Industry News

Slooh Launches New Grant to Make Space Exploration Accessible to 100,000 Students in Urban School Districts

District leaders to apply by August 9, 2024 to receive a free district site license providing access to Slooh’s online telescopes, curriculum, and PD for the 2024-25 school year

Renaissance Launches Powerful New Teacher Experience for the 2024‒2025 School Year

Renaissance Next transforms instruction, provides real-time, actionable recommendations for teachers

BenQ Education Lets Educators Teach Their Way at ISTELive 24

BenQ Will Be a Must-See, With Ed Influencer Demonstrations of the BenQ Board Highlighting “Your Way” Innovations and Partnerships With Leading Educational Apps

Growing Number of K-12 Districts Add ParentSquare to Strengthen Family Engagement Efforts

Advanced features including Smart Sites and Virtual Phone spur increased communications platform adoption

Texas’ Pine Tree Independent School District Expands Partnership with Global Edtech Leader to Support Innovative Science Instruction

Charlotte, NC (Tuesday, July 9, 2024) —Texas’ Pine Tree Independent School District (PTISD) today announced an extension of its multi-year collaboration with global edtech leader Discovery Ed...

Discovery Education’s Science Techbook for Florida Approved for Use in Classrooms Statewide

Charlotte, NC (Monday, July 8, 2024) — Discovery Education , the worldwide edtech leader, today announced that the Science Techbook for Florida has been added to the Florida Department of Educ...

3M Young Scientist Challenge Announces 2024 National Finalists

ST. PAUL, Minn. & CHARLOTTE, N.C.  (Thursday, June 27, 2024)  – 3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) today announced the 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge ( #YoungScientis...

New Cart Fan from Vernier Science Education Helps Students Easily Conduct Hands-On Kinematics and Dynamics Experiments

Cart Fan provides a simple way to create constant acceleration when using the Dynamics Cart and Track System and the Go Direct® Sensor Cart

3M and Discovery Education Recognize 26 State Merit Winners and Four Honorable Mentions in 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge

ST. PAUL, Minn. & CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Wednesday, June 26, 2024)  – 3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) today announced the 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge ( #YoungScientist )...

Elementary Educators Nationwide Invited to Help Develop Discovery Education’s New Writing Product for Grades K-5

Charlotte, NC (Tuesday, June 25, 2024) —Global education leader Discovery Education today announced that it is offering elementary educators nationwide the unique opportunity to participate in...

zSpace Expands Career Readiness with New Science, Math, and CTE Content, Unveiling at ISTE 2024

Expansion of Content on AR/VR Laptops Include Math Island, Supporting Learning of STEM and CTE Topics

Talladega County Schools Drive Innovation with Mobile AR/VR Lab

Talladega, AL – Monday, June 24, 2024 – Talladega County School District, home to 16 schools with 7,100 students, is renowned for more than just the Talladega Superspeedway. The district is makin...

zSpace Introduces zSpace AI: Enhancing Education with Artificial Intelligence

zSpace AI combines the power of zSpace experiential learning and AI technology to enhance learning with real-time coaching aligned to use of zSpace.

New Standards Aligned Content, Lessons, and Upgraded Teacher Resources Headline Back-to-School Enhancements of Discovery Education’s Award-Winning Solutions

Charlotte, NC (Monday, June 24, 2024) —Global edtech leader Discovery Education today unveiled a host of enhancements to its award-winning digital solutions that will help school systems ...

Discovery Education to Integrate Responsible AI Assessment Tool into Award-Winning Discovery Education Experience

Charlotte, NC (Thursday, June 24, 2024) —Global edtech leader Discovery Education today announced plans to integrate a new, responsible, AI-powered assessment tool—Assessment Generator AI—into...

Capstone expands PebbleGo suite with new digital tools to create active learning experiences in K-5 classrooms

At booth 724 at ISTELive 24, attendees can view new tools for classroom educators and students, including active learning tools, curation features, single sign-on, and more

BenQ Education Lets Educators Teach Their Way at ISTELive 24

BenQ Will Be a Must-See With Ed Influencer Demonstrations of the BenQ Board, Highlighting “Your Way” Innovations and Partnerships with Leading Educational Apps

Vernier Science Education Launches New Go Direct® Salinity Sensor to Help Students Better Explore the Natural World

Easy-to-use wireless sensor helps middle school, high school, and college-level students understand water quality concepts through data collection

Linewize by Qoria Announces Appointment of Michael Hyndman as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --  Linewize by Qoria , a global leader in child cyber safety & wellbeing, announces the appointment of Michael Hyndman as the Chief Information ...

Louisiana Public Broadcasting and Discovery Education Renew 21-Year Partnership Serving School Systems Statewide

Charlotte, NC (Thursday, June 13, 2024) — Louisiana Public Broadcasting  (LPB) today announced an extension of its long-term partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education . Thanks t...


Popular Stories

Districts Are Reducing App Counts. Teachers Are Still Building Instruction.
For years, K-12 schools have been told that the problem was digital adoption. Get devices.…

Will the ECCA Create the New Power Brokers of K-12 Education?
The newly passed federal Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA) may create a powerfu…

What Districts Seeing Attendance Gains Have in Common: Lessons from 89 Districts That Are Reducing Chronic Absenteeism
Imagine the superintendent in the next district over tells you they cut chronic absenteeism …

The Anti-AI Crusade in Schools: Alarmism That Risks Derailing a Generation
A growing coalition is sounding the alarm against artificial intelligence in K-12 classroo…

Teachers: Lead the AI-Hybrid Revolution or Watch Your Role Disappear
Bold words, yes. The education sector stands at a tipping point. Economic pressures are m…

The Source of the Anti-Screen and Edtech Rhetoric
I am craving a serious public debate about the anti-screen movement now influencing school…

Chronic Absenteeism Is a Signal of System Failure, Not Just Student Behavior
School districts across the United States are facing persistently high rates of chronic ab…

The War on Screens Is Asking Teachers to Do the Impossible
Executive Summary: Current initiatives to significantly reduce or eliminate instruction…

AI Is Not the Strategy: Leadership Is
As school districts across America wrestle with artificial intelligence policy, implementa…

After Canvas, PowerSchool, and Illuminate: Education Needs Leadership, Not Vendor Othering
When a major education technology company is breached, the pattern is predictable: fear, t…