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Cloud-based teaching, classroom management and online safety tools supporting in-person/remote learning

  classroom.cloud is a simple yet effective, cloud-based teaching, classroom management and online safety tool to help support teaching in classrooms and with remote learners – making it per...

The VEX Continuum is a series of educational robotics solutions for all

VEX Robotics is a leading provider of educational and competitive robotics products to schools, universities, and robotics teams from around the world.

Codelicious offers a customizable turnkey computer science curriculum for grades K-12

Codelicious offers a K-12 computer science curriculum aligned to state and national computer science standards. Differentiated by grade level and continuously updated to reflect changes in the f...

CatchOn is an analytics tool providing insight into the efficacy of EdTech

CatchOn is a learning analytics platform that allows districts to evaluate the ROI of their EdTech investments, track student engagement in meaningful ways that contribute to actual growth, and ...

Help teachers to teach and evaluate general music skills, without instruments

Big Ear Games is simplifying music learning and composition and helping teachers to teach and evaluate general music skills without a need for an instrument! They envision a world where music ...

Equitable Mathematics + engaging Technology = Empowered Students

Magma Math is a digital math platform leveraging handwriting recognition technology that allows students to show their work the same way they would with pencil and paper. The platform enables te...

Focus Skills are skills and standards that are prerequisites for future learning

  In June of 2020, Renaissance launched Focus Skills to support educators during the pandemic. Identified as key skills within Renaissance’s learning progressions—the path students take fr...

The Best App to Improve Student Well-being and SEL in K-12 Education

  When students feel better, they learn better. School Day asks students questions about their well-being, analyzes the data, and provides real-time insight. The service highlights what’s goin...

Building the Education Multiverse

  VictoryXR is a world leader in virtual reality and augmented reality educational product development. To date, they have created over 240 unique VR & AR experiences spanning more than 50...

School Passport

Engagement is a module within School Passport that measures all online reading, learning, and engagement. Without this layer, educators are in the dark. School Passport Engagement breaks down all en...

Math learning projects that challenge & engage students and empower teachers

Rigorous, fun math learning 10storymath is committed to authentic rigor in math teaching and learning: Conceptual understanding Real-world application & modeling Procedural s...

Vector EHS Management helps schools track health/safety incidents, hazards and trends

Vector EHS Management, is an incident management system that helps K-12 schools and districts record and manage safety incidents, identify trends, ensure regulatory compliance, and save time. Th...

IM 9–12 Math is a problem-based core curriculum for high school learners

IM 9–12 Math™ certified by Illustrative Mathematics is a problem-based core curriculum designed to address content and practice standards to foster learning for all. The teacher-tested, resear...

Transformational social-emotional support – delivered with an abundance of care

EmpowerU’s proven approach to social-emotional learning helps students replace anxiety and depression with resilience and confidence. As active participants in their wellness journey, students c...

A game-based early literacy screener that predicts potential for dyslexia in pre-readers

EarlyBird transforms students’ lives through the early detection of reading difficulties, including dyslexia. Developed at Boston Children’s Hospital in partnership with faculty at the Florida...

An out-of-the-box STEM learning solution built around a fully programmable humanoid robot

Marty introduces foundation concepts in programming, such as sequencing and the relationship between instructions and operations.  As a physical tool, Marty helps kids see concrete results from ...

High-impact tutoring for learning acceleration powered by live, 1:1 online tutoring

FEV Tutor delivers live 1:1 online tutoring to support individual student needs and drive measured achievement gains. FEV Tutor partners with K-12 educators to provide those students with the ...

A math learning app that helps students and parents master problem solving

With over 220 million downloads and millions of problems solved per month, Photomath is the world’s most-used math learning app on a mission to transform learning and help every student succeed....

The leading classroom observation platform using teaching videos to support professional development

The Edthena video observation platform enables teachers and coaches to participate in collaborative professional learning. Coaches and colleagues can easily provide feedback, aligned to the sc...

The only wireless screen mirroring and digital signage tool designed for education

Vivi is the only wireless screen mirroring and digital signage tool designed for education. They help IT help teachers help students with classroom technology that enhances collaboration, contro...


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