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Winners of the 2015 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards Announced

Seven STEM educators awarded for innovative use of data-collection technology in the classroom

Mac to School Drastically Increases Capacity for Summer Device Buy-Backs

Leading Certified Apple Provider moves in to new facility to account for increased device buy-back this summer

Apperson’s Evo Academic and Evo Social & Emotional Finalists in the 2015 SIIA CODiE Awards

Online K-12 assessment programs recognized in two education categories

Newsela Partners with The Washington Post to Publish Leveled, Nonfiction News for Students in Grades 2-12

The award-winning news organization and the fastest growing K-12 technology startup to bring high-quality journalism to diverse classroom learners

Montgomery County Schools to Use i-Ready to Help Improve Student Achievement as Part of District’s i3 Grant Project

Curriculum Associates to support district as it implements its new “A Culture Creating Effective Systems for Success” (ACCESS) program

Naiku Announces First Round of Innovative Educator Grant Recipients

Next-generation assessment provider to award grants valued at $250,000 to support innovation in learner-centric strategies by individual educators and schools

Curriculum Associates’ Ready® TNCore Mathematics Selected as Approved Instructional Program for Tennessee Schools

Program for grades K–8 chosen based on its focus, rigor, alignment, coherence, usability, and sensitivity

New Research Identifies the Most Challenging Common Core State Standards for Students

New microsite provides free resources and sample lessons to help educators address the most challenging reading and math standards

Schoology to Power Henry Mancini Online Arts Curriculum from Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center

MIDLAND, Pa. – A new digital way to learn about the arts is soon coming to middle and high school students.  Henry Mancini Arts Education  — created by Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center (LPPAC...

Aldine ISD (Texas) Picks Schoology for Virtual School and Other Core District Initiatives

HOUSTON –  Aldine Independent School District  (Texas), a former Broad Prize winner, has migrated to  Schoology  for managing curriculum, virtual instruction, credit recovery, staff development ...

Two schools achieve learning success with free math and reading licenses Learning Upgrade offers free access to online curriculum

SAN DIEGO — If your students need support in math and reading but your district doesn’t have the budget to provide more resources, what can you do? Two schools – one junior high and one elemen...

Quick Key Releases Android Mobile Scanner Beta on Google Play

Quick Key Mobile, the iOS app that has been making life easier for teachers since 2013, is finally coming to Android. Today Quick Key opened its new free Android App BETA on Google Play. The Bet...

Bridgeport Public Schools Expands Use of myON

District expanding access to myON’s personalized digital literacy platform

Vernier Expands Its Data-Logging Capabilities for Chromebooks

New Graphical Analysis™ for Chrome™ app allows science teachers and students to use Chromebooks for direct USB data capture with sensors

Signing on to the Student Privacy Pledge

Denver, CO – Aegis Identity Software, Inc. a leading provider of Identity and Access Management solutions for the Education marketplace, announced their signature of the Student Privacy Pledge l...

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...

Vinci Education Announces New Virtual School for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Award-winning early childhood education program provides virtual teachers and free tablets to new students of the virtual school

Curriculum Associates Launches New Math App to Help Students Develop Fact Fluency and Computational Fluency

Door 24® Plus for grades 1–8 joins the i-Ready® mobile family of educational products


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