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Teaching ‘stranger danger’ should extend to the virtual world

December 2, 2022 by Les Ottolenghi, Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Technology Officer, Stride, Inc.

It’s becoming increasingly more urgent for us to protect our students from stranger danger and online threats they face in virtual worlds.

It’s becoming increasingly more urgent for us to protect our students from the constant threats they face online. Teaching them how to navigate these threats must include four…

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CYPHER LEARNING Builds Out Proven Executive Team

November 28, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

PLANO, Texas — CYPHER LEARNING, a leading provider of intelligent learning platforms for schools, universities and organizations around the ... Read more

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Edalex selected for the HolonIQ 2022 ANZ EdTech 50

November 4, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, / EINPresswire.com/ — Edalex, the EdTech company that unleashes the power of skills data, digital assets, and ... Read more

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Vivi and Headspace Partner to Bring Mindfulness to K-12 Classrooms

October 31, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

MELBOURNE – Vivi, the leading classroom communication and collaboration platform built exclusively for education, today announced an exciting new and ... Read more

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Gale Business: Insights Enhances User Experience with New All-in-One Platform to Support Global Business Research

October 31, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – Gale, part of a Cengage Group, today announced the migration of its Business Insight platforms – ... Read more

Curriculum & Assessment

Why we should be teaching students economic literacy

January 25, 2023October 26, 2022 by Ted Tucker, Executive Director, Foundation for Teaching Economics

More high schools are offering courses on personal finance – but what about economics and economic literacy?

When 17-year-old Jerry Marnell thought about heading off to college, economics seemed like an enticing major to study. Between self-starting his own production company and serving as president…

K-12 Cybersecurity

4 ways to avoid cybersecurity snake oil

December 5, 2022September 23, 2022 by Ryan Cloutier, CISSP, President, SecurityStudio

Take these steps to carefully evaluate cybersecurity vendors--and if something seems too good to be true, it likely is

When it comes to cybersecurity, you want to do right by your students, your schools, and your district--but it’s not that simple.

Teacher Well-Being

5 ways to support educator well-being this school year

December 7, 2022September 19, 2022 by Danielle Sullivan, National Director of Content and Implementation, Curriculum Associates

Educators are likely feeling burned out, exhausted, and overwhelmed--here's how to promote educator well-being and mental health.

From teaching through a global pandemic to adjusting in real time to teacher shortages and policy changes, from worrying about school safety to trying to manage more disruptive…

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Incident IQ Releases Integration With ClassLink Single Sign-on

September 14, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

ATLANTA (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Incident IQ, the workflow management platform built for school districts, released an integration with ClassLink—a global ... Read more

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education Acquires Pivot Interactives

September 1, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education, a global edtech company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”), ... Read more

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Brainingcamp Releases ‘Biggest Update Ever’ to Its Math Education Products

August 19, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

AUSTIN, Texas, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brainingcamp announced a massive update to its digital math manipulatives. The update is immediately available, ... Read more

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Star Assessments Now Connect to Nearpod to Accelerate Student Growth

August 17, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

Bloomington, MN (August 17, 2022) – Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is pleased to introduce a powerful ... Read more

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SchoolStatus Names New Chief Revenue Officer and Expands Sales Team to Build on its Continued Growth

August 10, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

RIDGELAND, Miss., August 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — SchoolStatus, a leading provider of an education communications platform designed to improve student outcomes through data ... Read more

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PowerSchool to Launch Connected Intelligence, First Fully Managed Data-as-a-Service Platform for K-12 Schools

August 1, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

FOLSOM, Calif — PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC), the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America, today announced it ... Read more

K-12 Cybersecurity

7 things K-12 IT teams can do now to manage OT risks

December 5, 2022July 25, 2022 by Bob Turner, Field CISO for Education, Fortinet

The pandemic prompted an increase in attacks on the OT components of organizations’ IT infrastructure--here's what IT teams can do.

The education sector continues to get slammed by cyberattacks. Microsoft’s Global Threat Activity Map by Industry shows that, as of June 16, education institutions had been victims of…

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Promethean Works With Merlyn Mind To Increase Classroom Productivity and Support Innovative Teaching

July 8, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

SEATTLE /PRNewswire/ — Promethean®, a leading global education technology company, today announced it has entered into a US-based exclusive distribution ... Read more

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3 ways telepresence robots are impacting learning

July 8, 2022 by Tra Vu, Ph.D., P.E., Chief Operating Officer, OhmniLabs

Tech directors play an integral part in education, and telepresence robots are one way tech directors can help ensure continuity of learning.

Edtech is having a renaissance, driven by necessity. Ten years ago it was not commonplace to see a Technology Director on staff at an elementary school, let alone…

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Texthelp Names Industry Veteran Gus Schmedlen as Chief Revenue Officer

July 1, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

WOBURN, Mass. /PRNewswire/ — Texthelp, a global leader in literacy and assistive technology, announced it has appointed Gus Schmedlen, Ed.D., as its Chief Revenue ... Read more

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Promethean Announces the All-New ActivPanel with ActivSync, Delivering a Transformational and Intuitive User Experience

June 27, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

SEATTLE, WA and NEW ORLEANS, LA–June 27, 2022– Promethean, a leading global education technology company, has announced the all-new ActivPanel ... Read more

SEL & Well-Being

3 ways to address teacher burnout

June 24, 2022 by Becca Hughes, Director of Editorial Development, Learning A-Z

Schools, districts, and society can work together to reimagine how we support teachers and address teacher burnout

A teacher’s job is to educate the young people who will shape our future world. What profession could be more important?

