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Mentoring Minds Launches Mobile App to Support Instruction and Student Success

October 1, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

These back-to-school apps can help teachers organize their teaching strategies.

Mentoring Minds, a leading provider of K-12 instructional and critical thinking materials, announces the availability of the Mentoring Minds Resource ... Read more

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Gaggle Announces a New Service: Gaggle Therapy

September 30, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

A teacher and student high-five over math homework, showing student engagement.

Gaggle is launching a new service: Gaggle Therapy. Gaggle Therapy matches students who need mental health support with counselors licensed ... Read more

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Learning.com Includes Essential Skills for Remote Learning in EasyTech

September 25, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

To prepare students for success in a remote learning environment, Learning.com is adding remote learning lessons to its EasyTech content library. Based ... Read more

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LearnWell Names Ardena White as VP of District Mental Health Partnerships

September 23, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Today, LearnWell, a leading mental health services company in K-12 education, announced that Ardena White has been named Vice President ... Read more

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CoderZ Named 2020 Tech Edvocate Award Winner for Best Coding App or Tool

September 23, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

CoderZ, an online learning environment where students learn robotics and STEM by coding virtual robots, has been named a 2020 ... Read more

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New York State Education Department Approves Curriculum Associates as a Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) Sponsor

September 16, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., September 14, 2020—The New York State Education Department has approved Curriculum Associates as a Continuing Teacher and ... Read more

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CAE Announces Stacey Sparks as Senior Director of Content Design and Development

September 10, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE), a leading provider of performance-based educational assessments measuring 21st century skills, as well as custom assessments, today announced ... Read more

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Curriculum Associates’ New Blog Provides Solution-Focused Content to Support Teachers and Leaders

September 10, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

digital leadership skills are important for students to learn now, for their future.

Curriculum Associates has launched a blog to help support teachers and building-level leaders navigate today’s educational environment. The blog, which ... Read more

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21stCentEd Launches Virtual STEM and CTE Programs for All Students

September 3, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

The impact of remote learning on STEM education has revealed just how important STEM skills are for students, now and in the future

To ensure every student has access to meaningful STEM experiences this fall, 21stCentEd announces the launch of virtual STEM and CTE programs ... Read more

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Merge Releases Hand-Held Digital Teaching Aids

September 3, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Merge, the leader in mixed reality for K-12 education, announced today their new hand-held digital teaching aids are now available ... Read more

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Vernier and SAM Labs Help Teachers Incorporate Science and Coding into Instruction

September 3, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Middle school teachers can now integrate science lessons with data collection and coding using new packages from Vernier Software & ... Read more

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Columbus City Schools Adopts Curriculum Associates’ Ready Classroom Mathematics

September 2, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

$Dynamic math resources are key in boosting teaching and learning success.$

Columbus City Schools in Columbus, Ohio has adopted Curriculum Associates’ Ready Classroom Mathematics to support students’ growth and achievement in ... Read more

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Woz U Is Partnering with CredEd to Provide Teachers with Coding Education

August 20, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Woz U will be partnering with the global clearinghouse for teaching credentials, CredEd, to provide teachers with necessary education on ... Read more

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America’s Favorite Rapping Teacher, Mr. Dwayne Reed, Joins Forces with Achieve3000

August 19, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Achieve3000 is bringing teacher-led instruction to online classrooms in time for this year’s back-to-school season through a new partnership with ... Read more

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Ambassador Launches Revolutionary Course Materials Platform, Easing the Entire Process for Students, Schools and Publishers

August 5, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Ambassador Education Solutions today launched its next generation Course Materials Platform, RODA, transforming digital content and all course materials for students, schools ... Read more

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Klassroom, the first parent-teacher communication app designed specifically for elementary schools

July 29, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Klassroom, the Paris-based company that reinvents parent-teacher communication in pre-kindergarten and all elementary school grades, just raised a $3 million ... Read more

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Flinn Scientific Launches New Solutions to Support Hands-on Science in Any Learning Environment

July 29, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of science lab materials and safety and STEM solutions for the K-16 education market, is ... Read more

District Management

Is it time to retire letter grades?

November 20, 2020July 23, 2020 by Dennis Pierce

5 ways to create a community of learners

The COVID-19 pandemic has been incredibly disruptive to education, hindering instruction and other services for thousands — perhaps millions — of K-12 students across the United States. But…

District Management

How edtech companies are helping schools navigate an uncertain year

July 29, 2020July 14, 2020 by eSchool News Staff

Four edtech leaders share how they’ve offered free resources, connected with parents, and supported educators navigating the ‘new normal’

In the middle of the abrupt changes to the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year, edtech companies offered resources and access to help educators, students, and parents make…

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15 hands-on investigations to teach students about various physiology concepts

June 30, 2020June 8, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Vernier Software & Technology recently released Human Physiology Experiments: Volume 2 to engage high school and college-level students in hands-on ... Read more

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Verizon announced support for relief efforts

June 30, 2020May 22, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

This student is part of online education's growing trend.

