CASEL Becomes New Home for Engaging Schools Resources
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) recently announced that it has become the new steward of Engaging ... Read more
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Just Right Reader Donates 315,000 Books to North Carolina Schools Impacted by Hurricane Helene
NORTH WILKESBORO and ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — In support of North Carolina schools in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Just ... Read more
Texas State Board of Education Names Just Right Reader’s English and Spanish Literacy Resources as Approved Instructional Materials
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) recently named Just Right Reader’s decodable books for grades ... Read more
Title I Educators Win More Than $16,000 For The Purchase Of Over 3,350 Books In The Lexia Library Wish Program
BOSTON – Charlotte Brett, the librarian at Antrim Elementary School in New Hampshire is the winner of the grand prize ... Read more
A surefire way to make science relevant to kids
By eighth grade, almost 50 percent of students have lost interest in science or don’t believe it will be relevant to their education or future plans. Want to…
Edtech Startup Ello Named No. 5 on Fortune’s Change the World List 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ello, developer of the world’s most advanced AI reading app, announced today that it has ... Read more
Beyond the bookshelves: 3 ways school libraries have evolved to meet students’ needs
School libraries have undergone a significant shift over the years, adapting to changes in technology, education philosophies, and the dynamic needs of students.
Edtech Startup Ello Gives Back to Local DC Hospitals Including MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Children’s National Hospital
WASHINGTON (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ello, developer of the world’s most advanced AI reading app, will be donating iPads, hundreds of ... Read more
Love My Library Partners With Mackin to Bring Easy and Equitable Book Fundraising to Schools
Burnsville, MN – Love My Library is thrilled to announce its partnership with Mackin Educational Resources, a leading distributor of ... Read more
Ello Partners with Civic Suds to Promote Literacy and Get Families Reading While at Local Laundromats Throughout the DC Area
SAN FRANCISCO (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ello, developer of the world’s most advanced AI reading app, announced a new partnership with ... Read more
Boycotting book fairs no more
Headlines since 2020 have highlighted the federal investment of ESSER Funding in schools. In a nation where an unprecedented amount of funding was bestowed upon public schools across…
Thorndike Press Introduces First-Ever Spanish-Language Youth Large Print Titles to Support English Language Learners
Public Library Association Conference, COLUMBUS, Ohio – With nearly 3.8 million native Spanish speakers making up the vast majority of English ... Read more
More than a passion project, literacy advocacy takes a village
Whether it’s individuals with a passion project or organizations that exist exclusively to help connect students with books, it takes a village to advocate for literacy.
MackinVIA Wins The Distinctive Platinum Award Its 8th Consecutive Modern Library AwardFrom LibraryWorks
Burnsville, MN – Mackin, a leading provider of print and digital fiction and nonfiction books for PK-12, is pleased to ... Read more
5 strategies to ignite student engagement
Every teacher hopes to ignite, empower, and engage the students who walk through their classroom door. Ample research has shown that student engagement is crucial to overall learning…
What students are reading
let’s take a look at what students are reading in school libraries and classrooms across the country. Here are the top requested titles according to trend reports in…
Engage younger students with tech the right way
When it comes to building literacy skills, students are never too young to start—as long as it is implemented in a thoughtful way. That’s the perspective of John…
BookmarkED Addresses the State of Challenged Books with Industry-First Technology to Enable Parental Choice in School Libraries
DALLAS, Texas – BookmarkED, the industry-first technology solution to personalize libraries with parental choice, has announced its official launch in ... Read more
I work with struggling readers–here’s what’s standing in their way
I learned to love reading as a kid, spellbound by wizarding worlds and ghost stories. I wanted to share this love, so I became an intervention teacher, working…
Books, ebooks, and audiobooks, oh my!
Despite my affinity for audiobooks, looking at the book industry sales figures, it is clear print is still king. I agree, there’s nothing like turning the page of…
4 resources to differentiate computer science instruction
Differentiating instruction is not a new approach to bridging the varying learning styles of students with different backgrounds and learning abilities.
ISTE and Capstone Collaborate on Children’s Books Championing Digital Citizenship
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Capstone, an innovative learning company merging children’s content with easy-to-use edtech tools for K-5 classrooms, libraries and ... Read more
This art teacher helps students harness social media to build job skills
The art and technology teacher initially designed a curriculum around digital storytelling and then transformed it into a multimedia art curriculum that included iMovie, storyboarding, illustration, children’s books,…
6 ways to help reluctant readers become booklovers
Not everyone loves to read. Even in schools with strong reading cultures, some students just don’t feel the spark—yet.
Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Partners with Scholastic to Create Latino-inspired Book Collection
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) partnered with Scholastic to help them develop “ Rising ... Read more
Savvas Learning Company Acquires Whooo’s Reading
PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company, a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, announced today that it has acquired Whooo’s ... Read more
MackinVIA Receives Its 7th Consecutive Modern Library Award From LibraryWorks, Winning The Distinctive Platinum Award
Burnsville, MN – Mackin, a leading provider of print and digital fiction and nonfiction books for PK-12, is pleased to ... Read more
Treering Yearbooks Launches New Donation Feature
SAN MATEO, CA — Treering Yearbooks – a company modernizing traditional yearbooks – enables schools across America to make yearbooks ... Read more
New Storybooks and Companion Stuffed Animals Support Children’s Mental Wellness
Los Angeles — Silver Lining Stuffies launched its inaugural line of storybooks and companion stuffed animals crafted to provide children ... Read more
Education’s Great Resignation
Is it another symptom of The Great Resignation facing many sectors in America? Is this an esoteric threat to public education?
Digital On-Demand Class Sets for Required Curriculum Books Now Available in Sora Student Reading App
CLEVELAND – To help educators provide students with the books they need as efficiently as possible, OverDrive Education announced the ... Read more
3 strategies we use to turn struggling students into confident readers
The ability to read--and read well--sets kids on a path to success. That’s why at Cambridge School, we focus on helping students with learning differences learn how to…
Edsoma Partners With MetaMetrics to Report Lexile Measures for Oral Reading
DURHAM, N.C. & WEATHERFORD, TX – July, 2022 – MetaMetrics® and Edsoma today announced a new partnership that will help children using Edsoma’s innovative reading app ... Read more
School libraries are disappearing when students need them most
In 2014, I got my first teaching job at a brand new high school in Detroit. The building had once been an elementary school with a fully functioning…
3 key steps when using VR in education
As new VR technologies emerge, educators at all levels are finding new applications to augment the classroom experience - and for good reason. VR allows educators to move…
K-12 Students Access 100 Million+ Digital Books from their Schools with Sora Reading App
CLEVELAND – June 7, 2022 – Digital book access for reading and listening for K-12 students has reached a milestone. ... Read more
Poptential™ Digital Storytelling Makes Summer School Fun
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — (June 3, 2022) — Millions of high school students are expected to hit the books in summer ... Read more
What are your reasons to celebrate this school year?
We can all agree that the challenges we’ve seen in the last two years are unprecedented. However, when we consider all that’s happened and all that we’ve learned,…
5 ways to support students’ access to diverse books
Access to diverse texts positively impacts children as readers and as people. Having access to diverse texts helps children expand their vocabularies, deepens their understanding of language, provides…
How UX classroom design empowers students
It’s the last day of summer break. You walk the halls, ducking your head into classrooms as you go. Each ... Read more