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Experience--a flexible K-12 platform--engages every student wherever learning takes place

Experience — Discovery Education’s flexible K-12 learning platform — connects educators to a vast collection of compelling high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons...

MATHiaFlex gives every student their own personal digital math coach

MATHiaFlex is a powerful online tool for educators to better assess student learning in real-time and assign individualized math learning content to students digitally.

Instructional reading program that supports teachers, parents, and students

Waterford Reading Academy (WRA) combines adaptive instructional software that guides students from learning to read to reading to learn with tools for teachers, students, and families to build s...

Research-Backed Program to Assess and Strengthen Attention for Young Learners

  Children with better attention are able to absorb more information, which means they learn better. TALi is a two-step program on iOS or Android tablets to help assess and strengthen attentio...

Bloomz Consolidates all School Communication with Parents, Students, and Staff in one Place

Bloomz is the mobile and web app that allows teachers to share instant messages, announcements, photos, calendars, volunteer and conference sign-ups, student portfolios, and more through one eas...

DimensionU is an Esports for Education Platform, Supporting Grades 3-9 in Math and Literacy Learning

DimensionU is an educational esports platform.  As a leading developer of educational video games for math and language arts, DimensionU has a track record of helping improve student achieveme...

Integrated planning and analytics platform to eliminate gaps in curriculum and instruction

Chalk is a planning and analytics platform that enables K-12 school districts to develop a cohesive, standards-aligned map for curriculum and instruction, and receive actionable real-time assess...

SchoolStatus is a district-wide communication tool that integrates key student data

SchoolStatus is a district-wide communication tool that integrates key student data to increase communication among educators, district administrators and student families. SchoolStatus aggregat...

GBC’s Foton 30 is the first affordable, fully automated, pouch-free desktop laminator

The    GBC Foton™ 30 is the first affordable, fully automated, pouch-free desktop laminator that does all the feeding, laminating and trimming for you.  Consecutively laminate up to 30 document...

K-12 online social learning platform making education impactful, accessible and equitable

Powered by over 30,000 hours of streaming, interactive K-12 lessons and programs, Belouga blends real-world learning with core subject areas to provide a learner-centered experience that sparks ...

Jamf helps manage and protect all your Apple devices from anywhere

To help you maximize the impact of Apple technology in education and deliver a personalized learning experience to each and every student, we offer three solutions that are tailor-made for the m...

Standards-Aligned, Research-Based Middle School Mathematics Curriculum Using Problem-Based Instruction

Illustrative Mathematics (IM) is a non-profit organization committed to helping students succeed in math through high-quality, problem-based core curricula. IM also provides teachers with certif...

Schoolzilla’s dashboards give educators a full-circle view of student data

Schoolzilla’s data-driven dashboards give educators actionable insights into trends in student attendance and achievement, helping them to identify opportunities to improve outcomes for all ...

Free, high-quality tool to support teachers’ success with asynchronous online instruction

Numerade is a fully free online education platform whose easy-to-use Office Hours feature can support teachers’ success with asynchronous online instruction. Office Hours allows teachers to easi...

STEMscopes NGSS 3D is a phenomena-based, three dimensional STEM curriculum

STEMscopes™ NGSS 3D is a phenomena-based STEM curriculum that provides K-12 teachers with everything they need to address the Disciplinary Core Ideas, Crosscutting Concepts, and Science and Engi...

Modern Future-Readiness Program Designed to Prepare K-12 Students for College and Career

Xello is an online college and career readiness solution for students in K-12. The student-centered program helps learners create their personalized roadmap for future success through self-knowl...

BenQ’s RP Series Interactive Flat Panels feature built-in healthy, collaborative learning tools

BenQ’s RP Series Interactive Flat Panels (IFPs) prepare students for the future. The 4K UHD IFP lineup includes 65” (RP6501K), 75” (RP7501K), and 86” (RP8601K) options to fit any classroom size....

Virtual Mission to Space Teaches STEM Concepts Using the International Space Station

Space Station Academy is an online and blended learning program developed by VHS Learning in collaboration with the Association of Space Explorers, TERC and the Center for Advancement of Science...

Educational Videos from Popular Television Shows and Movies

ClassHook enables teachers to find and effectively use educational videos from popular television shows and movies in their lessons. The video library covers a wide range of topics, including bu...

Discussion Prompts for Science and Social Studies Guided by Current Events and News

SyncBlasts offers reading and writing assignments that present engaging, inquiry-based instruction in science and social studies through connection with current news and events relevant to stude...


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