Verizon announced support for relief efforts across communities impacted by the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by tripling monthly data allowance ... Read more

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Virtual Tutoring Service

June 30, 2020May 8, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

A silhouette of a teacher explaining a concept to a child.

Swing Education, a staffing application that matches schools with substitute teachers, brings its highly-qualified and experienced substitutes directly to students ... Read more

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New Webinar Series to Support Virtual Coaching

June 30, 2020May 6, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Edthena is kicking off a new webinar series to help instructional coaches provide newly-virtual teachers with timely and much-needed support. ... Read more

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Free Remote Learning Resources for STEM Teachers and Students

April 23, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Students need STEM--and a strong STEM learning background will carry them from high school to a high-tech workforce.

To keep students engaged in STEM learning during school closures, Vernier Software & Technology is offering a robust collection of ... Read more

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Distance Learning Packages for Schools, Academic Institutions, and Libraries

April 17, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Infobase, the award-winning provider of digital reference content to the school and library community, today announced that it has created ... Read more

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Free safeguarding software

April 3, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

A tech director shares how monitoring software helps his schools stay on top of cyberbullying, like this upset teenage girl looking at her phone.

School safeguarding leader Impero has launched a forever-free digital safeguarding tool, designed to simplify the recording and management of pupil ... Read more

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Remote Monitoring Software Free to Districts

March 31, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

A new report offers insight on the ways in which school network security is compromised--and how IT leaders can prepare.

In order to help teachers keep students on task throughout the school day, when they are at learning at home, ... Read more

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Free eLearning Academy to Support K-12 Students

March 24, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Otus, a K-12 edtech company that provides the award winning Otus Student Performance Platform, today announced the launch of the ... Read more

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Free At-Home Learning Content During Crisis

March 23, 2020March 19, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

WESTCHESTER, IL, Mar 18, 2020 – Follett, a trusted partner to PreK-12 schools, public libraries, and college campuses for more than 145 ... Read more

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Solution to Support Remote Learning in Schools

March 23, 2020March 18, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

ClassTag today announced the launch of Schoolwide, a solution for parent communication and expanded remote learning capabilities amid the chaos ... Read more

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Free eTextbooks for Impacted Students

March 23, 2020March 18, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

RedShelf, an edtech company that distributes digital course materials and provides an end-to-end platform for efficiently delivering those materials to ... Read more

STEM & STEAM

Here’s why AI skills will make or break students’ futures

April 23, 2019April 19, 2019 by Laura Ascione

AI skills will determine students' future success.

It’s OK if you don’t know exactly what AI is--but you need to learn, and quickly, because it’s already firmly ensconced in our lives, and AI skills are…

District Management

96 edtech predictions for K12 in 2019

January 8, 2019January 1, 2019 by Ellen Ullman

We asked 49 edtech executives to look into their crystal balls and share their thoughts about what will happen in 2019. In addition to the usual suspects—more augmented…

E-rate Funding

This E-rate trick can help schools combat net neutrality repeal

January 25, 2023February 16, 2018 by Laura Ascione

With concerns about school internet access buzzing in the wake of the FCC's vote to repeal net neutrality, anxiety over school internet access might transfer to the federal…

District Management

10 Education Trends for 2018

May 11, 2019January 5, 2018 by Laura Ascione

From shifts in school choice to student assessments to online learning, the educational landscape is constantly evolving. This coming year districts will continue to face many challenges and…

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ISTE issues Digital Citizenship Week challenge

October 16, 2017 by ESchool News

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) will leverage Digital Citizenship Week (Oct. 16-20) to raise awareness of the importance of teaching digital citizenship to students of…

IT Management

Warning: These fraud attacks are wreaking havoc on education

March 28, 2017March 27, 2017 by Stu Sjouwerman

On March 14, it was reported in CSO (a leading cybersecurity outlet) that 110 organizations experiences successful phishing attacks targeting their ... Read more

IT Management

5 infrastructure concerns for district technology leaders

May 7, 2019November 9, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a>@eSN_Laura</a>

The growing need for more internet bandwidth is being pushed by an increase in the number of students with devices, according to CoSN's Annual Infrastructure Survey. Increases in…

Edtech Trends

Marketplace trend update: 5 ed-tech developments

January 25, 2023September 7, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can…

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