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ACT and Texas Instruments Collaborate to Enhance Student Success in Mathematics

Iowa City, Iowa and Dallas, Texas (November 12, 2025) – ACT, a leader in college and career readiness assessment, and Texas Instruments Education Technology (TI), a division of the global semiconductor company, today announced a comprehensive partnership aimed at empowering students to achieve their best performance on the ACT mathematics test.

Mesa Community College (MCC) Partners with iCEV to Help Students in the Sustainable Horticulture Program Earn Free College Credit

Students who earn industry certifications through the iCEV Testing Platform can receive up to 11 credit hours toward their Associate of Applied Science degree or Certificates of Completion

Lubbock, TX – November 6, 2025 – iCEV, a trailblazer in Career & Technical Education (CTE) solutions, is partnering with Mesa Community College (MCC) in Arizona to offer Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) credit to students enrolled in MCC’s new Sustainable Horticulture Program. Now, students who earn approved agriculture certifications through the iCEV Testing Platform can receive up to 11 credit hours at no cost, helping them complete their Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree or Certificates of Completion (CCL) more quickly and affordably.

Escambia County Schools in Alabama Adopts ClassVR to Enhance Career and Technical Education (CTE)

ClassVR Xcelerate headsets and EduverseCTE content will provide innovative, immersive virtual reality job-based learning experiences

Chicago, (November 4, 2025) — Escambia County Schools in Alabama has partnered with Avantis Education, creator of the world’s leading virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) solutions designed exclusively for education, to bring cutting-edge immersive learning experiences across the district’s 600-student career and technical education (CTE) program.

Registration Now Open for the 2026 PBL World Conference: “When Curiosity Leads, Learning Lasts”

The event marks the 15-year anniversary of PBLWorks’ signature professional development conference for Project Based Learning

Novato, CA (November 3, 2025) – The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks), a national provider of curriculum and professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), announces its 15^th PBL World Conference, being held June 16-18, 2026 in Napa Valley, California.

PBLWorks TEACH™ Wins Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Back to School 2025

Award marks second for TEACH since it launched this summer

Novato, CA (October 9, 2025) – PBLWorks TEACH™ was named a winner in the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Back to School 2025 – marking the second award win for the PBL curriculum product since its launch in June, 2025. TEACH won in the Secondary Education category, and it won a Tech & Learning Best of Show Award at ISTELive 25 earlier this year.

TEACH is a web-based application that provides teachers with access to Gold Standard Project Based Learning (PBL) project units for middle school math, science, English Language Arts, and social studies. Curriculum units for elementary and high school are coming in early in 2026.

Avantis Education Launches Eduverse CTE for Career and Technical Education

Real-world immersive experiences address the growing demand for workplace-ready skills

Chicago, (September 9, 2025) — Avantis Education, creator of the world’s leading virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) solution designed exclusively for education, announces Eduverse CTE – its most comprehensive career training content to date. Eduverse CTE is the first in a series of immersive VR/AR content libraries from Avantis Education. It is designed for career and technical education (CTE) classes and focuses on career readiness, vocational pathways and career exploration.

Omar Francisco Crowder to Receive 2025-26 ALAS Scholarship

The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) will award Crowder $10,000 to use toward obtaining his advanced degree

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 26, 2025) – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) has selected Omar Francisco Crowder, Instructional Leadership Executive Director for Secondary Schools for Highline Public Schools in Washington State, to receive the 2025-26 ALAS scholarship. The $10,000 scholarship is awarded annually to an aspiring superintendent (and ALAS member) to help them continue their advanced degree program. Applicants are selected based on need and on their personal statements about how an advanced degree will help them achieve their goals and further the goals of the ALAS mission and vision.

The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Announces its 2025-26 Award Winners

The award winners will be recognized at the ALAS Gala and Awards Banquet October 17, 2025, during the ALAS 22nd National Summit on Education in Chicago

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 26, 2025) – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) announces the winners of its 2025-26 leadership awards. The ALAS Awards program recognizes four individuals and an ALAS state or regional affiliate for their extraordinary education leadership and advocacy around issues impacting the education of Latino and other historically marginalized students. The recipients will be honored at the ALAS Gala and Awards Banquet during the ALAS 22nd National Summit on Education, which runs from Oct. 15-17, 2025 in Chicago.

Avantis Education Advances its ClassVR Solution with Major Hardware Innovations

New headsets bring powerful and practical VR/AR experiences to K-12 and beyond

Chicago, (August 20, 2025) — Avantis Education, creator of the world’s leading virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) solution designed exclusively for education, has significantly advanced its ClassVR hardware suite with the launch of two new headsets to meet the evolving needs of students. From K-12 to higher education, Xcelerate and Xplorer are set to deliver ClassVR’s most powerful and practical immersive learning experiences to date – combining best-in-class VR/AR design with decades of expertise in education.

Epson Wins Tech & Learning Best of Show Award at ISTELive 25

Epson’s EB-PU2116W large venue laser projector won in the Higher Education category

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – July 29, 2025 – TheEpson EB-PU2116W 16,000-lumen, large venue laser projector was named a winner in the Tech & Learning Best of Show Awards at ISTELive25. The conference took place June 29-July 2, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.