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Achieve3000 Acquires Actively Learn

  Acquisition combines the companies' complementary strengths, expanding the Achieve3000 offering to include fiction and teacher-sourced content LAKEWOOD, N.J. (PRWEB) Octobe...

Education Design Lab Adds Innovative Leaders to Executive Team

Marta Urquilla and Isaac Agbeshie-Noye to support organization's vision and growth through diverse skillsets and experience WASHINGTON (PRWEB) October 01, 2018 Education Design Lab (the Lab...

Call for Applications Now Open for the 2019 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards

  STEM educators to win $5,500 in prizes for their innovative uses of data-collection technology in the classroom BEAVERTON, Oregon, October 1, 2018 — Vernier Software & Technology ...

Intelitek and Connecticut Computer Science Teachers Association Partner to Host Cyber Robotics Coding Competition

  Intelitek will host another CRCC in collaboration with the Connecticut CSTA to attract students to explore computer science opportunities and STEM subjects DERRY, N.H. – Sept. 26, 2018 –...

YMCA of the USA Selects Aperture Education as a National Preferred Vendor for Social-Emotional Learning Assessments

  Aperture Education’s DESSA Comprehensive SEL System helps after-school programs identify students’ SEL strengths and needs Charlotte N.C. (Sept. 25, 2018) — Social-emotional learnin...

New Book Published by ASCD and the Buck Institute for Education Outlines Essential Practices for Teaching Project Based Learning

  “Project Based Teaching: How to Create Rigorous and Engaging Learning Experiences” is authored by Suzie Boss with John Larmer Novato, California (Sept. 24, 2018) – Project Based Learni...

Illustrative Mathematics and Khan Academy Collaborate to Support Educators

  Tucson, AZ – Sept. 20, 2018 — Illustrative Mathematics (IM) today announced it has partnered with Khan Academy to provide free practice exercises tightly aligned to its highly-regarded...

New Report Defines Opportunities for Engineering in K-12 Education

  Report draws from science and STEM leaders across multiple states who participated in Catapult X focus groups conducted at the 2018 NSTA STEM Forum BEAVERTON, Ore. (September 18, 2018)...

Huntington Beach City School District Uses Boxlight’s MimioSpace to Transform Classrooms into Forward-Thinking, Collaborative Learning Environments

  New Installation Part of District’s Growing Technology Initiative L awrenceville, GA – Sept. 13, 2018 – California’s Huntington Beach City School District (HBCSD) will be adding ...

Ohio Department of Education Names Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Diagnostic an Approved Assessment Provider

Award-winning assessment approved for use in four categories starting in the 2018–2019 school year NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., September 10, 2018—Curriculum Associates’ award-winning online prog...

StudySync Launching SyncBlasts for Social Studies and Science

Students use StudySync’s new reading and writing platform to develop critical thinking, research, discussion and writing skills while building content knowledge in social studies and scienc...

Impero Software partners with Illinois Learning Technology Purchase Program to Provide Schools with Student Safety and MDM Software

  Austin, TX, Sept. 6, 2018 – Impero Software, global specialists in remote monitoring and management software for education, has partnered with the Illinois Learning Technology Purchase Pro...

North Carolina School Districts Turn to IM Certified Professional Learning to Help Teachers Address New Math Standards and Move to a Problem-Based Curriculum

  Tucson, AZ – Sept. 4, 2018 — The implementation of North Carolina’s new K–8 Mathematics Standards and the move to a problem-based approach in the classroom require a significant change...

IXL Supports On-the-Go Learning with New iPhone App for Pre-K through 12th Grade

Immersive, personalized learning experience offers unprecedented coverage of math and language arts SAN MATEO, Calif. — August 29, 2018 — Today, IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learn...

Kelly Services® Appoints Al Sowers as Vice President and Practice Leader of Teachers On Call

  Sowers to lead company expansion in Midwest, provide solution to teacher shortage through high-quality substitute teacher talent     TROY, Mich., Aug. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -...

Impero Software’s $2.5 Million “School Online Safety Grant” Helps Schools Meet Safety Recommendations

Applicants can receive up to $25,000 toward the purchase of Impero’s monitoring software, Impero Education Pro Austin, TX, Aug. 29, 2018 – As school districts across the country look to ...

Aperture Education Releases 2018 Back to School Guide to Support Students’ Social-Emotional Health

  Downloadable guide provides helpful articles, strategies and activities for school and district leaders, instructors and support staff Charlotte N.C. (Aug. 29, 2018) — It takes a vil...

McMinn County School System Makes Boxlight’s ProColor Interactive Flat Panels the New Classroom Standard

Flat Panel Installation Part of District’s Initiative to “Even the Playing Field” Lawrenceville, GA – Aug. 27, 2018 – McMinn County School System in Athens, Tenn., will be adding 115 Pr...

BenQ Budget-Friendly RM Series of Interactive Flat Panels Keep Students Engaged and Healthy

  Industry's Only Classroom IFPs With Certified Low Blue Light and Flicker-Free Technology Create Active and Healthier Learning Experiences COSTA MESA, Calif. — Aug. 22, 2018 — BenQ...


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