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The opposing sides in the “reading wars” tend to advocate for the use of curricula that’s based either on the Science of Reading or on Balanced Literacy, but it does not have to be an "either/or" situation; a literacy expert from Read Naturally suggests integrating components of the Science of Reading into a Balanced Literacy program to provide students with the support they need. https://bit.ly/3ah6yIc
Data breaches resulting from ransomware attacks increased 13% last year — equal to the last five years’ increase combined — and are impacting more education organizations than ever, according to the recently released Verizon Business 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report. https://bit.ly/3GnTwF0
Chicago Public Schools is the fourth U.S. school district to publicly announce its students were among those whose private information was stolen in the Dec. 1, 2021, ransomware attack on Battelle For Kids as the number of students impacted continues growing. https://bit.ly/3tk4Xsb
Online school startup Camp K12 announced it is making its Hatch Kids AR/VR and Metaverse creation platform for K–12 students free for use, along with supporting AR/VR curriculum models for educators and schools also at no cost. https://bit.ly/3Nw6gf3
A STEM coach shares how her district is engaging teachers and young students by making math relevant and fun using project-based learning in the classroom. https://bit.ly/37TFYnP
With so many programs, devices, and technologies to choose from, educators and K-12 decision-makers should prioritize these two things when making ed tech decisions: Interaction to increase motivation and engagement among students, and data analytics to make teachers' lives easier and make public schools more efficient. https://bit.ly/3Pm437D
Wisconsin high school senior Naleah Boys explains how fully virtual public school has helped her inch closer to her dreams of building rockets for NASA. https://bit.ly/3yxQXhx
The Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence awards $1.25 million to 20 outstanding skilled trades teachers and programs in U.S. public high schools. https://bit.ly/3kX5NXc
Australia-based online monitoring and safety provider Family Zone US today announced it will acquire competitor Qustodio and its subsidiaries in a deal valued at $52 million, according to a news release. https://bit.ly/39HE0rl
The Mississippi Department of Education’s provision of no-cost subscriptions to digital learning solutions for districts statewide, launched in January, is helping to close learning gaps for students in schools taking advantage of the six opt-in platforms, according to a news release, with a majority of Mississippi districts already using the subscriptions or planning to begin this summer. https://bit.ly/37jOQ64
Digital learning company Pearson today announced it has acquired language-learning platform Mondly, providing a path for Pearson to add self-study to its line of instructional and assessment solutions, according to a news release. https://bit.ly/3LEHNnf
CenterPoint Education Solutions, a nonprofit provider of assessment and curriculum solutions and professional learning, today announced that its Illustrative Math-Certified interim assessments and EL Education-Aligned interim assessments will be accessible on the Kiddom platform for the 2022-2023 school year. https://bit.ly/36ZS1Q1
Education nonprofit Innovateedu launched the Blueprint for Inclusive Research and Development in Education, dubbed BIRD-E, an open source, universal framework designed to generate actionable, high-quality research that ed tech providers, policymakers, researchers, education leaders, and other K-12 stakeholders can easily access, understand, and apply in the classroom. https://bit.ly/3rTDLPW
Women hold just 28 percent of jobs in STEM fields in the U.S., and the disparity starts long before women get to college. Here are 5 ways that K–12 educators can encourage girls to pursue STEM education and explore STEM career fields before they get to college. https://bit.ly/3Kj0z1T
Happy Earth Day from STEAM Universe! Learn how to invest in our planet. https://bit.ly/3OoQ2pk
Here are four fun, engaging STEAM projects that help educators and learners make the most of being in the same physical space together — and also reinforce concepts like social-emotional learning, literacy, and the engineering design process. https://bit.ly/3JTd7go
Online student therapy provider PresenceLearning announced this week it is expanding its library of content for children with special needs, thanks to a new partnership with kids’ magazine Highlights. https://bit.ly/3L622d6
The American Student Assistance nonprofit, whose mission is to help middle- and high-schoolers explore career and higher education options, found in a survey of over 2,000 student members that the most popular careers respondents are considering have a STEM and digital focus, according to a news release. https://bit.ly/3KLAbPj
Pitsco Education Teacher’s Grants award $350 each month to a PreK–college educator in the form of a voucher to use to purchase STEM hands-on instruction materials and kits. https://bit.ly/3MjOOdl
EiE, the curricula division of the Boston Museum of Science, has launched an online learning program to prepare elementary educators to teach EiE’s Computer Science Essentials curriculum for grades 1–5. https://bit.ly/3O5ySgq
K–8 math and reading provider DreamBox Learning today unveiled a new educator data-analytics feature called Lesson Highlights to teachers deep insights into how their students are thinking as they complete math challenges — and where students’ problem-solving processes and critical-thinking skills may reveal a need for extra attention in the classroom, according to a news release. https://bit.ly/3ufVzqf
