Industry News

Webinar: Alan November on Strategies to Enhance Student Self-Assessment

WHAT: A no cost webinar hosted by Education Week magazine and sponsored by itslearning for K-12 educators and administrators who want to gain a deeper understanding on the topic of student s...

Neshaminy School District Receives Charlotte F. Lockhart Award for Excellence in Literacy Education

Reading Horizon honored Neshaminy for its renowned reading intervention program with a blended learning approach

Helping K–8 Students Become Informed Global Citizens

Exclusive partnership provides daily multimedia news articles for K–8 students in many languages and at a range of Lexile® levels

FREE online computer science PD for STEM teachers

Tynker Launches Blue Ribbon Training Program and Calls for Dedicated K-12 STEM Educators to Apply

Ready® Mathematics Resources for Teacher PD

Online portal provides teachers with free 24/7 access to training videos, implementation tips, planning tools, and more

ESSA-readiness site for K-12 leaders

New website provides K-12 administrators with up-to-date, actionable information on financial reporting changes

#ShareYourSmarts Social Sweepstakes for SXSWedu 2017

The online portfolio app contest offers students, teachers, and administrators the chance to win up to $1,000 in scholarship prizes with up to 11 winners

New K-12 Online Daily News Service

The Day USA designed to help students with media literacy, recognize ‘fake news’

New Adaptive Phonics Curriculum for Pre-K through First Grade

IXL Learning , a K-12 learning program used by 1 in 9 U.S. students, announced expanded phonics content for pre-K through 1 st grade, rounding out its language and foundational reading skills ...

Survey Results: Teachers Report Strong Connections with Students, while Relationships with Administrators and Parents are Strained

The Schools of Hope Survey, undertaken by the non-profit Center for College & Career Readiness in partnership with MeTEOR Education , paints a mixed picture of the relationships in schools ...

Career Readiness Pathways to Help Districts Increase Career and Technical Education Offerings

The comprehensive, online and blended learning program now spans six Career Clusters and 24 distinct Career Pathways

Francisco Partners acquires myON

Francisco Partners has acquired myON, a digital literacy company for the K-12 market. The seller was Capstone.

Inspiring Connections Between Young Students and their World

HMH Kids Discover Social Studies provides easily digestible content in a student-friendly magazine-style format that brings history and geography to life

Vernier to Host 29 Free Data-Collection Workshops this Spring

Workshops provide valuable PD for science and STEM educators as they learn new ways to integrate data-collection technologies into their lessons

New Guide to Help Educators Select and Implement Interactive Technology

A tool to make the right choice for classrooms, curriculum, teaching styles, and students

Personalize Learning for Adults Enrolled in Georgia TAPP Teacher Certification Program

New partnership puts all curriculum resources, assignments and assessments in learning management platform; enhances collaboration and sharing of materials for soon-to-be-teachers

EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit 2017

Educate policymakers about the critical role of technology in transforming education

Bloomz Adds Functionality to Serve Childcare Providers

Through new partnership, Bloomz will distribute critical information to educate parents everywhere on important issues concerning their children’s health, behavior, and education

Free 82-Lesson Phonics Curriculum for K-3

Can you turn “damp” into “dump,” then “dump” into “bump,” then “bump” into “jump?” FREEPhonics introduces young students to the building blocks of reading

Follett Announces Key Updates to Its Market-Leading Destiny Solution

Destiny 14.5 features improved reporting, Destiny Discover homepage customizations


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