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PublicSchoolWORKS Launches School Safety Talks - Initial Webinar Series Focuses on School Crisis and Response

The first webinar, ideal for school administrators, school resource officers, and first responders, is on Thursday, April 12, 2018 with Sandy Hook Parent Alissa Parker

Cincinnati, OH (April 3, 2018) — Districts across the nation are experiencing a heightened sense of urgency to make schools safer. To help them navigate the many aspects of school safety, PublicSchoolWORKS is launching School Safety Talks, a free webinar program addressing school safety concerns, with an initial focus on crisis prevention and response. During the three-part series, three school safety experts will offer their unique and valuable perspectives on school violence prevention and provide insights into how schools can respond.

Epson PowerLite L610U Laser Projector Wins Tech & Learning Best of Show Award

The Affordable PowerLite 610U Delivers the Benefits of Laser Technology in a Light, Compact Design

LONG BEACH, Calif. – March 30, 2018 – Epson®, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, today announced its PowerLite® L610U won a TCEA Best of Show Award from Tech & Learning magazine. The Awards program recognizes the products and services from exhibitors at the TCEA conference that show the greatest promise for educators. A panel of Tech & Learning advisors reviewed and rated the products at the February conference to determine the winners.

CDI’s Chromebook Division Reaches Milestone by Supporting more than 2,000 School and District Initiatives

Company provides schools with products, support, software, warranties and a trade-in program

Chicago IL –March 26, 2018 – Chromebooks are an affordable and popular solution for schools adopting 1:1 programs. CDI Computer Dealers, a leading provider of technology to schools, is helping schools transition to the Chromebook ecosystem and is now meeting the Chromebook needs of more than 2,000 schools and districts.

March 28, 2018 Webinar Shows Schools How to Use SEL and PBIS Programs Together

Experts at Kickboard and Aperture discuss how data can bridge the gap between programs

Charlotte N.C. (March 19, 2018) — Social-emotional learning (SEL) programs and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) are both great approaches to support student learning. Many schools want to use both approaches together, but aren’t sure how to.

Social-emotional learning company Aperture Education and Kickboard, which provides technology and coaching for school culture initiatives, will host a webinar at 3 p.m. EDT March 28,, 2018 to discuss how to effectively integrate and connect the two approaches using measurement tools. These tools can serve as a bridge to connect multiple school culture initiatives and promote student success.

Fuel Education Enhances its Adaptive Learning Solution that Rewards Learning with Games to Provide Deeper Instruction for Students

Powerful skills practice tool uses reinforcement learning theory and games to drive student engagement

Herndon, Virginia, March 15, 2018 — This summer, Fuel Education® (FuelEd®) is incorporating major enhancements to Stride™, its award-winning supplemental learning solution for standards-aligned skills practice for students in PreK–8 grade. FuelEd has developed and is adding deeper learning resources to its content areas, including more direct instructional activities, new targeted skill review activities, and more game options, making Stride an even more powerful asset for schools and districts.

Impero Education Pro v6.3 wins Tech & Learning TCEA Best of Show Award

New version provides improved cloud functionality, a web-based console for teachers and automatic updates to schools’ keyword libraries

Austin, TX, Feb. 28, 2018 – Impero Software’s flagship product, Impero Education Pro, has won a TCEA Best of Show Award from Tech & Learning magazine. Impero, a leading provider of classroom management, network management and online safety software to schools, showcased the newest version of Education Pro (v6.3) during the TCEA conference in Austin.

Impero Education Pro v6.3 will be featured in the March issue of Tech & Learning. To view the online article, visit https://goo.gl/djgERn

Kickboard and Aperture Education Partner to Help Schools Use Student Behavior Data to Measure Social Emotional Learning

Partnership focuses on helping schools collect, monitor and analyze student social and emotional skill and behavior data

Charlotte N.C. (Feb. 28, 2018) — Social-emotional learning (SEL) company Aperture Education and Kickboard, which provides technology and coaching for school culture initiatives, have partnered to help schools collect, monitor and analyze data on 40 student behaviors that tie to the Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (the DESSA) core SEL competencies. The DESSA, which is published by Aperture Education, measures students’ social emotional competencies while the Kickboard platform allows teachers to record and analyze student behavior in real time.

Fuel Education Expands Reading Literacy Platform for Schools and Districts

Big Universe adds 2,000 eBooks to help schools improve reading proficiency, particularly in early grades

Herndon, Virginia, February 26, 2018 — The online literacy platform from Fuel Education® (FuelEd®), Big Universe®, just got much bigger. The platform has added more than 2,000 new titles in both non-fiction and fiction since October 2017. It now offers more than 13,000 high-quality, leveled eBooks to help schools boost their balanced literacy program for students in grades K–12 to improve reading skills.

Vernier Kicks Off Its Spring 2018 Data-Collection Workshop Series

Hands-on workshops help science and STEM educators learn new ways to integrate data-collection technologies into their curriculum

BEAVERTON, Oregon, February 23, 2018 — Vernier Software & Technology will host 21 free hands-on workshops to help science and STEM educators learn how to integrate Vernier data-collection technology—including the new Vernier Go Direct® wireless sensors—into their curriculum. Each four-hour workshop will be led by a Vernier training specialist who will guide attendees through classroom-ready labs using award-winning hardware, software, and mobile technologies.

New Efficacy Research Demonstrates Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Meets Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Federal Funding Requirements, Including School Improvement Funds

Schools can use School Improvement Funds implement evidence-based online program proven to drive significantly greater learning gains

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., February 21, 2018—A new research study titled “i-Ready Efficacy: Research on i-Ready Program Impact” demonstrates that Curriculum Associates’ K–8 i-Ready Instruction meets the federal funding requirements for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The research places i-Ready as a Level 3 program demonstrating “Promising Evidence.” Schools across the country can use School Improvement Funds to implement the online diagnostic and instructional program as an evidence-based program as defined by ESSA. Research confirms what educators know about i-Ready: students who use the program experience significant improvements in their English language arts and mathematics performance.