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Districts Brace for Fiscal Cliff in Final Year of COVID Relief Funding Inflation, Educator Feedback Among Top Considerations in Adjusting Spending for the New School Year, AASA ARP Survey Finds

With one year remaining to spend close to $200 billion in federal COVID relief funds, more than half of school district leaders are shifting their American Rescue Plan spending decisions due ...

KinderLab Robotics Debuts AI Curriculum for Young Learners

Featuring five lessons, the new curriculum is designed to help students in grades 1–3 understand how artificial intelligence works and what its limitations are

T-Mobile’s Project 10Million is helping to close the digital divide in education by offering free internet connectivity, mobile hotspots and low cost hardware to millions of eligible student households

As students around the country return to school, the lack of access to home internet remains an issue for millions of American kids: According to a Dec. 2020 study , “up to 12 million K–1...

New Back-to-School Surveys: Parents Believe More Work Needs to Be Done to Address Unfinished Learning and Educators List It as One of Top Three Concerns

Nationwide surveys reveal parents’ and educators’ concerns and hopes regarding students’ ongoing unfinished learning

Vernier Science Education Launches Two New Sensors for High School and College-Level Environmental Science

The Go Direct® Pyranometer and Go Direct® PAR (Photosynthetcally Active Radiation) Sensor enable students to easily and accurately collect and analyze scientific data

New Report from Curriculum Associates Indicates Ambitious Growth Needed and Attainable to Accelerate Learning Recovery

New data highlights connection between implementing Stretch Growth goals and closing unfinished learning gaps in reading and math

Innovate Illinois Supports Two Projects for Federal EDA Tech Hub Funding

Innovate Illinois today announced its support for two transformative projects seeking federal Economic Development Administration (EDA) Tech Hub Funding located in Illinois. These visionary...

Sibme Unveils AI Tool to Save Teachers’ Time and Strengthen Coaching Conversations

Sibme AI boosts the effectiveness of instructional coaching and saves teachers’ time while providing real-time feedback and data on teachers’ classroom instruction

Utah Education Network Selects Copyleaks for its Generative AI and Plagiarism Detection, Serving More than 800,000 Students

The deal marks another key milestone in a year of exponential growth for Copyleaks

ParentSquare is a 2023 Inc. 5000 Honoree, Securing the No. 1060 Spot

With three-year revenue growth of 559%, ParentSquare is among America’s fastest-growing private companies

The Choose Kindness Project Releases First-of-its-Kind Resources for Parents, Educators and Coaches on Bullying Prevention and Mental Health

New resources — developed by the nation's leading experts — guide parents, educators and coaches to work together to help kids who face bullying. Resources are unveiled as parents r...

Curriculum Associates Announces New Updates to i-Ready® for the 2023–2024 School Year

Updates include enhanced lessons for Spanish instruction and new reporting features

ClassWallet Ranks Number 477 on the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the U.S.

Magazine has named ClassWallet as the 477th fastest-growing private company in America on its 2023 Inc. 5000 ranking revealed today. It's the second consecutive year ClassWallet has made...

ParentSquare’s Family Engagement Platform Earns ESSA Level III Certification

Third-party study by LearnPlatform by Instructure shows positive effects of school-level usage of ParentSquare on school-family relationships

Linewize Selected as Preferred Technology Provider for Texas Schools in a Strategic Partnership with the Technology Alliance for Statewide Initiatives (TASI)

The partnership makes Linewize's world leading suite of online safety and student wellbeing services available across Texas with assured pricing, service and support

Renaissance Unveils New Back-to-School Resources to Help Educators Personalize Teaching and Address Learning Gaps this School Year

The latest How Kids Are Performing data identifies areas of greatest need, while new resources and connections will help educators to truly see every student in 2023–2024

Curriculum Associates Launches Extraordinary Educators™ Leadership Collaborative to Support the Professional Growth of Rising School Principals Nationwide

A total of 16 principals from 16 states are chosen for their exemplar practices and use of Curriculum Associates’ programs

Arkansas’ LISA Academy Renews Partnership with Global Edtech Leader Supporting Student Success

Arkansas’ LISA Academy public charter school district today announced the renewal of its partnership with worldwide edtech leader Discovery Education . Thanks to this continued collaborati...

AASA Leaders Join Education Secretary and Homeland Security for Cybersecurity Summit

Leaders from AASA, The School Superintendents Association, joined First Lady Jill Biden, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas at a summit t...

Spaces4Learning Names Lightspeed’s Mobile PA A Platinum 2023 New Product Award Winner

Unveiled just last September, Spaces4Learning recognized Lightspeed’s Mobile PA as the top audio enhancement solution


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