company founded in 2007, active in Portugal and Brazil. It is our first international acquisition and brings three platforms.
DreamShaper helps teachers plan project-based learning with AI, and we are now bringing it to Italian schools. eSchooling supports more than 550 private schools in the Portugal. iScholar supports more than 1,700 private schools in Brazil.
Together they serve more than 3,000 schools and 1.5 million students. The roughly 130 people at ESDS keep their roles, products and local presence.
