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College Board launches BigFuture, a free new college planning tool
The College Board is looking to change the way students find their ideal college or university. The nonprofit organization just launched BigFuture, a new college planning tool. It’s designed…
Virtual field trip to help teach the history of immigration in America
On March 29 at 1 p.m. ET, Scholastic will lead students from around the country on a live virtual field trip to Ellis Island in New York Harbor to learn…
StudyBlue unveils what it calls the ‘world’s largest digital study group’
StudyBlue, a free online service that enables students to create and store digital “flashcards” to help them master course material, has announced new functionality that allows users to share and…
Online tool helps teachers evaluate open educational resources
While free resources for teaching and learning can be found all over the internet, it's often hard to assess the quality of a resource or whether it aligns to certain…
News Literacy Project helps students sort fact from fiction in the digital age
The News Literacy Project (NLP) is a national educational program that taps experienced journalists to help middle and high school students “sort fact from fiction in the digital age.”…
MentorMob helps teachers aggregate online content into a learning ‘playlist’
Materials for teaching and learning exist everywhere online: in YouTube videos, SlideShare presentations, and published articles, for example. MentorMob is a free new platform that helps teachers collect, or “curate,”…
New website helps policy makers learn from other leading education systems
The National Center on Education and the Economy, a nonpartisan research organization based in Washington, D.C., has launched a new group called the Center on International Education Benchmarking. The center…
NBC Learn nets a winner with ‘Science of NHL Hockey’
NBC News' educational arm, NBC Learn, and the NBC Sports Group have teamed up with the National Hockey League (NHL) and National Science Foundation (NSF) to release "Science of NHL…
Scholastic.com helps teachers explore Black History Month in the classroom
As teachers make plans for Black History Month in their classrooms in February, Scholastic has built a set of free resources to help teach students about the African American experience.…
Dell Social Innovation Challenge supports student entrepreneurs
Dell is now accepting applications for the 2012 Dell Social Innovation Challenge, a program that gives students from around the world the chance to bring their entrepreneurial ideas to life…