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New eBook by Swing Education Helps Schools and Districts Navigate Teacher Shortages

eBook covers causes of teacher shortages and provides proactive steps school and district leaders can take to address it

Montgomery County Public Schools Adopts LearnZillion Illustrative Mathematics 6-8 Math As Its Core Middle School Math Curriculum

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 8, 2019, Montgomery County Public Schools announced the adoption of LearnZillion Illustrative Mathematics 6-8 Math as its core math curricu...

Los Angeles Unified School District Approves Curriculum Associates to Support English Learners and Students in Need of Intervention

i-Ready® and Ready Mathematics® for Grades 6–8 chosen as instructional materials for ELs and i-Ready for Grades K–8 chosen as an evidence-based intervention for state-identified schools

Lexia Learning Partners with MetaMetrics to Offer Lexile Measures from Lexia RAPID Assessment

Lexia RAPID Assessment will report popular reading metric side-by-side with students’ scores in word recognition, academic language, and reading comprehension

Idaho State Department of Education Approves IXL English Language Arts for Statewide Adoption

  SAN MATEO, Calif. — February 20, 2019 — IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform used by 7 million students, today announced that the Idaho State Department of Education h...

Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Wins a Tech & Learning TCEA 2019 Best of Show Award

Panel of tech-savvy educators selected online diagnostic and instructional program for showing the greatest promise in today’s classrooms

TOP 5 ebooks of 2018

  Ebook and Audiobook Usage in Schools Sees Record Growth The new student reading app Sora, audiobooks and growing digital libraries lead to students reading more. SAN ANTONIO at the TC...

StudySync and The Players’ Tribune Partner to Make Personal Stories from Professional Athletes Part of Students’ Reading Curriculum

NEW YORK —February 7, 2019 — Today, StudySync announced its content partnership with athlete-driven media company The Players’ Tribune (TPT). Through the partnership, StudySync is in...

A Growing Number of Districts Are Selecting Gaggle’s School Safety Solutions to Protect Their Students

Districts in eight states partner with Gaggle to enable 24/7 year-round early-warning system to provide proactive responses to online and offline safety issues and threats

EL Education and LearnZillion Partner to Provide Acclaimed K-5 Language Arts Curriculum

New product combines the depth and rigor of EL Education's K-5 Language Arts Curriculum with LearnZillion's easy-to-implement approach

Boxlight Announces Technology Alliances with Critical Links and Modern Robotics, Inc.

Partnerships will see the launch of Mimio MicroCloud to improve and extend classroom connectivity and MyBot Education Platform to expand STEM Offerings

BIO-key, identiMetrics and Bright Arrow Announce Smart Emergency Notification System for Schools using Biometric Data

Wall, NJ, January 24, 2019 - BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of biometric authentication and security solutions, partnered with identiMetrics, the #1 provi...

Britannica launches video storytelling platform

Encyclopaedia Britannica and Binumi have partnered to bring video storytelling capabilities to millions of educators and students

Boxlight Mimio to Showcase Three New Learning Collaboration Solutions at Bett 2019

Newest technology additions increase opportunities for schools to improve accessibility and whole-class collaboration

Charter School K–5 Students at or Above Grade-Level Literacy Nearly Double After One Year with Lexia Core5 Reading

BOSTON (Jan. 22, 2019) – According to a new report from Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone® (NYSE: RST) company, during the 2017-18 academic year, the Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) blended learni...

ASSIST Education’s K-12 School Partner in Brazil Achieves Significant Student Gains During First Year

Sao Paolo school overhauls education management system to facilitate growth and provide an exceptional education experience for students, faculty and families

New LearnPlatform Partnership Provides Increased EdTech Support for School Districts

Districts who work with Dell for K-12 education solutions will now be able to directly license LearnPlatform, the leading edtech decision-making support system for schools and districts.

Charter School for Applied Technologies Selects Boxlight’s Interactive Teaching Technologies to Outfit Classrooms

Largest Charter School in New York State Adds Touch Technology to Every Classroom for Greater Student Collaboration

Arconic Foundation and Discovery Education Announce 2018 ‘Manufacture Your Future Teacher Challenge’ Winners

— Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois Schools and Learning Communities Across the Country Awarded $20,000 in Project Based Grants to Inspire the Next Generation of Manufacturing Innovators —


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