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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 ...

The University of Saint Francis and BloomBoard Announce New Partnership to Address Pandemic Recovery while Offering Teachers Graduate-level Credit via Micro-Credentials

Micro-credential-based graduate courses from the University of St. Francis and BloomBoard allow local schools to leverage federal relief funds to build teacher skills for COVID recovery

National Report Reveals Students Are Behind in Reading and Math

How Kids Are Performing report shows that achievement gaps widened between fall and spring—and offers vital resources to help accelerate learning

Business Icon John Pepper and Browns GM Andrew Berry Join Alliance for Decision Education Board

Each seeks to amplify call for decision-making skills to be taught in schools

Georgia’s Toombs County Schools Launches New Partnership Bringing Award-Winning Digital Resource from Discovery Education to All Students

  Georgia’s  Toombs County Schools  (TCS) today launched a new partnership with  Discovery Education  providing district teachers and students in all grades K-12 access to an award-winning dig...

Mississippi Department of Education Approves Curriculum Associates’ Programs as Evidence-Based Academic Interventions

The i-Ready®, Ready®, Phonics for Reading™, and Teacher Toolbox programs can be used by schools across the state to support the academic needs of Tier II and Tier III students

EdisonLearning and the Learning Counsel to Prepare School Leaders for the Re-imagination of Digital Learning in the Wake of Covid-19

               The 2021 EduJedi Seminars for K-12 will Equip School Administrators with Technology Skills & Knowledge to Address Challenges Facing American Education   FORT LAUD...

Rosetta Stone/Uber partner to provide language learning services

     Rosetta Stone  is partnering with Uber so that every driver and delivery person in nearly every country around the world has the opportunity to learn a new language—for free. Rosetta’...

Study Shows Children Saw Improved Mental Well-Being Early on During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Conducted by nonprofit Let Grow and analyzed by Dr. Peter Gray, the study shows children benefitted from unstructured time during the initial lockdown last spring

PresenceLearning Becomes New Corporate Partner of ASHA

PresenceLearning Platform Will Expand Teletherapy Options for SLPs

Renaissance Celebrates Coming Together for Back-to-School

With weekly $500 gift card educator giveaways, fun and exciting classroom resources, and compelling student engagement kits, Renaissance is providing the most comprehensive resources to accelerate learning to date.

CoderZ Recognized by SIIA as Best Coding and Computational Thinking Solution

  The computer science program CoderZ was named winner in the Best Coding and Computational Thinking Solution of 2021 as part of the annual SIIA CODiE Awards. The prestigious CODiE Awards reco...

Poll Finds High Level of Dissatisfaction with Many LMS Platforms in K–12 Education

Edsby ®, a multi award-winning, next generation K– 12 learning management system (LMS), released  results  of a new, recent “Grade Your LMS” poll. The research effort sought to better understan...

Gale Partners with ASECS to Provide its North American Members Access to Eighteenth-Century Collections Online

New Partnership Gives ASECS Members Access to the World's Largest Collection on the Eighteenth-Century, Advancing Research and Instruction of the Period.

How to Best Optimize Audio in Conference Rooms

NEW WEBCAST How to Best Optimize Audio in Conference Rooms Live Date: Wednesd...

Yamaha Unified Communications Releases New E-Book on “Investing in Technology for the Classroom”

  The role of technology in education was becoming apparent even before terms like "COVID-19" and "social distancing" became a regular part of our vocabulary, and the pandemic added fuel to th...

PBLWorks Announces its 2021 PBL Champions

District, school and individual champions are recognized for their commitment to high quality Project Based Learning


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