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ParentSquare’s New Buyer’s Guide Helps Districts Effectively Evaluate K-12 School-Home Communication Platforms

“Selecting a K-12 Communications Platform” guide includes a checklist of criteria and addresses common communication challenges that educators encounter when trying to engage student families

Renaissance Named to 2026 Fortune Best Workplaces in Education & Training List

Edtech leader also earns its fourth consecutive Great Place To Work® Certification™, highlighting its mission-driven, people-first culture

Just Right Reader Launches ‘Science of Reading Take-Everywhere Games’ to Engage Students in Fun, Hands-On Literacy Practice

The new Science of Reading games help PreK-2 students practice letters, decoding, spelling, writing, and vocabulary at school and at home

Lexia Announces Science of Reading Week: Sustaining What Works

WHAT: Three days of no-cost live sessions for K-12 superintendents, assistant superintendents, curriculum and instruction leaders, principals, and literacy specialists interested in sustaining a...

New NWEA Research Highlights How Coherent Instructional Systems Can Support Strong Student Growth

Study uses lessons learned from a school that achieved twice the national average in academic growth in a school year

New Resources Available to Help Schools and Districts Strengthen Reading Fluency

Available for free on the Fluency for All website, resources include a new research-backed e-book, an educator quiz and discussion guide, and observation checklists

New Informational Hub Helps District Leaders Navigate Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Grants

IRVING, Texas, September 28, 2026— As school districts look for ways to strengthen literacy instruction and family engagement to make the most of available funding, Just Right Reader has laun...

Amid Historic Reading Declines, New Lexia Data Shows Significant Gains Are Possible

Lexia Core5 Reading and Lexia PowerUp Literacy results show students accelerating literacy growth as new PISA scores underscore the urgency of reversing reading declines

Penda Learning Announces New Science Success Webinar

WHAT: A no-cost, 30-minute live webinar for science teachers, instructional coaches and curriculum leaders WHEN: Monday, October 5 – Friday, October 9 REGISTER: https://mailchi.m...

Avantis Education Adds New Math and Language Learning Experiences to Eduverse+

New content suites EscapeRooms and LingoLab help students build math fluency and language confidence through immersive learning

Concentric Educational Solutions Unveils Concentric360 to Help Young People Return to School, Training, or a First Job

BALTIMORE, Md. — September 16, 2026 — Concentric Educational Solutions today announced the launch of Concentric360 , giving school systems, municipalities, workforce boards, and communit...

A Welcome Turn for U.S. Reading as New NWEA Report Shows Positive Trends

Findings highlight that almost a third of the remaining pandemic reading gap was erased in just one year

iCEV Wins Two Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2026 Awards

iCEV named a CTE Champion for both its comprehensive CTE solution and its engineering courses, continuing a three-year winning streak for the company

Revision History Launches Byline to Help Students “Show Their Work”

by 250k+ teachers, Revision History broadens both teacher and student visibility into for authentic writing processes

Avantis Education Launches EduverseSTEM to Transform Classroom STEM Learning

Virtually dissect frogs, perform chemistry experiments, and get immersed in robotics challenges with EduverseSTEM


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