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Study: Mississippi Professional Development Initiative Significantly Improves Quality of K–3 Teacher Instruction, Student Engagement

A statewide early literacy professional development initiative by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is showing dramatic improvement in the quality of teacher instruction and student ...

Virtual High School Opens Registration for 2017-18 School Year

Educational experts advocate exposing students to a wide variety of topics to motivate learning and encourage exploration of potential career options. The Virtual High School (VHS Inc.), a non...

Ready® Mathematics for Grades K–5 Receives Near-Perfect Rating by EdReports.org

Ready Mathematics for grades K–5 is one of only three products in its category to meet all evaluation criteria during independent review

WEBINAR ALERT from The Virtual High School: Computer Science Education and Certificate Program

WHAT: Free webinar on the importance of a Computer Science (CS) education and different ways students’ can attain a Virtual High School computing certificate WHO:    Sehba Khan, Regional S...

CodeMonkey Announces Winners of National Coding Competition

Ten elementary and ten middle school teams from more than 20 participating states in the U.S. named winners in Code Rush coding competition

More than 1,000 English Learners in Utah Using Supplemental Online and Blended Learning Solution

Students in grades 6-10 can access the online content anytime, anywhere, allowing them to learn the fundamentals of academic English, complete projects, and help accelerate their English language learning

Parent & Educator Guide to Media Literacy & Fake News

ConnectSafely.org, a leading nonprofit internet safety organization, is releasing the Parent & Educator Guide to Media Literacy & Fake News , now available for free online. The guide he...

N.J.’s Freehold Township School District Rethinks Professional Development, Improves Student Engagement

A K-12 school district singled out as one of the country’s 20 most innovative, and guided by a leader named New Jersey’s top superintendent, revealed this week it is transforming learning with a...

New itslearning App Delivers Comprehensive LMS Experience on Android and iOS

Apps give seamless access to all LMS capabilities and content, enabling anytime, anywhere teaching and learning

SchoolMint Wins 2017 Bronze Stevie® Award

Enrollment and school choice management system for PreK-12 school systems recognized for second consecutive year by premier business awards program

Hillsborough County Kicks Off the 6th Annual Summer Reading Summit

This year’s summit will spotlight the community-wide ‘Read on myON’ program, which provides free digital books to more than 245,000 users

U.S. at Risk of Not Reaching 90 Percent Graduation Rate Goal by 2020

Grad Nation report highlights how equity gaps are hindering progress; Responds to questions of skepticism

The Virtual High School Announces New Computer Science Pathways Certificate Program

Last year, the White House reported that despite the growing importance of computing to America’s economy, cybersecurity and national security, only 40 percent of K-12 schools offered a comput...

Voyager Sopris Learning’s LANGUAGE! Live program makes significant impact on literacy gains for An Achievable Dream Academy students in Virginia

When students struggle to read, every aspect of their academic life is affected. Timely intervention is the only way they can catch up to their peers. At An Achievable Dream™ Academy Middle and...

PR with Panache! Becomes First PR and Inbound Marketing Firm to Serve the Education Marketplace

The award-winning PR firm offers a unique, effective combination of creative storytelling and data-driven marketing

Vernier Announces 2017 Engineering Contest Winners

Science teachers win $5,500 in prizes for creatively using Vernier sensors to introduce engineering concepts

itslearning Webinar Alert: Powering Student Engagement and Standards Mastery With A Successful OER Strategy

WHAT: 60-minute webinar on Powering Student Engagement and Standards Mastery With A Successful OER Strategy WHO: Andrew Marcinek, former Open Education Advisor for the U.S. Department of E...

ClassFlow Lesson Delivery Software Offers New Desktop Version

Promethean TM , a global education technology company, announced today that ClassFlow Desktop is now the software of choice for use with all Promethean interactive panels and displays. Class...

Reimagining Credit Recovery Curriculum to Motivate Students to Stay on

Designed for the “at-promise” student who needs to earn credit, FuelEd’s new adaptive curriculum features rich multi-media and motivational learning objects

myON Named Best Digital and Media Literacy Solution by the Association of American Publishers

The personalized literacy solution was selected as a 2017 REVERE Award honoree in the Classroom category


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