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Royelles Launches Industry’s First Inclusive Mobile Gaming Metaverse Dedicated To Educating And Empowering Young Girls

June 14, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

WASHINGON D.C., June 14, 2022 – Royelles, a global educational gaming (Ed Gaming) platform empowering girls and non-binary individuals through ... Read more

District Management

How one district is channeling the Power of One for student success

May 31, 2022 by Dr. Talisa Dixon, Superintendent, Columbus City Schools

student success is important to this district

The Columbus City Schools recently released a new Strategic Plan that details how we are going to achieve our mission over the next five years.

Digital Innovation

‘Digital skills gap’ threatens innovation

December 7, 2022May 30, 2022 by Dennis Pierce

Amid rapid workforce changes, schools need to reexamine instruction and address the alarming--and growing--digital skills gap.

The skills required for success in the new economy were already changing. Now, COVID has sped up these changes dramatically.

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Digital Health Platform Parallel Learning Announces $20M in Series A Funding to Further Expand and Serve Students with Learning and Thinking Differences

May 26, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

NEW YORK, NY (MAY 26, 2022 ) – Parallel Learning (Parallel)—the digital health platform that provides a new way to ... Read more

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Is K-12 ready for skills-based hiring?

May 23, 2022 by Kathleen deLaski, Founder & CEO, Education Design Lab

In the global ecosystem of skills-based hiring, learners will be judged and discovered by employer search engines looking for named skills.

There are very few silver linings emerging from the worldwide pandemic related to education, but one of them is a crystalizing view about the importance of “skills visibility.”

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Trane Technologies and Discovery Education Launch a New National STEM Education Initiative to Inspire Students to be Climate Innovators

August 3, 2023May 16, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

Davidson, NC and Silver Spring, MD (Monday, May 16, 2022) — Today, Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, ... Read more

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Labster Secures $47M in New Funding Tranche to Expand Global Opportunities for Virtual Science Laboratory Simulations

April 6, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

COPENHAGEN and BOSTON – April 6, 2022 – Labster ( www.labster.com), the world’s leading platform for virtual labs and interactive ... Read more

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Osmo From BYJU’s Names Former WarnerMedia Executive Shawn Smith as Its First Global Head of Communications

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

Palo Alto, CA–March 23, 2022–Award-winning STEAM brand, Osmo from BYJU’S, announced today that former WarnerMedia executive Shawn Smith is joining ... Read more

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Carnegie Learning Appoints Lenovo Executive as New Chief Marketing Officer

March 17, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

PITTSBURGH–( BUSINESS WIRE)–Carnegie Learning, a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, today announced Quinn O’Brien as ... Read more

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Clearlake Capital to Acquire Discovery Education from Francisco Partners

March 9, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

SANTA MONICA, CA and CHARLOTTE, NC – March 9, 2022 – Discovery Education, Inc., (“Discovery Education” or the “Company”), a ... Read more

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Building a Career in EdTech: SmarterServices Team Member Celebrates 15 Years

March 7, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

PITTSBURGH, PA – The landscape of education has changed in the last decade, and even more so in the last ... Read more

STEM & STEAM Trends

5 tips to bring engineering into the classroom

December 7, 2022March 4, 2022 by Laura Ascione

Exposing students to the importance of engineering and giving them the skills required to be the problem solvers of tomorrow is crucial

STEAM education is critically important in the classroom, and engineering education is a key part of STEAM learning. And on World Engineering Day, the need for students to…

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11 educator perspectives on post-COVID learning

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 by Laura Ascione

Post-COVID learning will certainly look different--here's what the experts have to say on what to expect and where to go from here

March marks two years since the COVID-19 pandemic forced nationwide classroom closures. And in those two years, educators and students have learned to make virtual learning work for…

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4 concepts that will shape education in 2022

February 25, 2022 by Louisa Rosenheck, Director of Pedagogy, Kahoot

It's critical to focus on the voices of educators and students in order to shape learning environments in 2022

2021 was a tough year for teachers and students, to say the least. Coming back to in-person learning and navigating the increased demands of learning loss and social…

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SESI Kids Win Big! SESI Crixas TEAM from Brazil Are CoderZ League Champions in the Global Virtual Coding & Robotics Competition

February 23, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

DERRY, N.H – Feb. 23, 2022 – SESI, Brazil’s Social Service of Industry (SESI), had a vision: To equip the ... Read more

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Osmo From BYJU’s Appoints Jonathan Naseath Chief Operating Officer To Lead Next Phase of Growth

February 23, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

Palo Alto, CA–Feb 23, 2022–Award-winning STEAM brand, Osmo from BYJU’S, announces Jonathan Naseath’s appointment as Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. ... Read more

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PresenceLearning Partners with Hasbro to Bring Beloved Characters and Classic Games to the PresenceLearning Therapy Platform

February 18, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

NEW YORK, February 18, 2022 – PresenceLearning, the leading provider of online therapy solutions for schools and clinicians, has partnered ... Read more

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Osmo From BYJU’s Names Kar-Han Tan, Ph.D., Head of Computer Vision and Machine Learning

February 10, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

Palo Alto, CA–Feb 10, 2022–Award-winning STEAM brand, Osmo from BYJU’S, announces Kar-Han Tan’s appointment as Head of Computer Vision and ... Read more

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