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Workbench Education Launches New Blockly Programming Tool to Code Multiple Devices in a Single Canvas

With this launch, Workbench is offering incentives allowing teachers to earn tech gear for sharing projects on the platform.

Baltimore, MD – May 1, 2018 – Edtech company Workbench Education today announced the launch of a multi-device application programming hub, which will enable students and teachers to code multiple Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) products within a single browser-based Blockly canvas. The programming interface works with drones, blocks and robots from Workbench partners Parrot Education, SAM Labs, and Sphero.

Aperture Education and Esteem Therapeutics Partner to Support Social-Emotional Learning in Children with ADD and ADHD

Therapists and parents can use new Esteem Thrive app to measure children’s SEL skills

Charlotte N.C. (May 1, 2018) — Social-emotional learning (SEL) company Aperture Education and Esteem Therapeutics have partnered to help parents and therapists measure the social and emotional competencies of children with ADD and ADHD.

Vernier Kicks Off 2018 Summer Institutes to Provide Science Educators with Hands-On Training Using Data-Collection Technology

More than 20 full-day institutes provide valuable professional development for teachers across a wide variety of grade levels and science disciplines

BEAVERTON, Oregon, May 1, 2018 — This summer, Vernier Software & Technology will host 21 full-day, hands-on training institutes to help science educators learn how to integrate data-collection technology into their curricula. Working alongside knowledgeable training specialists, educators will have the opportunity to use Vernier data-collection technology—including the new family of Go Direct sensors—to explore classroom-ready experiments and activities.

Final PublicSchoolWORKS School Safety Talks Webinar on Crisis Prevention and Response Features Safety & Security Coordinator

Al Gille used innovative practices and 33+ years of law enforcement experience to overhaul the crisis prevention and response program at one of the largest career and technical centers in the U.S.

Cincinnati, OH (April 30, 2018) — PublicSchoolWORKS is hosting its third and final School Safety Talks webinar focused on crisis prevention, preparedness and response on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 2 p.m. Eastern. During the webinar, titled “A Practical and Effective School Safety Program,” Coordinator of Safety & Security for Great Oaks Career Campuses Al Gille will provide his first-hand experience creating and sustaining a successful crisis prevention and response program. To register for the free 60-minute webinar, click here.

EdReports.org Evaluates Curriculum Associates’ Ready® Mathematics as the Highest-Rated K–8 Mathematics Program

Ready Mathematics meets expectations for all evaluation criteria during an independent evidence-based review

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., April 30, 2018—Curriculum Associates’ Ready Mathematics is now EdReports.org’s highest-rated K–8 program for mathematics. Expert educators from EdReports.org, an independent nonprofit that delivers evidence-based reviews of instructional materials, found that Ready Mathematics met expectations for all evaluation criteria across all grade levels after concluding its recent review of the program.

REcharge Labs Announces 26 Educator Scholarships for its Summer Renewable Energy Training Academy

Educators interested in bringing STEM and renewable energy concepts to the classroom are invited to attend the REcharge Academy

(Minneapolis, MN) April 27, 2018 – REcharge Labs^®, the creators of hands-on renewable energy activities, kits and comprehensive teaching training, is hosting its 11th annual Recharge Academy from July 23-27, 2018 at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. The week-long renewable energy academy helps educators interested in renewable energy learn how to incorporate hands-on, engaging lessons into their classrooms.

Fuel Education’s Stride and Summit Math Adaptive Solutions Win BESSIE Award

Award recognizes solutions that provide teachers with technology to foster educational excellence

Herndon, Virginia, April 25, 2018 — Summit™ Math, a curriculum of adaptive online math courses from Fuel Education^® (FuelEd^®), and Stride™, FuelEd’s supplemental learning solution for skills practice for students in PreK–8 grade, were both selected as winners in The ComputED Gazette’s 24th Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES). Summit Math won a BESSIE in the High School: Math Website category and Stride won in the Teacher Tools: Adaptive Learning Tool category.

North Carolina School District Expands Access to Books with Online Literacy Platform from Fuel Education

Big Universe is currently in use at all 114 Wake County Public School System elementary schools

Herndon, Virginia, April 23, 2018 — Although every elementary school has different student needs its teachers must support, each needs an extensive library of books for its students. Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) in Cary, NC, the 15th largest school district in the United States, has 114 elementary schools. Curating a vast library to address different reading levels, interests, and languages at each school was expensive, and students could only check out books when school is in session. To give students access to a vast library of books they can access anywhere and at any time, WCPSS turned to the online literacy platform Big Universe^® from Fuel Education^® (FuelEd^®) for its elementary schools.

Aperture Education Announces Micro-grant Recipients

Micro-grant program provides up to $20,000 to schools and organizations for social-emotional learning assessments

Charlotte N.C. (April 20, 2018) — Social-emotional learning company Aperture Education today announced the recipients of its 2018 micro-grant program for schools and out-of-school-time organizations. The micro-grant program provides up to $20,000 to help the winners get started in assessing students’ social and emotional competencies.

Second PublicSchoolWORKS School Safety Talks Webinar with Physical Security Expert Paul Timm

Timm is a board-certified Physical Security Professional (PSP®) and Vice President of Physical Security Services at Facilities Engineering Associates

Cincinnati, OH (April 17, 2018) — PublicSchoolWORKS is hosting its second School Safety Talks webinar focused on crisis prevention, preparedness and response on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 2 p.m. Eastern. During the webinar, titled “A Collaborative Approach to School Safety,” board-certified Physical Security Professional (PSP) and Vice President of Physical Security Services at Facilities Engineering Associates Paul Timm will focus on how a top-down commitment to school safety can help make schools safer. To register for the free 60-minute webinar, click here.