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Lingo Jingo Awarded Prestigious English Language Learner Grant from U.S. DOE

New funding allows the company to offer pilots of its WIDA- and Common Core-aligned language-acquisition solution to a limited number of schools

Smithsonian Awarded Carnegie Grant To Advance Digital Learning Practices

Funding Supports Research on Digitized Museum Resources in K–12 Education

PlanetHS Earns Single Sign-on Badge from PowerSchool

Student and parents can now use one set of log-in credentials to access multiple sites

Learning Upgrade Launches Interactive Whiteboard Courses

New Teacher Upgrade math and ELA lessons combine a front-of-class solution with individual instruction using songs, videos, and games

MetaMetrics and EvoText Announce Partnership to Help Teachers Build Lessons Using Appropriate Text Complexity

ORLANDO, Florida - MetaMetrics®, developer of the widely adopted  Lexile® Framework for Reading ,  and EvoText, LLC , a provider of custom eLearning solutions for schools and educational publish...

Sunburst Digital partners with Speakaboos to bring the award-winning reading motivation and literacy platform to elementary schools Nationwide

  Chicago, IL – Sunburst announced Speakaboos for School, a new initiative bringing the award-winning digital reading motivation platform to elementary schools across the country through ...

Fifth Annual Follett Challenge to Launch Monday

$200,000 Contest to Recognize Leading Examples of K-12 Programs Teaching 21st-Century Skills to Students

Sunburst Digital announces a Spiraled Technology Skills Integrated Curriculum allowing Districts continuity in the teaching of 21st century skills like Coding, Programming and Computer Science

Chicago, IL - Imparting 21st century skills means starting young learners with a proper foundation and thoughtfully advancing students with age-appropriate offerings at each grade and level. F...

Innovative Nonprofit Releases Kinesthetic-based Educational Games GeoMoto and Pangean

Embodied learning experiences allow players to create and manipulate geographic features with movement

Harvard Center’s Best Foot Forward Project Shares Results on the Use of Video in Classroom Observations

Research Shows the Use of Video in Teacher Observations is an Effective Tool for Improving Evaluation Feedback. Majority of Teachers Found Process Fairer and More Useful Overall

Finally! A Solution that Matches Students to Careers First

Myverse launches free tool that matches students to career paths first, then relevant colleges effectively reducing teen stress about life after graduation

Ruckus Wireless and Brocade Deliver Gigabit Class Smart Wi-Fi to Chico Unified and Souderton Area School Districts

Mutual Client Wins Demonstrate Value of Best-in-Class, Open, Scalable, High-Performance Brocade/Ruckus Wired & Wireless Solution

Dr. Steven L. Paine, Former West Virginia Superintendent of Schools, Elected to Board of Directors of National Dropout Prevention Network

Clemson, SC — Dr. Steven L. Paine has joined the Board of Directors of the National Dropout Prevention Network (NDPN). Paine, who served for six years as West Virginia’s 25th superintendent of s...

Promethean Planet® Surpasses 2 Million Members

-Award-winning collaborative community grows, supports educators globally-   (ATLANTA) – Promethean Planet, one of the world’s largest online collaborative communities for educators, to...

PCG Education Launches Paths to College and Career: A Comprehensive 6-12 English Language Arts Curriculum

English Language Arts curriculum explicitly developed to address the needs of teachers, students and schools to achieve the Common Core State Standards

Trident Case™ Offers K-12 Schools the Chance to Win up to 30 TECHJACKET™ Cases

Trident’s all-new patent-pending TechJacket™ Case is the industry’s first rugged case solution designed to protect most 11-inch laptops and Chromebooks.

Calling All Science and STEM Educators: Vernier Launches Its Fall 2015 Data-Collection Workshop Series

Free hands-on workshops teaches educators innovative ways to incorporate data-collection technology into their science curricula

Curriculum Associates’ New i-Ready® Lessons Provide Students with an Immersive Close Reading Learning Experience

New lessons for grades 3-5 support students in using complex, authentic texts to build rigorous close reading habits


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