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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 ...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

SchoolMint Wins 2017 Bronze Stevie® Award

Enrollment and school choice management system for PreK-12 school systems recognized for second consecutive year by premier business awards program

Hillsborough County Kicks Off the 6th Annual Summer Reading Summit

This year’s summit will spotlight the community-wide ‘Read on myON’ program, which provides free digital books to more than 245,000 users


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