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A self-paced course to aid educators with their mental health and wellbeing

EmpowerU’s Educator Self-Care and Resilience Training is a self-paced, on-demand course featuring a personal coach designed to help teachers understand themselves, focus on their mental health...

An interactive tool for teachers to instruct and assess early literacy skills

Sprig Reading combines a clever use of technology with an evidence-based literacy approach that enables teachers to assess their students, track progress and boost literacy success. Their prov...

Simple wireless screen sharing, made for educators

DisplayNote’s Montage solution is a wireless screen-sharing tool that's made for the classroom. Whether it's a presentation, document or webpage—Montage makes it easy for teachers and students t...

CritterCoin is the first PBIS solution to leverage Houses and NFTs

CritterCoin is the first positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) solution to leverage Houses and NFTs. It is available free forever to students and teachers. With CritterCoin, sc...

Developed by educators, ReadTheory provides adaptive reading comprehension practice for students

Developed 10 years ago by teachers for teachers, ReadTheory provides high-quality reading comprehension practice to students at all levels. Used by millions of teachers and students around the w...

The Choreful App makes activities motivating and fun for the whole family

Have you ever wondered who actually does the most chores? Choreful lets you accurately track who takes on which household chores each day, week, and month. Choreful can be used by the whole fa...

Jamf Safe Internet is an educational content-filtering solution that ensures students can navigate the Internet safely

The Internet should be where students learn confidently: growing and exploring where their curiosity takes them. Students spend nearly twice as much time online than ever before. This means a gr...

A first-of-its-kind, AI-powered platform driving individualized teacher growth and informing coaching and collaboration

The AI Coach by Edthena is a first-of-its-kind solution that helps schools and districts provide all teachers with more coaching in order to improve teaching effectiveness. The AI Coach platfo...

A gamified learning platform that rewards you for learning

Zogo is a gamified education platform that makes learning simple, accessible, and fun! The existing base of educational content covers a range of financial topics, teaching on everything from ho...

Reading Horizons Discovery® Sound City helps K–2 students decode, spell, and connect speech to print

Reading Horizons , a leading provider of tech-enabled foundational reading instruction for K-12 schools and districts, has expanded its flagship solution, Reading Horizons Discovery ® , w...

Pivot Interactives transforms science teaching through active learning and engaging scientific phenomena

Pivot Interactives, an award-winning platform for authentic, interactive video-based science activities, transform science teaching through active learning and scientific phenomena. Developed by...

Students Use Seismic Wave Data to Discover Layers of the Earth

  The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) has created an online version of its popular activity “Determining and Measuring Earth's Layered Interior” to challenge student...

Interactive book lists designed to help educators provide choices for all students

Each year, Renaissance releases a completely updated version of What Kids Are Reading (WKAR) to provide new insights on K–12 students’ reading habits. The 2022 version shows which print and ...

Online literacy for the next generation of preschool teachers and learners

  Providing high-quality preschool education has the potential to positively impact the long-term health, social-emotional skills, and academic achievement of all young learners. That’s why th...

Allows schools to seamlessly communicate on one platform with one sharing feature

With Safety iResponse, your school will be prepared to handle any crisis. Easy to use and packed with power, the platform will give everyone the information and tools they need to complete their...

Exploring the science of a coral reef and recreating a healthy ecosystem

The Smithsonian’s Secrets of the Sea invites students to explore coral reefs in an online 3D interactive and through other classroom-ready activities. Secrets of the Sea makes the effects of...

An animated series that shows struggling students the power of human connection

My Life is Worth Living™ is the first animated series that models the human connection shown to be protective against suicide and enhance mental health. The videos tell stories of relatable, d...

BL Connect is an online library of courses where educators can access practical, research-based professional learning

BL Connect provides educators across a district a curated library of research-backed content and self-directed courses that build awareness of student-centered teaching concepts and practices. L...

Ripple Effects provides customized, trauma-informed, digital preK-12 SEL programs

Ripple Effects, a leader in the social emotional learning (SEL) space, provides a digital suite of preK-12 equity-driven programs that empower students and staff to develop their full SEL capaci...

Reading Kingdom teaches students to read and write with comprehension at a 3rd grade level (Lexile 750)

  According to Dr. Bradley Peterson of USC, "Reading Kingdom has transformed the teaching of reading.” Reading Kingdom teaches students to read and write with comprehension at a 3rd grade leve...


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