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Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School Selects Discovery Education’s Mystery Science to Support Deeper Student Engagement

  Hawaii’s  Kihei Elementary School  today announced that it has expanded its partnership with  Discovery Education,  which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital le...

PBLWorks Announces its 2022 PBL Champions

District, school, and individual champions are recognized for their commitment to high quality Project Based Learning

Cicero School District 99 Adopts Lexia LETRS Professional Learning Programs

Teachers will gain essential expertise to ensure students are developing the literacy skills they need to be successful

VHS Learning Offers Free Online Teaching Methodologies Course for Chinese Language Teachers in Summer 2022

Full scholarships available for 100 teachers; registration deadline July 12

Pawnee Nation Awarded National Grant

Student technology grant and computer lab to be established

U.S. Department of Education Answers President Biden’s Call to Action to Spur Academic Recovery

  The Biden-Harris Administration announced a series of actions to support students' academic recovery and to ensure recovery efforts are meeting student, parent, and family needs. These actio...

Mesquite ISD Expands Multiyear Partnership with Global EdTech Leader to Enhance Science Education for Students in Grades 5-8

  Mesquite Independent School District  (MISD) students in grades 5-8 will return to the classroom for the 2022-2023 school year with new edtech tools designed specifically for Texas classroo...

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri State Treasurer's Office Select ClassWallet to Distribute Grant Funds

Company's digital wallet and accounts payable platform will help track, report and facilitate distribution of up to $93 million during the 2022-23 school year

VHS Learning Announces 2022 College Scholarship Winners

Annual award program recognizes student’s efforts and all they have accomplished during their academic careers

Statement on House Bill That Would Require Federal Funding To Research the Effects of Technology on Kids’ Mental Health

  The House of Representatives have taken a major step to advance our understanding of the impact that digital media and technology has on the health and development of children and teenagers,...

Lingokids Releases Report Surveying Parents about State of Kids’ Internet Safety

More than 66% of parents report that their kids have their own handheld device and 1 out of 3 kids download apps without any supervision

Jefferson County Public Schools Raises Math and Reading NWEA MAP Growth Scores with FEV Tutor

Students in urban Kentucky district who participate in online tutoring demonstrate accelerated growth compared to non-participants

Lexia Learning’s Founder, Robert Arthur Lemire, Dies at Eighty-Nine

  Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, is saddened to announce that the company’s founder, Robert A. Lemire died on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Lemire was eighty-nine and passed aw...

Aperture Education Creates New Tool to Support School Districts that are using the Harmony SEL Curriculum

The new Harmony SEL Crosswalk helps districts use SEL assessment data in conjunction with the Harmony SEL curriculum to get more out of their SEL programs

Edthena’s New PD Platform Takes Home 2022 EdTech Breakthrough Award for Best Use of AI in Education

The AI Coach platform is a first-of-its-kind solution to help schools and districts provide all teachers with more coaching to improve teaching effectiveness

Vector Solutions Releases New Student Safety & Wellness Courses to Address Topics of Concern for Students Today

New collection of online courses covers trauma, dating violence, and human trafficking

MiEN Company Releases White Paper on Creating a Scholastic Esports Program

New paper covers curriculums, career pathways, funding, planning and effective space design for competitive gaming

ClassTag Launches Grant to Reward Districts with $10,000 Community Engagement Funding

The Community Engagement Grant recognizes US school districts for the most creative ways of engaging their community

Students From Wales Visited an Elementary School in Queens, NY to Experience Explicit Writing Instruction

A delegation of elementary school students from Wales, United Kingdom visited the United States to engage in writing instruction with P.S. 60-The Woodhaven School, an elementary school in Queens, New York.

Three Inspirational US Schools Named in Top 10

     Shortlists for New $250,000 “World’s Best School” Prizes Three inspirational US schools have been named in the Top 10 shortlists for the new $250,000 World’s Best School Prizes, la...


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