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Award-Winning Nonfiction Publisher Kids Discover Launches Online Platform

Kids Discover Online offers access to over 1,000 K-8 science and social studies resources on any device and at three different reading levels

Hawaii State Department of Education Adopts Defined STEM Curriculum to Engage Students in Statewide Renewable Energy Initiatives

Defined Learning and the Hawai’i DOE are partnering with OpTerra Energy Services on Ka Hei, a comprehensive energy and sustainability education program

Leading Edge Certification Brings On California Gold Rush

San Diego County Office of Education Wins Golden Bell Award for LEC’s Online & Blended Teacher Certification

Robotics Company Sphero Partners with CWIST to Launch Online Educational Community

Community facilitates communication, creation and project sharing for educators

Call for Applications Now Open for Vernier Software & Technology’s 2016 Engineering Contest

Three STEM teachers will each win $5,500 in prizes for creatively using Vernier sensors to introduce students to engineering concepts and practices

Coolcher Launches Virtual Classroom Platform to Share Classes and Cultures from Teachers Around the World

The new online creativity platform delivers live, online courses in the areas of language, arts, music, and STEM

K12 Insight Adds Flashpoint Alerts to its Cloud-Based Communications Solution

The new feature in version 7.0 of Let’s Talk! instantly notifies school leaders about potential threats and crises

Minecraft students in 1st International Immersive Cultural Exchange

MELBOURNE and BOSTON Students in Melbourne Australia and Boston Massachusetts take part in the world's 1st international Minecraft cultural exchange Immersive Education (iED) students fr...

The Rachael Ray Show Surprises a Massachusetts Kindergarten Teacher with Lightspeed Technologies’ Donation of Four Redcat Audio Systems

Heidi Solivan was raising money for the new technology when the show’s producers called her and offered to help

New Follett ‘Top 50 Books’ List Gives Educators Valuable Insight Into What Students Are Reading

‘Follett Students’ Choice’arms preK-12 librarians with current statistics, trends

Learning Bird’s New Release Makes Differentiated Instruction Easy, Scalable

Additions include classroom management tools, lesson assignment support, added visibility for related lessons, and new reports to track results

Smithsonian Awarded Carnegie Grant To Advance Digital Learning Practices

Funding Supports Research on Digitized Museum Resources in K–12 Education

Lingo Jingo Awarded Prestigious English Language Learner Grant from U.S. DOE

New funding allows the company to offer pilots of its WIDA- and Common Core-aligned language-acquisition solution to a limited number of schools

PlanetHS Earns Single Sign-on Badge from PowerSchool

Student and parents can now use one set of log-in credentials to access multiple sites

Learning Upgrade Launches Interactive Whiteboard Courses

New Teacher Upgrade math and ELA lessons combine a front-of-class solution with individual instruction using songs, videos, and games

Promethean Planet® Surpasses 2 Million Members

-Award-winning collaborative community grows, supports educators globally-   (ATLANTA) – Promethean Planet, one of the world’s largest online collaborative communities for educators, to...

PCG Education Launches Paths to College and Career: A Comprehensive 6-12 English Language Arts Curriculum

English Language Arts curriculum explicitly developed to address the needs of teachers, students and schools to achieve the Common Core State Standards


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