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iCEV Helps the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Celebrate 100 Years of CTE Advocacy

iCEV to support ACTE’s National Policy Seminar March 22-25, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia

Lubbock, TX – March 19, 2026 – iCEV, a leading provider of Career and Technical Education (CTE) solutions, is proud to serve as a Gold Sponsor of the Association for Career and Technical Education’s (ACTE) National Policy Seminar, held March 22–25, 2026, in Arlington, Virginia, as the organization marks its 100th year of CTE advocacy.

Photon Education Partners with Midwich to Bring Innovative Engagement & Assessment Ecosystem to U.S. Classrooms

Midwich becomes exclusive U.S. distributor for the Classwise platform and Photon Robot

CHESTERTON, Ind., March 10, 2026 — Photon Education, an innovative edtech company designing interdisciplinary tools for today’s classrooms, has signed an exclusive agreement with edtech distributor Midwich to bring its innovative solutions to U.S schools. This agreement brings together two strong global brands to address schools’ needs for engaging STEAM and assessment tools.

Summit K12’s New Summit 360™ Provides Total Visibility into All English Learner Students within One Powerful Platform

Launched in partnership with EduSkills, the Summit 360™ platform now connects instruction and accountability to accelerate success for all multilingual learners

AUSTIN, Texas, March 4, 2026 — Today, Summit K12 announced Summit 360 ™, a comprehensive accountability platform that collects, stores, and securely manages data across every stage of the English Learner journey - from identification through reclassification. Together with Summit K12’s industry-leading Accelerated English Language Development platform Connect to Literacy™, Summit 360™ creates a unified solution that integrates accountability, assessment, and instruction. The result is a streamlined, end-to-end platform that empowers districts to better serve multilingual learners while accelerating English proficiency growth and supporting timely reclassification.

PBLWorks TEACH™ Named a Winner in the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2025

The win marks the third award for TEACH, a web-based app from PBLWorks that provides ready-to-use Project Based Learning (PBL) curriculum for grades K-12

San Rafael, CA (February 23, 2026) – PBLWorks, a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning, has earned a third national education award for PBLWorks TEACH™. The product was named a winner in the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2025 in the Secondary Education Category.

Nominations Close in Two Weeks for PBLWorks’ 2026 PBL Champions and John Larmer Lifelong Learning Awards

New this year, PBLWorks will recognize an International PBL Champion to elevate the transformative Project Based Learning work being done outside of the United States

San Rafael, CA (February 18, 2026) – PBLWorks, a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning, is accepting nominations through March 7 for its 2026 PBL Champions and John Larmer “JL” Lifelong Learning Awards.

iCEV Celebrates Career and Technical Education Teachers during CTE Month

CTE teachers are critical to preparing students for high-demand careers

Lubbock, TX – February 18, 2026 – February is CTE month and iCEV, a leading provider of Career and Technical Education (CTE) solutions, is highlighting the critical role CTE teachers play in preparing students for careers in high-demand industries.

According to iCEV’s 2024 “The World Needs CTE” report, 35 states face critical CTE teacher shortages in manufacturing, IT, and health sciences. The report found that CTE teachers are the most likely of all public school instructors in grades 9-12 to be newer to the profession, and that before going into teaching more than 65% of public school CTE teachers worked in the private sector. Additionally, CTE administrators say recruiting professionals to teach was their number one challenge.

Apply to Present at the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) 23rd National Summit on Education

The Summit takes place October 15-17, 2026 in Denver, Colorado

WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 17, 2026) – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) is accepting presentation proposals for its 23^rd National Summit on Education Oct. 15-17 2026 in Denver, Colorado. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2026. Details and the application form can be found at https://alasedu.org/call-for-presenters-denver-2026/.

Avantis Education Transforms Classroom Inclusivity with Launch of EduverseTHRIVE at TCEA 2026

Immersive virtual reality solution brings sensory regulation, wellbeing support, and inclusive practice into everyday classrooms

Chicago, (February 1, 2026) — Avantis Education, a global leader in virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technology for K-12 schools, is showcasing its newest product EduverseTHRIVE for the first time in the U.S. at TCEA 2026 (ClassVR booth 1873). The conference takes placeJanuary 31-February 4, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas.

iCEV Introduces Enhanced Custom Assessments Experience

iCEV Introduces Enhanced Custom Assessments Experience

A more intuitive, reliable, and instruction-aligned way for educators to create and manage CTE assessments

Lubbock, TX – January 27, 2026 – iCEV, a leading provider of Career and Technical Education (CTE) solutions, today announced an enhanced Custom Assessments experience designed to make assessment creation more intuitive, flexible, and reliable for educators. Informed directly by educator feedback, the update streamlines workflows, reduces complexity, and strengthens alignment between instruction and assessment without disrupting existing work.

KidWind Receives $180,000 Grant from Google to Support Clean Energy Education Initiative

Grant supports KidWind’s virtual training and the KidWind Challenge, a hands-on competition where student teams design small-scale energy projects

(SAINT PAUL, Minn.) January 15, 2026 – Google has awarded KidWind a $180,000 grant to support KidWind’s flagship program, the KidWind Challenge, and to providevirtual training for educators. The grant will ensure KidWind can continue to provide support to the hundreds of participating teachers and coaches of student teams as they implement the KidWind curriculum in their classrooms and participate in local and regional KidWind Challenges, culminating in the 2026 World KidWind Challenge in May, 2026.