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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Awards VHS Learning $8.5 Million Grant to Serve Students Underrepresented in Advanced STEM Courses

First allocation of five-year grant will fund a minimum of 1,500 Massachusetts students and help them prepare for Advanced Placement STEM courses

Visme Loves Teachers Campaign Launches

Now through July 2021, Visme empowers educators with access to free premium content to create engaging, visual communications for interactive distance learning.

Ohio’s St. Bernard-Elmwood Place Schools Selects Discovery Education to Deepen Student Engagement Wherever Learning Takes Place

  Ohio’s  St. Bernard-Elmwood Place Schools  (SBEP) has launched a new effort to deepen student engagement wherever learning takes place. To support this initiative, SBEP educators will soon b...

New Guide from ParentSquare Provides Useful Considerations and a Checklist for K-12 Districts Working to Streamline School-Home Communications

Consistent family engagement and interaction remain important as schools move between online, hybrid, and fully in-person instruction

Curriculum Associates Sponsors the Council of the Great City Schools’ Inaugural Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice

Casserly, Executive Director of the Council, to select an educator pursuing a graduate-level education degree to receive a $10,000 scholarship

IXL Learning Names Richard Carranza as Chief of Strategy and Global Development

Carranza will draw from his deep expertise in K-12 education to advise IXL on meeting the growing needs of school systems around the world

reDesign Seeks 250 Content Experts to Reimagine the K-12 Educational Content Map this Summer

Educators, academics, and industry experts are invited to apply or nominate others for a paid one-week Design Studio to create inclusive, future-oriented content maps across 25 discipline areas

Steve Wozniak’s K-12 Education Program Woz ED Announces Exclusive Strategic Partnership with Draganfly

     Draganfly Inc. (OTCQB: DFLYF) (CSE: DFLY) (FSE: 3U8) (“Draganfly” or the “Company”), award-winning, industry-leading drone solutions, and systems developer, today announced an exclusive...

New Award Celebrates Standout Teacher Leaders from Schools Around the Country

An educator from each state to be recognized with the Teacher Leader Impact Award for their notable achievements and impact on others to create positive lasting change

reDesign Launches Open Call for “Designers-in-Residence” to Reimagine Curriculum this Summer

50 Designers will be selected to create next-generation 7-12 grade student projects that develop key competencies and critical consciousness, and nurture deep connections to community

Discovery Education Presents Three New Virtual Field Trips Connecting Students to Curiosity Created in Partnership with Industry Leading Organizations

  Discovery Education and leading corporate and community partners are offering K-12 educators and students three engaging new virtual field trips (VFT) debuting in April and May. Focused on a...

New Guides Help K-12 Districts Establish Continuity of Learning Practices

The three-part Continuity of Learning Strategies Series from the maker of STEMscopes shares ideas and strategies to help educators keep students learning even when schools are closed

Trauma Skilled Literacy Instruction and Social-Emotional Learning Guide Now Available from Achieve3000

  " Trauma Skilled Literacy Instruction and Social-Emotional Learning " is a new 16-page guide authored by recognized thought leaders Dr. Sandy Addis, Dr. Doug Fisher and Dr. Donna Wright (b...

IXL Learning Acquires Rosetta Stone

The deal adds renowned language-learning brand to IXL’s portfolio of educational offerings

PresenceLearning Hits Three Million Teletherapy Sessions Delivered

Company reaches milestone as it continues to help schools provide remote special education services as the pandemic crosses the one-year mark and students continue distance learning

Flinn Scientific and ITEEA Form Strategic Alliance to Increase Student Participation in Engineering Education

       Students can learn new STEM concepts and practice their engineering skills using WhiteBox Learning and Engineering byDesign™   Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of science l...

Discovery Education Brings Together Thought Leaders to Amplify Social-Emotional Learning

  Educators, students, and families are invited to explore social-emotional learning with dynamic digital resources from Discovery Education and its diverse network of partners. In recognition...

KidWind and Flinn Scientific Partner to Launch the KidWind Simulation Challenge

New partnership provides students the opportunity to construct and test virtual turbines and wind farms using WhiteBox Learning

Financial Literacy Challenge from Jackson Charitable Foundation and Discovery Education Inspires Community Collaboration to Win $10,000

  Jackson Charitable Foundation , a nonprofit with the mission to advance financial knowledge on a national scale, and  Discovery Education  today opened the 5 th  annual Cha-Ching TM  Money ...

EdisonLearning and Pointful Education Partner to Expand Access to Online Career and Technical Courses

Pointful Education’s suite of CTE and elective offerings are now available to all secondary students enrolled in eCourses through EdisonLearning


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