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Newsela Launches Annual Summer Reading Challenge for Students in Grades 2-12

The literacy company’s 2015 Summer Reading Challenge begins on June 1. Newsela will introduce an iOS app to help students keep their reading skills sharp during the summer.

ISTE 2015 Lead & Transform Town Hall to Explore Role of Distributed Leadership in Digital Age Learning

Philadelphia’s Science Leadership Academy will bring student voice to discussion

Sunburst Digital Enters Into Partnership With Parlor Labs

Hoffman Estates, IL - Sunburst Digital, Inc. and Parlor Labs announced a new partnership today designed to bring Ponder, a browser add-on and iOS app used to create micro-responses and annotatio...

Odysseyware Releases 16 Additional Career and Technical Education Courses

Latest Odysseyware expansion brings all 16 Career Clusters into the classroom

‘2015 Business Report: National Survey on STEM Education’ Details the Changing Landscape of STEM Education

Insights in the report provide actionable data to help drive product development and marketing

Winners of the 2015 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards Announced

Seven STEM educators awarded for innovative use of data-collection technology in the classroom

Mac to School Drastically Increases Capacity for Summer Device Buy-Backs

Leading Certified Apple Provider moves in to new facility to account for increased device buy-back this summer

Apperson’s Evo Academic and Evo Social & Emotional Finalists in the 2015 SIIA CODiE Awards

Online K-12 assessment programs recognized in two education categories

Newsela Partners with The Washington Post to Publish Leveled, Nonfiction News for Students in Grades 2-12

The award-winning news organization and the fastest growing K-12 technology startup to bring high-quality journalism to diverse classroom learners

Montgomery County Schools to Use i-Ready to Help Improve Student Achievement as Part of District’s i3 Grant Project

Curriculum Associates to support district as it implements its new “A Culture Creating Effective Systems for Success” (ACCESS) program

Naiku Announces First Round of Innovative Educator Grant Recipients

Next-generation assessment provider to award grants valued at $250,000 to support innovation in learner-centric strategies by individual educators and schools

Curriculum Associates’ Ready® TNCore Mathematics Selected as Approved Instructional Program for Tennessee Schools

Program for grades K–8 chosen based on its focus, rigor, alignment, coherence, usability, and sensitivity

New Research Identifies the Most Challenging Common Core State Standards for Students

New microsite provides free resources and sample lessons to help educators address the most challenging reading and math standards

Schoology to Power Henry Mancini Online Arts Curriculum from Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center

MIDLAND, Pa. – A new digital way to learn about the arts is soon coming to middle and high school students.  Henry Mancini Arts Education  — created by Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center (LPPAC...

Aldine ISD (Texas) Picks Schoology for Virtual School and Other Core District Initiatives

HOUSTON –  Aldine Independent School District  (Texas), a former Broad Prize winner, has migrated to  Schoology  for managing curriculum, virtual instruction, credit recovery, staff development ...

Two schools achieve learning success with free math and reading licenses Learning Upgrade offers free access to online curriculum

SAN DIEGO — If your students need support in math and reading but your district doesn’t have the budget to provide more resources, what can you do? Two schools – one junior high and one elemen...

Quick Key Releases Android Mobile Scanner Beta on Google Play

Quick Key Mobile, the iOS app that has been making life easier for teachers since 2013, is finally coming to Android. Today Quick Key opened its new free Android App BETA on Google Play. The Bet...

Bridgeport Public Schools Expands Use of myON

District expanding access to myON’s personalized digital literacy platform

Vernier Expands Its Data-Logging Capabilities for Chromebooks

New Graphical Analysis™ for Chrome™ app allows science teachers and students to use Chromebooks for direct USB data capture with sensors


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