Avantis Education’s ‘ClassVR Xcelerate’ Wins an EdTech Digest 2026 EdTech Award

The innovative new VR headset won in the “Cool Tools: virtual reality, augmented reality (VR/AR) solution” category

Chicago, (April 20, 2026)ClassVR Xcelerate, the innovative new VR headset from Avantis Education, was named a winner in EdTech Digest’s 2026 EdTech Awards. The win marks the first U.S. award for ClassVR Xcelerate which launched in August, 2025. It was named a winner in the “Cool Tools: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality (VR/AR) Solution” category.

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Avantis Education Hires New Business Development Manager to Support Expansion in New York and Throughout the U.S.

Jared Grabina brings extensive experience in sales and edtech to the role

Chicago, (April 20, 2026) — Avantis Education, a global leader in virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technology for K-12 schools, is bolstering its U.S. sales team with the hiring of Jared Grabina as its new business development manager.

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Epson 3-Chip 3LCD Laser Projectors Earn Multiple Education and AV Industry Awards

Epson’s PowerLite L-Series Projectors Recognized in Awards Programs from Campus Technology, Tech & Learning and Sound & Video Contractor

 LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – March 30, 2026 – Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide,1 recently earned multiple accolades from leading education and AV industry awards programs for projectors in its PowerLite® L-Series lineup. The PowerLite L790SE won awards from both Campus Technology and Tech & Learning, and the PowerLite L895E earned an award from Sound & Video Contractor.

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Nominations Open for the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) 2026-27 Awards and Scholarship

Recipients to be celebrated at ALAS’ 23rd National Summit on Education October 14-17, 2026 in Denver, Colorado

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 24, 2026) – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) is accepting nominations for its 2026-27 leadership awards and scholarship. For details and to nominate, visit https://alasedu.org/.  

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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.

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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, 2026Photon 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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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