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Hinojosa earns highest education honor: 2020 Urban Educator of the Year

(BY  THE HUB  ON OCTOBER 15, 2020) Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa was named the 2020 Urban Educator of the Year, during the 64th Annual Council of the Great City Schools Fall Confere...

BetterLesson Releases 100+ Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and BetterLesson supported a cadre of experienced educators to create resources for inclusive classrooms

Discovery Education Names SMASH CEO Eli Kennedy to Board of Directors

  Discovery Education,  the Charlotte, NC, based leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms worldwide, announced...

50% of Teens Say Pandemic Has Worsened Their Mental Health; Over 70% Believe Pandemic Has Disadvantaged Their Generation

Public Media Survey Identifies Loneliness, Anxiety, Depression as Most Common Feelings Among Teens in 2020

Cajon Valley USD and Beable Education Form Comprehensive Partnership to Integrate The World of Work Curriculum with Beable’s Life-Ready Literacy System

Deep Integration of Career Development with Literacy and Core Content Acquisition Adds Even Greater Dimension and Impact to Beable’s Revolutionary Multi-Dimensional System.

All-New Science Techbook for Middle School and STEM Connect Lead the Resources Supporting Discovery Education’s Initiative to Keep You Connected to Curiosity

  Discovery Education   launched Keeping You Connected to Curiosity , a new initiative keeping the continuity of curiosity alive for teachers and students everywhere. Discovery Education i...

Lexia Core5 and PowerUp Helped Students and Teachers Succeed with Remote Blended Learning During School Closures Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

More than 500,000 K-12 students first started using Lexia Learning literacy programs while learning from home during the spring disruption period

eBOARDsolutions Announces Major Update to Simbli Policy Module

Enhanced policy management software offering makes it even easier for school boards to keep policies, procedures, and handbooks updated, organized in one place and accessible to all key stakeholders.

Virginia Approves STEMscopes Digital STEM Curriculum in State Science Textbook Adoption

  Accelerate Learning today announced that the STEMscopes digital STEM curriculum has been approved by the Virginia Board of Education as part of the state textbook adoption for science. The...

Curriculum Associates Sponsors the 2020 ALAS Scholarship Awards to Support the Professional Advancement of Latino Administrators

Luis Murillo, principal of Skoglund Middle School in Center Consolidated School District 26JT, receives $10,000 to support his continuing education

Aperture Education Updates its DESSA Comprehensive SEL System

New features include non-binary gender descriptions, colorful graphs for easy data visualization, and a more intuitive process to input social-emotional learning (SEL) data

Rosetta Stone to Launch Emergent Bilingual Week

New weeklong webinar series will cover remote learning, culturally responsive teaching, the new Rosetta Stone English solution and more

Vernier Software & Technology Launches a New Sensor to Support the Development of STEM Skills and Environmental Literacy

The new Go Direct Weather System provides a versatile and affordable way for educators to engage their middle, high school, and college students in STEM

Gold Star Education Leaders to Headline 2nd Annual National Literacy Summit

November 5 Virtual Conference Will Address Current and Future Learning Challenges

7 Mindsets and K12, Inc. Virtual Schools Expand Partnership

Research-based social emotional learning solution chosen for system-wide implementation in K12, Inc.-powered schools

New Data from Curriculum Associates Quantifies Impact of COVID Learning Loss; Raises Questions about At-Home Testing

Research brief provides a snapshot of how school shutdowns are impacting student achievement at the start of the 2020–2021 school year for elementary students at across more than 900 schools nationwide

Gaggle to Host Student Wellness Series of Webinars

Series to help educators better understand issues impacting students’ emotional and physical health

New Follett Tags A Valuable ‘Search-and-Find’ Resource for Educators

Teachers, Librarians Can Quickly Find Best Quality Materials for Classroom Collections

Gaggle Releases New Cyberbullying eBook for National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month

Updated eBook provides a guide to identifying and handling cyberbullying, as well as resources for parents, educators, and students

Epic Announces Master Teacher Ambassadors For 2021 School Year

Over 200 all-star PreK-6 educators from around the world chosen to spark a joy of reading and learning


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