Consumer robot maker iRobot Corp. today marked National Robotics Week by debuting its newest educational robot, the Create 3, designed for educators and robotics students and compatible with learning ROS 2, Python 3, and the iRobot Coding app, the company said in a news release. https://bit.ly/3r7tuPY
Vernier Software & Technology has a new online STEM learning and exploration platform in the works for high school students, the company announced, and after a pilot program this fall, the subscription-based platform is expected to be available to U.S. high schools in early 2023. https://bit.ly/38ssteQ
LearnPlatform has launched a new certification option called IMPACT-Ready for K–12 ed tech providers that have proven their solution or product meets the learning-impact requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act and that they are committed to protecting student data and are willing to efficiently share student data with districts. https://bit.ly/3Lt2S3q
Blended learning provider Istation has launched a new educator hub with improved data reporting and advanced customization of student data to help educators better understand student performance and more quickly pivot classroom time to address student needs, the company said in a news release. https://bit.ly/3NynfhO
Closegap a nonprofit whose daily mental health check-in platform is used in over 2,000 K-12 schools across the United States, has rolled out premium add-on features for its free Closegap Essentials platform. https://bit.ly/3JPkCFT
Imagine Learning, a provider of digital curriculum solutions serving more than half the nation’s K–12 school districts, recently unveiled new features within its Imagine Edgenuity platform to help maintain academic integrity among students, according to a news release. https://bit.ly/35b6aJm
The submission deadline is March 31, 2022, for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Solve Challenge calling for technology-enabled solutions that help re-engage and meet the holistic needs of underserved learners ages 5 to 18 so they may thrive and succeed. https://bit.ly/3IyyanT
Google for Education launched the beta sign-up for its new Practice Sets feature in Google Classroom, which gives students hints for solving problems and immediate feedback on their answers — and can turn teaching content into interactive assignments and automatically grade responses, Google said in a blog post. https://bit.ly/36Bs6xp
CYPHER LEARNING, a provider of learning platforms for schools, universities, and organizations around the world, today launched a new certification program with courses for administrators and teachers on e-learning strategies to help educators maximize effective use of its NEO learning management system and support online teaching, the company said in a news release. https://bit.ly/3CQw1mi
A new study of YouScience aptitude assessments completed by 116,372 female high school juniors and seniors across the nation shows that female students had 10 times more aptitude than interest in careers in architecture and engineering, and nearly four times more aptitude than interest for careers in computers and mathematics. https://bit.ly/3Ig0g76
A new survey by KX shows that over half of U.S. students ages 16–23 believe coding skills are as important as foreign language skills for future career prospects, yet more than a third say they lack educational access to coding programs. https://bit.ly/3KI2mya
Digital learning provider Discovery Education announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Clearlake Capital Group, which will become the majority shareholder upon completion of the deal, with Francisco Partners retaining a minority equity stake. The deal is expected to help Discovery Education accelerated growth and deliver more educational content to more classrooms. https://bit.ly/3t2hxfA
In a recent report, Gartner outlined seven trends impacting cybersecurity and risk management practices in the coming year. https://bit.ly/3616BWE
The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a spotlight on equity disparities in K–12 education, with new attention on how factors such as internet access, home environments, and family dynamics can impact student success. As schools continue responding to pandemic disruptions, timely and comprehensive data in one spot remains critical to educators’ abilities to make informed decisions and create targeted interventions. https://bit.ly/3sR0u0e
Microsoft Education today announced expanded literacy learning capabilities for teachers and students using its free Reading Progress app within Teams, and introduced a new integrated app called Reading Coach, a practice tool for students that automatically generates individualized exercises based on each student’s specific needs. https://bit.ly/3Kge82O
Peer tutoring platform Penji has released Penji Student Support, a tool for connecting students to advisers, mentors, tutors, coaches and counselors via mobile app. https://bit.ly/3C5eG8O
Infosys Foundation USA has launched a new Springboard digital skills initiative in the United States to provide educators, students, and aspiring professionals with free training and instructional content in computer science, and it includes expanded computer science, coding, and design lessons for K–12 students; streamable coding lessons for K–5 classrooms; and professional development content for teachers to learn how to teach computer science with no prior experience in the subject. https://bit.ly/3poUEAX
Analytics software provider SAS Software has launched a new program offering analytics skills training for higher education students. https://bit.ly/3HkLz28
The need for robotics in education will help drive double-digit annual growth worldwide through 2028. https://bit.ly/3tbOUf8
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