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Vector Solutions Wins in the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence Program for its Student Safety & Wellness Courses

Online Courses Support Student Safety and Social-Emotional Learning and Promote Discussions on Topics Such as Bullying, Suicide Awareness, Drug Prevention, and More

Discovery Education Collaborates with AWS to Enhance Recommendation Engine

  Discovery Education—a worldwide edtech leader supporting learning wherever it takes place—today announced that it has enhanced its K-12 learning platform with Amazon Web Services (AWS) machi...

Francisco Partners Acquires Follett School Solutions

  Follett Corporation  today announced the sale of Follett School Solutions (FSS), the company’s K-12 software and content division, to  Francisco Partners , a leading technology-focused glob...

Illinois’ Decatur Public Schools Selects 7 Mindsets for Districtwide Implementation

  Decatur Public Schools in Decatur, Ill., has selected 7 Mindsets, the leader in online social emotional learning (SEL) solutions, to support the emotional wellbeing of its students and teach...

Engaging New Virtual Field Trips from Discovery Education and Partners Welcome Students and Teachers Back to School

  To welcome K-12 students and teachers back to school, Discovery Education—the worldwide EdTech leader whose state-of-the-art K-12 digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place—a...

The 2021 National Literacy Summit Presents a Distinguished Lineup of Experts Addressing What’s Next for Literacy Instruction

For the third consecutive year, the 2021 National Literacy Summit will take place virtually Tuesday, November 9, 8:30 am until 7 pm. Presented by Achieve3000 and Successful Practices Network, th...

OverDrive Education Donates Juvenile & Young Adult Titles to Schools Worldwide

Over 280 high-interest, always-available titles from Sourcebooks, Abrams, Lerner and more in updated Sora Starter collection

STUDY: Demand for Real-Time, Interactive Digital Video & Audio Has Exploded in 2021

New analysis is from Agora, who powers 50 billion minutes of video and audio engagements each month for the world’s top apps

KSDE and Illuminate Education Partner to Expand Statewide MTSS Initiative

Multi-year agreement makes FastBridge universal screening and progress monitoring tools available to all Kansas districts at half cost, advancing the state’s effort to support all students

Education.com Debuts Middle School Math and English Language Arts Resources

Hundreds of new worksheets, games and lesson plans help 6-8th grade students master essential skills

McGraw Hill to acquire EdTech Pioneer Achieve3000

     Acquisition Complements McGraw Hill’s Core PreK-12 Offerings and Accelerates the Company’s Digital Transformation McGraw Hill announced today that it has entered into a definitive ...

Big Picture Learning and American Student Assistance Partner to Provide Internship Opportunities

  Big Picture Learning (BPL) is partnering with American Student Assistance® (ASA), a national nonprofit that helps to foster students' understanding of postsecondary education and career path...

Swing Education Launches Bonus Plan to Support and Incentivize Substitute Teachers

Substitutes can receive a bonus up to $1,000 during the 2021-2022 school year

GG4L Announces School Passport® 2.0

School Passport is a Safe School iPaaS with PII Shield and School AppStore

Alma Announces System Upgrades to its Student Information System

Alma offers a Spanish version of its parent and student portals and adds new features to make it easier for districts to onboard schools and use third party apps

Gale Helps Manassas City Public Schools Provide Mental Health and Wellness Resources to Students

District Expands Social Emotional Learning Program with New Digital Resources to Support Student Well-Being

After Successful Pilot, Schools Adopt EarlyBird Game-Based Screener to Identify Children at Risk for Dyslexia and Reading Difficulties

After participating in a pilot trial of the new EarlyBird game-based early literacy assessment, schools and districts across the United States have chosen to adopt EarlyBird for the 2021-22 scho...

Minnesota’s Bloomington Public Schools Set to Open School Year with New Digital Resources Supporting Science Education from Discovery Education

Minnesota’s Bloomington Public Schools  (BPS) today announced a new collaboration with  Discovery Education  supporting science education in elementary and middle school classrooms across the d...

With American Rescue Plan Funding, New First Book Study Reveals That 97 Percent of Educators Want Input on Funding Allocation, 75 Percent Have Not Had the Opportunity

Report Discloses Educators' Out-of-Pocket Spending in 2020 and their Priorities for American Rescue Plan Funding

Leading Researcher Partnered with CoderZ to Write a White Paper on Fostering and Assessing Students Creativity and Collaboration Skills

  Dr. Yigal Rosen (Harvard University),  co-authored CoderZ’s new white paper, which puts forth comprehensive framework for fostering and assessing creativity and collaboration through CoderZ ...


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