App of the Week

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 ...

Comprehensive curriculum and robust resources for teaching social-emotional learning skills

Research shows that social-emotional learning (SEL) is crucial for children to become successful socially and academically. SEL programs in schools help to improve students’ behavior, attitudes ...

An interactive learning experience for aspiring math beasts in grades 2‑5

Beast Academy, developed by Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), is a comprehensive math curriculum for grades 2-5 designed by its creators as “the math curriculum we wish we had when we were kids.” B...

PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students

PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students. Packed with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy supports for students of all abilities, it bo...

An all-in-one video creation platform to create, share and manage videos to empower learning

Thousands of educators have turned to Screencast-O-Matic to create videos and screencasts for classroom instruction. This easy-to-use and affordable video creation platform takes teaching to the...

Puku helps children 8-12 master vocabulary with Merriam-Webster, America’s most trusted dictionary

Puku is a fun and motivating vocabulary-building app for kids. The app features Puku, a virtual pet that grows and evolves as players master new words, in an engaging display that rewards progre...

A classroom app and curriculum to help students develop emotional regulation and improve behavior

  The KidConnect Classroom App was designed to help students develop emotional regulation and improve behavior. It provides students with effective strategies to identify, understand, and mana...

Book Retriever is a classroom library manager that helps student literacy

Book Retriever is a SaaS application dedicated to helping teachers find the right book for each individual student. Classroom teachers often have a large collection of books in their room that s...

UL Xplorlabs modules teach STEM topics to students using real-world engineering challenges

UL Xplorlabs is an educational platform designed to encourage students to “solve through science.” It is especially focused on engaging middle-school students when their interest in science is s...


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