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SkillBuild is a series of online courses focused on teaching soft skills

SkillBuild by Muzzy Lane is a series of online short courses to help higher education institutions, employers, and learners to develop, assess, and verify soft skills that are in high deman...

An online tool for test preparation, researching education programs, and exploring careers

Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep Suite is a comprehensive online tool for standardized test preparation, researching undergraduate and graduate programs, finding tuition ass...

Space exploration platform engaging students in hands-on, phenomena-based, STEAM-focused learning

The Slooh platform provides students in schools nationwide with the ability to explore the universe and its stars, planets, moons, nebulae, and celestial events through the company’s multiple...

A reading, research, and writing platform that helps students use AI responsibly

PowerNotes+ is a reading, research, and writing platform that helps educators and institutions have control and confidence using artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom—and addresses qu...

Scheduled, small group personalized instruction delivered live online by certified, experienced teachers

Tutored by Teachers (TbT) closes the opportunity gap for high-need students through virtual instruction, aimed at learning acceleration and addressing unfinished learning. TbT consistently ...

Remind Hub is a complete communication platform for schools and districts

Remind Hub is a complete communication platform for everything school leaders need to engage and empower their entire community. Along with providing district-wide communication features like...

A definitive resource to separate fact from fiction within the science of reading

The Reading League Compass is a comprehensive platform designed to provide direction to stakeholders and decision-makers so they can make informed decisions about the science of rea...

DreamBox Reading Park is an engaging and effective PreK-2 reading solution

DreamBox Reading Park (Reading Park)– which recently joined the Discovery Education family of award-winning suite edtech solutions–is an interactive resource designed to develop foundational...

ST Math Tutoring Powered by VIPTeacher accelerates learning with high-impact math tutoring

ST Math Tutoring Powered by VIPTeacher accelerates student learning through high-impact, grade-level, live online tutoring. The platform’s highly qualified tutors are state-certified teachers...

Sora Home enables an entirely new kind of interdisciplinary, mastery-based, student-led school

Sora Home is an Experience Management System (EMS) for innovative schools. It enables a transformative, interdisciplinary, mastery-based education while empowering parents to play an active r...

SchoolJoy personalizes learner experiences and post-secondary pathways through students’ existing passions, interests and skills

Studies have shown that differentiated and personalized learning significantly improves student outcomes (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2013; Redding, 2013; Wolf, 2010). However, scali...

Sibme AI provides real-time video and audio analysis, highlighting key aspects of lessons

Sibme AI is a revolutionary artificial intelligence tool designed to enhance professional growth and improve teaching. It utilizes machine learning algorithms and natural language processing ...

Mathseeds develops essential early math skills and promotes positive attitudes towards math

Mathseeds is an award-winning early math program designed to help build students' confidence and enthusiasm for math in the early years (pre-K–3). The program is specifically created w...

Free curriculum that helps young students understand how AI works through robotics

Thinking with KIBO: Introducing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Early Grades is a free curriculum designed to help students understand how AI tools work and think critically about how the...

Research-based, high-frequency, small group online tutoring to accelerate Algebra learning gains

High-Dosage Tutoring is an evidence-based solution for helping students make significant, accelerated learning gains. The program marries the core strengths of The Princeton Review® and Tut...

DySc screener facilitates earlier diagnosis and intervention for dyscalculia and mathematical difficulties

DySc is a comprehensive dyscalculia screener aligned to American Psychiatric Association’s The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR)...

Give Students Secure, Single-Click Cloud Access to 150+ Apps

itopia CloudApps Classroom revolutionizes modern education by seamlessly bridging the gap between technology and affordability. Their innovative solution empowers educators to deliver high-qu...

EFgo by Reflection Sciences EFgo is an objective, standardized, science-backed online measure of Executive Function skills

Executive Function (EF) is like an air traffic control system in the brain—it helps us manage information, make decisions, and plan ahead. We need EF skills at every stage of life, and while ...

A digital learning tool used by millions of teachers and students worldwide to create interactive lessons

Lumio is a digital learning tool transforming lessons into active, collaborative learning experiences that engage students wherever they are, both in and out of the classroom. The free tool...

Book Creator is a tool for creating multimedia digital books in the classroom

Students love it. Teachers love it. Book Creator is the simplest, most inclusive way to create content in the classroom. This powerful digital tool is accessible to anyone, no matter their a...


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