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TEA Will Offer Free Learning Management System to Texas Schools for Two Years to Help Bolster Remote and Classroom Instruction

7/30/2020

This new offering will save school systems up to $40M, and reduce total taxpayer cost up to $22M

AUSTIN, Texas – July 30, 2020 – The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has officially launched Texas Home Learning 3.0 (THL 3.0), a comprehensive initiative to support school systems, teachers, parents, and students during the public health crisis and beyond with high-quality instructional materials, technology solutions, and professional development resources.

As part of THL 3.0, TEA announced this week that it will offer all Texas school systems a world-class Learning Management System (LMS) from PowerSchool’s Schoology for two years at no cost. Like other THL 3.0 offerings, use of the Schoology LMS will be optional for Texas school systems. Currently, Schoology is used in schools representing more than one million students across Texas (1 in 5 students statewide).

Student Innovators Share Their Journey to Entrepreneurial Success at the Conrad Challenge: Q&A Session

7/30/2020

Opioid use and addiction are serious issues facing the health and wellbeing of communities across the United States. According to CDC stats, nearly 67,000 people died from overdoses in 2018, and of those deaths, almost 70 percent involved a prescription or illicit opioid. In recent years, efforts have been made to reduce the number of cases, but undoubtedly more needs to be done to address the epidemic.

STEM Careers Coalition from Discovery Education Debuts New Video Series Spotlighting Corporate Community Responses to COVID-19

7/24/2020

Careers Content Supports Student Understanding of the Critical Role STEM Plays in
Global Problem-Solving

SILVER SPRING, MD (Friday, July 24, 2020) – To help students connect the dots between the application of STEM skills, innovating solutions, and important real-world challenges, the STEM Careers Coalition launches “COVID-19 Solution Seekers,” a video series spotlighting how non-profits, corporations, and industries pivot to meet the needs presented by COVID-19.

Arkansas Includes Reading Horizons on ‘Approved Science of Reading Curriculum’ List

7/23/2020

The state’s first-in-the-nation collection of K-6 programs points educators to literacy tools that are explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic

(Arkansas) July 23, 2020 — The Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education has included Reading Horizons, a multisensory curriculum used to rapidly increase reading skills, on its list of approved K-6 core curriculum programs that are supported by the science of reading.

Curriculum Associates Delivers i-Ready® Updates and Innovative Resources to Support Learning Gains in the 2020–2021 School Year

7/22/2020

New tools, reporting, and instructional features anticipate and respond to the unique needs of educators and students facing an uncertain year

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., July 21, 2020—Curriculum Associates recently announced a collection of new resources and back-to-school product features to support educators and students during the 2020–2021 school year. These new offerings include a recently launched online toolkit for addressing the challenges of the coming school year, with a whitepaper and multiple videos on how i-Ready can be leveraged to help address these challenges.

The company is also releasing a host of new i-Ready product features to address and support unfinished learning from last year. Today, the award-winning i-Ready program serves more than eight million students and approximately 25 percent of all K–8 students in the United States.

New Update to Discovery Education Experience Will Help Educators Save Time in Remote, Hybrid, or In-Class Learning Scenarios this Fall

7/16/2020

Silver Spring, Md. (Thursday, July 16, 2020) – Discovery Education–the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources and professional learning for K-12 classrooms–today introduced a new update to the award-winning Discovery Education Experience that will save educators valuable time when they return to teaching this fall.

This new update helps educators using Experience access personalized digital content and teaching resources faster than ever, saving them precious time no matter where learning is taking place.

3 Games Created for Use in a Higher Education CurriculumWin Awards in Serious Play Competition

7/15/2020

ORLANDO – July 15, 2020 – Three games developed for use in higher education curriculums have been awarded for their excellence in the 2020 International Serious Play Awards Program.

Teach @Home Lesson Plans to Supplement E-Learning from Hand2Mind

7/14/2020

Created and delivered by teachers, hand2mind introduced teach@home, an online resource offering 12 weeks of daily lessons and activities for K-5 students, in both English and Spanish. Each week families can download an easy-to-follow schedule, by grade, featuring daily video lessons for math and literacy as well as daily worksheets. Each week also includes a rotating “special” activity centered around another subject, such as STEM, science, SEL, art, or social studies!

Back-To-School: Integrating Teletherapy into Your Service Delivery Model

7/13/2020

Special 2-part webinar series to help schools plan for fall

NEW YORK, July 7, 2020 – As districts across the country are grappling with back-to-school plans, there are still a number of uncertainties that can make it feel like an impossible task. But, there are also valuable lessons learned from school closures this spring that schools can apply to their re-entry strategies.

PresenceLearning, the leading provider of live online special education-related services to K-12 schools, is hosting a special webinar series with its clinical experts and district leaders to help guide fall planning, especially as it relates to serving special education students.

Impero Wins a 2020 Tech & Learning Award of Excellence

7/13/2020

Impero’s student safety tools recognized in the Best Enterprise Solution category

Austin, TX, July 13, 2020 – Student safety leader Impero was named a winner of the 2020 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence. Impero’s student safety tools, which include Impero Education Pro and Impero EdAware were recognized in the Best Enterprise Solution category. “Student safety is a top concern of schools, which need the proper tools to keep students safe and productive in an increasingly digital environment,” said Justin Reilly, CEO of Impero Software. “We are honored to have our student safety tools recognized by Tech & Learning for helping schools keep students safe online, both in the classroom and during distance learning.”