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Johnnie Max Selected as a Finalist for the 2022 SIIA CODiE Award for Best PreK/Early Childhood Learning Solution

  The Software and Information Industry Association has selected  Johnnie Max , a new online literacy program for the next generation of PreK–K teachers and learners, as a finalist for the 202...

Massachusetts Mayflower Academy Now Accepting Applications for 2022-2023 School Year

Full-time online private high school opens registration for fall 2022 with more than 300 courses to choose from

Harbor Freight Tools for School Prize for Teaching Excellence has Significant and Lasting Impact

More high school students want to enroll in skilled trades classes and local employers are more interested in developing partnerships after teachers are named winners of the Harbor Freight Tools...

Linewize Offers No-Cost Student Safety Audits to All U.S. Schools and Districts

The Fast-Growing EdTech Company Reinforces its Commitment to Student Safety with Complimentary Audits

Sesame Workshop and Discovery Education Launch Early Learning Channel for PreK to Grade 2 Kids

  Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit media and educational organization behind Sesame Street, and Discovery Education, a worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art, K-12 digital platform suppo...

New National Survey Reveals Education Leaders’ Plans for the Future of School-Home Communication

Key findings from the ParentSquare survey show that educators intend to increase use of two specific digital channels – mobile apps and texting

Hemet Unified School District Adopts LETRS for New Two-Year Professional Learning Program

Over a third of district teachers and all administrators signed up for optional LETRS-based programs

Nestlé and Girls With Impact Team-up to Spur GenZ Women to Innovate with “Big Ideas-Better World” $5,000 Challenge: Every Entrant is a Winner

  On the eve of World Creativity and Innovation Day, Nestle USA, and the non-profit  Girls With Impact  (GWI) today announced a national challenge to encourage the next generation of women to ...

VictoryXR Announces Launch of 'Metaversities' in U.S. in Partnership with Meta

“A metaversity campus is the solution that makes remote learning work”

SRI International Finds IXL Efficacy Research Meets Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Tier 2 Requirements

The independently reviewed study shows IXL usage leads to higher achievement in math for students in grades 3-8

FEV Tutor Earns LTI Advantage and OneRoster Certifications from IMS Global

ESSA evidence-based virtual tutoring platform supports interoperability and the secure exchange of data within a district’s or school’s existing technology ecosystem

PresenceLearning and Highlights Partner to Support Children With Special Needs

Expanded Digital Library Featuring More Than 160 Pieces of Highlights Content Will Support Special Education, Therapy Goals For K–7 Children

Brookes Acquires Caslon Publishing Titles

Acquisition allows Brookes to expand into multilingualism

Discovery Education’s K-12 Learning Platform Earns Learner Variability Product Certification from Digital Promise

  Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader whose digital services support learning wherever it takes place—announced today that its award-winning K-12 learning platform has earned the...

Two Largest School Districts in San Antonio Adopt Exemplars Math Resources

  Amidst nationwide struggles with learning loss, social-emotional skills and stagnant math scores, the two largest school districts in San Antonio, Northside ISD and North East ISD, have both...

Dr. Chad A. Stevens, Chief Strategy Officer of ParentSquare, is Re-Elected to CoSN Board of Directors

Stevens will serve on the K-12 edtech leadership organization’s Emerging Technologies Committee and support its Protecting Privacy in Connected Learning Initiative

STEM Educators Demonstrate Innovative Uses of Data-Collection Technology to Win 2022 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards

The winning educators will each receive $1,000 in cash, $1,500 towards expenses to attend the NSTA National Conference on Science Education in Houston, and $3,000 in Vernier products

BetterLesson Partners with TeachFX to Drive Student-Centered Instructional Practices Through Actionable Data

The partnership pairs BetterLesson’s dynamic professional learning supports with TeachFX’s targeted analysis of student talk patterns and learning dynamics to measure the impact of teaching practices

Slooh’s ‘Online Telescope for Families’ Brings the Wonder of Space Exploration to Homes Worldwide

Families can explore and photograph more than 1,000 real-world space objects and events using Slooh’s professional-grade online telescopes


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