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Fifth Annual Follett Challenge to Launch Monday

$200,000 Contest to Recognize Leading Examples of K-12 Programs Teaching 21st-Century Skills to Students

Sunburst Digital announces a Spiraled Technology Skills Integrated Curriculum allowing Districts continuity in the teaching of 21st century skills like Coding, Programming and Computer Science

Chicago, IL - Imparting 21st century skills means starting young learners with a proper foundation and thoughtfully advancing students with age-appropriate offerings at each grade and level. F...

Innovative Nonprofit Releases Kinesthetic-based Educational Games GeoMoto and Pangean

Embodied learning experiences allow players to create and manipulate geographic features with movement

Harvard Center’s Best Foot Forward Project Shares Results on the Use of Video in Classroom Observations

Research Shows the Use of Video in Teacher Observations is an Effective Tool for Improving Evaluation Feedback. Majority of Teachers Found Process Fairer and More Useful Overall

Finally! A Solution that Matches Students to Careers First

Myverse launches free tool that matches students to career paths first, then relevant colleges effectively reducing teen stress about life after graduation

Ruckus Wireless and Brocade Deliver Gigabit Class Smart Wi-Fi to Chico Unified and Souderton Area School Districts

Mutual Client Wins Demonstrate Value of Best-in-Class, Open, Scalable, High-Performance Brocade/Ruckus Wired & Wireless Solution

Dr. Steven L. Paine, Former West Virginia Superintendent of Schools, Elected to Board of Directors of National Dropout Prevention Network

Clemson, SC — Dr. Steven L. Paine has joined the Board of Directors of the National Dropout Prevention Network (NDPN). Paine, who served for six years as West Virginia’s 25th superintendent of s...

Promethean Planet® Surpasses 2 Million Members

-Award-winning collaborative community grows, supports educators globally-   (ATLANTA) – Promethean Planet, one of the world’s largest online collaborative communities for educators, to...

PCG Education Launches Paths to College and Career: A Comprehensive 6-12 English Language Arts Curriculum

English Language Arts curriculum explicitly developed to address the needs of teachers, students and schools to achieve the Common Core State Standards

Trident Case™ Offers K-12 Schools the Chance to Win up to 30 TECHJACKET™ Cases

Trident’s all-new patent-pending TechJacket™ Case is the industry’s first rugged case solution designed to protect most 11-inch laptops and Chromebooks.

Calling All Science and STEM Educators: Vernier Launches Its Fall 2015 Data-Collection Workshop Series

Free hands-on workshops teaches educators innovative ways to incorporate data-collection technology into their science curricula

Curriculum Associates’ New i-Ready® Lessons Provide Students with an Immersive Close Reading Learning Experience

New lessons for grades 3-5 support students in using complex, authentic texts to build rigorous close reading habits

Columbia Public Schools (MO) Standardizes on Ruckus for Gigabit WiFi in Nation's First District Wide 802.11ac Wave 2 Deployment

Schools Across the Country See Higher Speed Gigabit WiFi As Key to Staying Ahead of the Technology Curve as Client Performance, Density and Bandwidth Demands Explode

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.

Actress Kathy Kinney Brings Mrs. P.’s Literacy Roadshow to MN Schools

An eccentric, education-loving lady named Mrs. P. delighted children at three Minneapolis schools with her Literacy Roadshow last week. Actress Kathy Kinney, best known as Mimi on “The Drew Ca...

Unique AZ District Closes Achievement Gap with Blended Learning Approach

The Rose Academies build on academic success with blended learning by choosing OdysseyWare as its online curriculum provider

Miami-Dade Renews contract with GuideK12 for Geovisual Analytics

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has renewed their annual contract with  GuideK12 after an overwhelmingly successful year using their geovisual analytics solution. This web-based tech...


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