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Choosing Edtech: Three Learnings from Five Districts

Digital Promise

A study conducted in 2017 and published in June 2021 investigated how five school districts from Digital Promise’s League of Innovative Schools made edtech purchasing decisions. Their approaches to finding tools that benefit their learners and staff can be useful to district leaders searching for the right tools for their students.

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Pearson Is Selling Its US K-12 Business—Despite Posting a Profit and Digital Growth

Edsurge

portion of its K-12 business, which includes print and digital curriculum and instructional materials. In Pearson’s 2017 full-year results report , the publisher stated that “we have concluded the strategic review of our US K12 courseware business and have classified the business as held for sale.” billion) in 2017. “It

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With Budget Cuts Looming, Here’s How Districts Will Decide What to Keep or Cut

Edsurge

Some states, such as Nevada, also restrict the use of state supplemental academic intervention funds to programs that meet federal research standards and are elevating the importance of evidence-based and high-quality instructional materials. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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How to sort the good from the bad in OER

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. Related: Open Educational Resources haven’t upended the way that K-12 schools get course materials – yet.

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Utah State Board of Education Approves Lexia Reading Core5 as K–3 Reading Improvement Program

techlearning

(NYSE: RST) Company, today announced that Lexia Reading Core5® has been named by the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) as an approved provider of early interactive reading software for literacy instruction and assessment for grades K–3.

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Game-Based Learning Meets Science Standards

EdTechTeam

23, 2017—Today Legends of Learning (LoL), which helps teachers make classrooms fun and productive learning environments through research-driven, curriculum-based games, announced that its games meet science standards for Texas and Georgia middle school students, bringing the total number of states where the games comply with standards to 21.

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Consistent Use of Lexia Reading Core5 Leads to Surge in Charter Schools USA Elementary Students Literacy Gains

techlearning

CSUSA assessed students’ reading abilities in the fall, winter and spring using the computer-administered, adaptive screening tool, NWEA™ MAP®. The engagement features in the program keep students motivated to learn, and the robust reporting features allow teachers and administrators to monitor student progress closely.