App of the Week
BrainPOP is cross-curricular digital content including animated movies, learning games, quizzes, and concept mapping
Formats: Mobile-ready website, iOS, Android, Windows
Kahoot! provides learning through creation of educational games and new understanding through playing them
Formats: Website based, works on any device.
Flexcat by Lightspeed is a classroom audio system enhancing teacher/student communication
Format: Wearable and tabletop classroom audio system
Magisto is a movie maker app solution for simple video making for student projects
Formats: web and mobile IOs and Android
Newsela unlocks the written word by delivering news content at just-right reading levels
Formats: Website and app for iOS devices
ClassFlow is an interactive lesson-delivery platform that enhances student engagement
Formats: Website log-in. ClassFlow is cloud-based and works with all student devices and operating systems
Kids Discover Online is a web-based application offering a vast library of science and social studies material for elementary and middle-school students and educators
Formats: Website login. Can be streamed through any modern web browser, on any device, regardless of the screen size or the operating system
ClassDojo is a communication platform that helps teachers, parents and students create a community inside and around every classroom
Formats: Web, iOs, Android, PC/Mac
myON is a complete literacy environment that personalizes the learning experience for pre-K–12 students
Formats: Web application, mobile application (available for Android, iOS, Kindle Fire & Chromebooks)
ST Math was created by MIND Research Institute, a neuroscience and education social benefit organization
Formats: Web, iOS, Android, Kindle
A research, reading, writing, citing and publishing platform
Formats: Web, iOs, Android, PC/Mac
An interactive lesson delivery and formative assessment platform
Formats: Web, iOs, Android, PC/Mac
Popular Stories
When Students Don't Show Up, Everyone Pays
There is a number that keeps me up at night. Not a test score or a budget figure, though t…
When Teachers Understand Math Differently, Students Learn Math Differently
When I look back on the past two decades I’ve spent at Leander ISD, I think about how much…
The Problem Isn’t Technology. It’s What We’re Training Children’s Brains to Do
Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath’s recent testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, …
Your Students Won't Be Nervous on Test Day If You Do This First
Every school year, districts across the country invest in instructional tools with the hop…
From Star Wars to Startups: How Two LA Seniors Made Yondr Obsolete
At Milken Community School in Los Angeles, the 2024 school year began with a familiar soun…
The Student Loan Rules Just Changed: Here’s What Borrowers/Families Need to Know
Student loans have always been complicated. But starting in the 2026–27 academic year, the…
From Firefighting to Foresight: What Schools Must Do Next to Support Student Wellbeing in a Digital-First World
With nearly half (47%) of U.S. school leaders reporting online safety incidents weekly or …
Attendance as Culture: What the Data Tells Us About Improving Attendance for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students
Good news in K-12 is worth celebrating. Here is some: districts that treat chronic absenteei…
An Interesting Conversation on Portrait of a Graduate
At the ASU/GSV Conference in San Diego, April 14th, LeiLani met John French, Superintenden…
Teaching Teachers: Whole Child Learning & AI
LeiLani sits down with Dr. Jeff Borden, Dean of the School of Education at Western Governo…