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LocknCharge Unveils Charging Case for Sphero Edu SPRK+ Robots
The lightweight charging case stores, secures and charges six SPRK+ robots to help foster coding skills
Free Access to Fuel Education’s Stride for Fifth Annual Alabama Summer Learning Challenge
Alabama students in grades K-12 have free anytime, anywhere access to the online supplemental learning tool from this summer to help prevent “Summer Slide”
Houston Independent School District and itslearning Take Bronze Medal in 2017 IMS Global Learning Consortium’s Learning Impact Awards
LMS platform gives HISD’s 283 schools access to library with millions of curated and standards-aligned resources; access to planning, assessment and reporting tools for greater efficiencies
Oculus Education Pilot Kicks Off in 90 California Libraries
“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.” —Ray Bradbury Books, like VR, open the door to new possibilities and let us experience worlds that would otherwise be beyond ...
Monroe School District Adds Advanced Technologies to Transform Classrooms
District embarking on initiative to drive powerful instruction, support access in equity and reinforce high expectations for greater collaborative learning
Florida Department of Education Approves Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Diagnostic for Grades 3–12 as a Norm-Referenced Assessment for Private Schools
Florida Department of Education Approves Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Diagnostic for Grades 3–12 as a Norm-Referenced Assessment for Private Schools
Summer Institutes for Science and STEM Educators
Being held nationwide, full-day institutes provide educators with hands-on training using data-collection technology
New Handbook of Best Practices for Deploying Internet Monitoring in Schools
Additional resources in handbook help schools deal with issues such as cyberbullying, radicalization and self-harm
Connecting the Dots Between Learning Experiences & Learning Spaces
MeTEOR Education launches training and coaching services to increase retention, comprehension and learning outcomes for students
Building a Community of Readers new PLC
edWeb.net and myON today announced a combined effort to provide educators with robust professional learning opportunities to transform literacy for all pre-K–12 students. myON will sponsor t...
IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces 2017 Award Winners
Top Honors for Leadership and Innovation Presented at Annual Event for the World’s Largest Educational Technology Collaboration
Study: Mississippi Professional Development Initiative Significantly Improves Quality of K–3 Teacher Instruction, Student Engagement
A statewide early literacy professional development initiative by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is showing dramatic improvement in the quality of teacher instruction and student ...
Virtual High School Opens Registration for 2017-18 School Year
Educational experts advocate exposing students to a wide variety of topics to motivate learning and encourage exploration of potential career options. The Virtual High School (VHS Inc.), a non...
Ready® Mathematics for Grades K–5 Receives Near-Perfect Rating by EdReports.org
Ready Mathematics for grades K–5 is one of only three products in its category to meet all evaluation criteria during independent review
CodeMonkey Announces Winners of National Coding Competition
Ten elementary and ten middle school teams from more than 20 participating states in the U.S. named winners in Code Rush coding competition
WEBINAR ALERT from The Virtual High School: Computer Science Education and Certificate Program
WHAT: Free webinar on the importance of a Computer Science (CS) education and different ways students’ can attain a Virtual High School computing certificate WHO: Sehba Khan, Regional S...
Parent & Educator Guide to Media Literacy & Fake News
ConnectSafely.org, a leading nonprofit internet safety organization, is releasing the Parent & Educator Guide to Media Literacy & Fake News , now available for free online. The guide he...
N.J.’s Freehold Township School District Rethinks Professional Development, Improves Student Engagement
A K-12 school district singled out as one of the country’s 20 most innovative, and guided by a leader named New Jersey’s top superintendent, revealed this week it is transforming learning with a...
More than 1,000 English Learners in Utah Using Supplemental Online and Blended Learning Solution
Students in grades 6-10 can access the online content anytime, anywhere, allowing them to learn the fundamentals of academic English, complete projects, and help accelerate their English language learning
New itslearning App Delivers Comprehensive LMS Experience on Android and iOS
Apps give seamless access to all LMS capabilities and content, enabling anytime, anywhere teaching and learning
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