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The all-new Discovery Education Science Techbook for middle school sparks student curiosity

The all-new Discovery Education Science Techbook for middle school offers a phenomena-driven curriculum that puts middle school students at the center of three-dimensional storylines to investig...

The pioneer in helping K-12 districts manage student safety on school-provided technology

For more than 20 years, Gaggle has helped hundreds of districts avoid tragedies and save lives while also protecting against district liability. The company helps ensure digital student safety b...

Self-paced on-line courses to teach mental health literacy

Pathways to Empower offers self-paced online mental health literacy courses for students, parents and educators.  All the courses are based on a very simple brain model that explains how to buil...

Access best practices and strategies with the Mentoring Minds Resource Library app

The Mentoring Minds Resource Library app provides teachers and administrators with convenient access to best practices, strategies, and ideas that support instruction and promote student success...

Easy, free tool for collecting authentic student feedback and exit tickets

Loop helps teachers quickly and easily collect digital exit tickets and feedback from their students in a safe environment.  Setup is simple. Teachers can typically send students a question in...

NoRedInk builds better writers in 60 percent of all US school districts

NoRedInk helps students become better writers in more than 60 percent of U.S. districts. The adaptive curriculum engages learners by personalizing exercises to their interests, boosting their sk...

BenQ’s EW800ST Smart Projector Transforms Classrooms into Collaborative Blended Learning Spaces

  BenQ’s EW800ST smart projector is the first education projector to feature cloud account integration, screen-mirroring capabilities, smart app capability, and internet and wireless connectiv...

An individualized, research-based math solution to accelerate students’ mastery of state standards

Equitable, engaging, and proven effective, Achieve3000 Math offers a powerful experience to support math fluency and skills mastery. Designed for targeted practice, Achieve3000 Math helps studen...

Cloud-based assessment and instructional tool, ideal for in-classroom or distance learning

Formative is a cloud-based teaching and assessment solution used for tracking student growth to standards in order to guide instructional practices and personalize learning. Formative, a Premier...

Real-time teacher and student mobile communication app and no cell phone numbers needed

  Class Updates app is a free education technology tool that allows for seamless teacher and student communication via push notification technology, so no cell phone numbers are needed to use ...

Experience--a flexible K-12 platform--engages every student wherever learning takes place

Experience — Discovery Education’s flexible K-12 learning platform — connects educators to a vast collection of compelling high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons...

MATHiaFlex gives every student their own personal digital math coach

MATHiaFlex is a powerful online tool for educators to better assess student learning in real-time and assign individualized math learning content to students digitally.

Instructional reading program that supports teachers, parents, and students

Waterford Reading Academy (WRA) combines adaptive instructional software that guides students from learning to read to reading to learn with tools for teachers, students, and families to build s...

Research-Backed Program to Assess and Strengthen Attention for Young Learners

  Children with better attention are able to absorb more information, which means they learn better. TALi is a two-step program on iOS or Android tablets to help assess and strengthen attentio...

Bloomz Consolidates all School Communication with Parents, Students, and Staff in one Place

Bloomz is the mobile and web app that allows teachers to share instant messages, announcements, photos, calendars, volunteer and conference sign-ups, student portfolios, and more through one eas...

DimensionU is an Esports for Education Platform, Supporting Grades 3-9 in Math and Literacy Learning

DimensionU is an educational esports platform.  As a leading developer of educational video games for math and language arts, DimensionU has a track record of helping improve student achieveme...

Integrated planning and analytics platform to eliminate gaps in curriculum and instruction

Chalk is a planning and analytics platform that enables K-12 school districts to develop a cohesive, standards-aligned map for curriculum and instruction, and receive actionable real-time assess...

SchoolStatus is a district-wide communication tool that integrates key student data

SchoolStatus is a district-wide communication tool that integrates key student data to increase communication among educators, district administrators and student families. SchoolStatus aggregat...

GBC’s Foton 30 is the first affordable, fully automated, pouch-free desktop laminator

The    GBC Foton™ 30 is the first affordable, fully automated, pouch-free desktop laminator that does all the feeding, laminating and trimming for you.  Consecutively laminate up to 30 document...

K-12 online social learning platform making education impactful, accessible and equitable

Powered by over 30,000 hours of streaming, interactive K-12 lessons and programs, Belouga blends real-world learning with core subject areas to provide a learner-centered experience that sparks ...


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