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BIO-key, identiMetrics and Bright Arrow Announce Smart Emergency Notification System for Schools using Biometric Data

Wall, NJ, January 24, 2019 - BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of biometric authentication and security solutions, partnered with identiMetrics, the #1 provi...

Britannica launches video storytelling platform

Encyclopaedia Britannica and Binumi have partnered to bring video storytelling capabilities to millions of educators and students

Charter School K–5 Students at or Above Grade-Level Literacy Nearly Double After One Year with Lexia Core5 Reading

BOSTON (Jan. 22, 2019) – According to a new report from Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone® (NYSE: RST) company, during the 2017-18 academic year, the Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) blended learni...

Boxlight Mimio to Showcase Three New Learning Collaboration Solutions at Bett 2019

Newest technology additions increase opportunities for schools to improve accessibility and whole-class collaboration

ASSIST Education’s K-12 School Partner in Brazil Achieves Significant Student Gains During First Year

Sao Paolo school overhauls education management system to facilitate growth and provide an exceptional education experience for students, faculty and families

Charter School for Applied Technologies Selects Boxlight’s Interactive Teaching Technologies to Outfit Classrooms

Largest Charter School in New York State Adds Touch Technology to Every Classroom for Greater Student Collaboration

New LearnPlatform Partnership Provides Increased EdTech Support for School Districts

Districts who work with Dell for K-12 education solutions will now be able to directly license LearnPlatform, the leading edtech decision-making support system for schools and districts.

Arconic Foundation and Discovery Education Announce 2018 ‘Manufacture Your Future Teacher Challenge’ Winners

— Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois Schools and Learning Communities Across the Country Awarded $20,000 in Project Based Grants to Inspire the Next Generation of Manufacturing Innovators —

StudySync and The News Literacy Project Partner to Help Students Learn News Literacy Skills through SyncBlasts

News literacy experts will provide unbiased resources from multiple perspectives for cross-curricular, inquiry-based literacy assignments focused on social studies and science

Growing number of districts turning to 6–8 Math authored by Illustrative Mathematics as their core curriculum for middle school mathematics

Nearly 50,000 students are also piloting new high school curriculum set to launch in July 2019

GSBA Governance Team of the Year Winner Announced

Dec. 10, 2018- The Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA) is pleased to announce Gwinnett County as the winner of the 2018 Governance Team of the Year Award. For pictures click here. Th...

Temple ISD hosts The National Academy for Personalized Learning

TEMPLE, Texas, December 7 — The Temple Independent School District, along with partners Education Elements and Google for Education Texas, will host The National Academy for Personalized Learnin...

New Updates to CoderZ Learning Environment Add to Coding Fun While Making Instruction, Navigation and Administration Easier

DERRY, N.H. – Dec. 4, 2018 – Following the recent success of its Cyber Robotics Coding Competition , Intelitek recently made several significant updates to CoderZ , its online learning env...

Impero Education Pro is named a Finalist in the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence

Awards program recognizes EdTech products that improve teaching and learning

Impero Software Launches New Tool to Protect School Networks from Internal Threats

With new Hacking and Cybercrime Keyword Library schools receive alerts if students type words that could indicate hacking attempts


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