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Swing Education Launches New Virtual Tutoring Service

Trusted education company bridges digital learning gap to keep students on track with Swing Tutors

Louisiana Tech partners with Discovery Education to provide personalized digital learning service

  Louisiana Tech, the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) and Discovery Education have joined forces to provide personalized digital learning services for students across ...

Numerade Launches Online STEM Summer Camps for High School and College Students

Students are invited to sign up for two months of free world-class instruction in subjects such as calculus, physics and chemistry, as well as SAT Prep

PBLWorks Creates New Online Course to Provide a Path for Individual Teachers to Learn Project Based Learning Practices

Eight-week course led by PBL experts grounds teachers in Gold Standard PBL Teaching Practices

Accelerate Learning Announces STEMscopes Math, Available Nationwide in June

New digital curriculum creates meaningful math experiences for real-world application

New Kahoot! integration with Microsoft Teams brings engagement to distance learning and video conferencing

Kahoot! announced the launch of an integration with Microsoft Teams which allows its 75 million daily users to play Kahoot! games simultaneously or at their own pace from directly within Teams.

PresenceLearning Secures $27 Million Series D Growth Investment Led by Bain Capital Double Impact

       Funding to accelerate universal K-12 access to remote special education related services, during COVID-19 closures and beyond  PresenceLearning, the leading provider of live onl...

Educator Team Releases Book on Teacher Wellness Just in Time for Corona Crisis

     A key chapter of Whole: What Teachers Need to Help Students Thrive is available to download at no cost as a resource for educators and parents in this turbulent time The Mindshif...

Gaggle’s New Investing in Student Safety Report Helps District Leaders Identify the Return on Safety Investments

All educators would agree that it’s vital to protect students both physically and digitally, but how do they measure the return on their safety investments? In its latest report, Investing in S...

How COVID-19 Has Changed the International EdTech Market

May 19, 2020 Michael Spencer, Founder and CEO, Global Expansion Strategies

Online Discussion Platform Harmonize Integrates New Plagiarism Detection Tool Urkund

    As online learning expands, Urkund’s text-similarity detection will help instructors maintain academic integrity in online collaborations  42 Lines , a leader in custom edtech deve...

Partnership Brings Emotional Check-Ins to Kids at Home

   New technology allows teachers to see how kids are doing emotionally and respond with customized activities Crisis teaching with students at home can hinder teacher understanding of ...

Discovery Education Adds New Content to Award-Winning Digital Services That Engages Students at Home, in the Classroom, or Wherever Learning is Taking Place

Resources Added to Discovery Education Experience, Science and Social Science Techbooks Supports Instruction of All K-12 Students

Massachusetts Mayflower Academy Accepting Applications for the 2020-2021 School Year

Massachusetts Mayflower Academy (MMA) is currently accepting applications for the 2020-2021 school year. High school students interested learning from home can opt for more than 220 online cou...

Mentoring Minds Launches District-wide Instructional Management Platform

Digital solution weaves critical thinking into every aspect of teaching and learning

Ukiah Unified School District Expands its Teletherapy Services to In-Home Delivery as Schools Move to Remote Learning

District partners with PresenceLearning to provide its clinical teams with teletherapy training and access to the PresenceLearning platform

Catapult X and NSTA Announce Winners of the Science Educators’ Best of Show™ NSTA 2020 – Virtual Awards Program

50 organizations competed to have STEM educators judge them for exemplary technology & customer service for teaching and learning

Follett Deploys Key PreK-12 Solutions to Microsoft Azure

Cloud-computing platform serves as data center host for Destiny products, Aspen SIS

Edthena Launches New Webinar Series to Support Virtual Coaching

Free ‘Kitchen Table Coaching’ webinar series is part of the new #PLtogether project, a hub for topical resources to support instructional coaching

Swing Education Now Accepting Nominations for the 2020 Class of Substitute Teacher Hall of Fame

Kicking off its call for nominations during Teacher Appreciation Week, Swing Education to recognize three exemplary educators for their contributions to the classroom and community


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