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A Complete Curriculum Management Platform Featuring Tools for Collaboration and Professional Learning

Based on the Understanding by Design (UbD) 2.0 framework, Eduplanet21 is a complete curriculum-management platform designed to make in-house curriculum creation a breeze. With its latest updat...

A program that leverages the brain's spatial-temporal reasoning to solve mathematical problems

MIND Research Institute, a neuroscience and education social impact organization, created ST Math ® based on 20 years of neuroscientific research. ST Math is a pre-K–8 visual instructional prog...

Forum Screen-shares Media from the Teacher’s Laptop to Student’s Phones, Tablets & Laptops

Forum is a presentation solution that can help equalize the seating disparity in classrooms, where every student can clearly see the presentation, download associated materials, ask questions of...

Ready-to-use educational coding/robotics system designed to develop STEM and programming skills

The Mimio MyBot Educational Robotics System is a powerful and innovative robotics package program that enables students from pre-K to high school to develop STEM skills and a passion for program...

Technology-Based, Personalized Literacy Program to Accelerate Development of Pre-K-5 Reading Skills

Developed by Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company, Lexia® Core5® Reading is a research-proven, technology-based literacy program that accelerates the development of fundamental through advanc...

Adaptive reading and language program Fast ForWord delivers reading gains for struggling readers

Fast ForWord is an evidence-based, adaptive reading and language program that delivers up to one to two years gain in 40 to 60 hours of use for struggling learners. Its unique brain-based approa...

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...

zSpace Experiences enable STEM learning through AR/VR and standards-aligned activities

zSpace breaks the screen barrier with all-in-one computers and laptops featuring 3D technology, head tracking glasses, and styli that allow students to interact with augmented and virtual realit...

Impero EdAware App: report and record safety concerns from any mobile device

The Impero EdAware app helps school staff quickly record and report concerns about student safety – no matter where or when these concerns arise. This includes concerns about bullying, self-harm...

Vocabulary A-Z helps K-5 students build vocabulary and increase reading comprehension.

Vocabulary A-Z is a digital solution for helping K-5 students build vocabulary and increase reading comprehension. With Vocabulary A-Z, teachers can differentiate vocabulary instruction and prac...

Instantly access 35,000 of the best books, learning videos, quizzes & more

Epic! was born out of a single question:  How do we make books more accessible to kids?  As parents, it always seemed strange the creators of Epic! that their kids could so easily play games and...

Assessment/intervention solution for students who struggle with reading comprehension and fluency

The Foundations Learning System™ is an assessment and intervention solution designed for students from second grade through high school who struggle with reading comprehension and fluency due to...

Schoolzilla’s dashboards give educators a full-circle view of student data

Schoolzilla’s data-driven dashboards give educators actionable insights into trends in student attendance and achievement, helping them to identify opportunities to improve outcomes for all ...

A gamified reading app that kids want to play

SpoonRead is a solution to the screen time battle between adults and children. It is an app that makes reading a game kids want to play, utilizing technology to increase independent reading amon...

STEMscopes NGSS 3D is a phenomena-based, three dimensional STEM curriculum

STEMscopes™ NGSS 3D is a phenomena-based STEM curriculum that provides K-12 teachers with everything they need to address the Disciplinary Core Ideas, Crosscutting Concepts, and Science and Engi...

A free, home-based early learning solution designed to overcome learning barriers

Waterford UPSTART provides 4-year-old children access to the highest form of academic support in their early education at no cost to participating students or families. Their kindergarten readin...

FASTalk boosts student engagement and achievement by engaging diverse families

FASTalk (Families and Schools Talk) is an evidence-based tool for schools to activate the power of families to improve student achievement. FASTalk helps teachers send curriculum-aligned learnin...

A Platform to Help Teachers Integrate Digital Content into Their Class Curriculum

Gale In Context: For Educators  is a convenient platform that merges quality, curriculum-aligned content and related lesson plans in an educator-focused user experience. It is fueled by conte...

SchoolBzz is a cloud-based communications platform that streamlines how schools share information

SchoolBzz is a cloud-based communications platform that streamlines how schools share information. By simplifying the communications process into a single, easy-to-use tool, SchoolBzz enables ad...

UltraKey Online directly teaches typing skill by employing all the learner's senses

UltraKey Online talks to the learner, shows the learner how to type using interactive animated graphics, builds fluency using real-world typing challenges, and reinforces learning with videos ...


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