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iCEV Hosting Free Professional Development Online Seminar to Support Career & Technical Education (CTE) Teachers and Administrators

The day-long virtual seminar on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 will offer nine informative sessions covering timely CTE trends, platform updates, and more

Lubbock, TX – May 7, 2024 – iCEV, a leading producer of Career & Technical Education (CTE) curriculum, industry certification preparation and testing, and CTE data management, is hosting its annual Back-to-School Seminar to support CTE teachers and administrators as they prepare for the 2024-25 school year. This free, virtual professional development event, which is open to all CTE educators, will take place on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 and offer nine sessions throughout the day. Topics will include timely CTE trends, platform updates, and more.

Call for Nominations Open for “Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2024 Awards”

National awards program recognizes the most innovative products, technologies, and services supporting STEM educators and students

(Portland, OR) May 1, 2024 – The call for nominations is now open for the Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2024 Awards. Hosted by Catapult X in partnership with MCH Strategic Data, the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), and the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), Educators Pick Best of STEM recognizes innovative products, technologies, and services that are positively impacting STEM education nationwide. Notably, now in its fourth year, this is the only awards program that is specifically created for—and judged by—STEM educators.

Scribbles Software Expands its Services to Help Schools Process Their Student Records Faster

New ScribOrder Essentials option adds document-upload features

Charlotte, North Carolina – April 30, 2024 – Scribbles Software, a leading provider of K-12 software solutions for document management, records processing, enrollment, and lottery management, announces major updates to its online records processing and payment system, ScribOrder.

iCEV Congratulates the Winners of the 2024 All-Star Automotive Technology Competition

Career & Technical Education (CTE) students across South Carolina completed an online test hosted by iCEV followed by hands-on challenges demonstrating their automotive knowledge and skills

Lubbock, TX – April 22, 2024 – iCEV, a leading producer of Career & Technical Education (CTE) curriculum, industry certification preparation and testing, and data management, congratulates the winners of the 2024 All-Star Automotive Technology Competition sponsored by the South Carolina Transportation Education and Business Alliance (SCTEBA) and the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE). The competition brings together students from secondary Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)-accredited programs across South Carolina to take an online test hosted by iCEV followed by a day-long, hands-on challenge where students demonstrate their automotive knowledge and skills.

Avantis Education Gives Teachers Free Access to Immersive Scenes for Earth Day 2024

Chicago (April 19, 2024) Avantis Education, the leading provider of VR and AR content and hardware for K-12 schools, is providing teachers with free access to seven immersive scenes to support their Earth Day lessons. The following scenes are available until Friday, April 26, 2024 in Avantis Education’s Eduverse platform (go.Eduverse.com):

American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) and iCEV Partner to Help Learners Prepare for Industry-Recognized Credentials

New iCEV certification alignments—media-rich lessons featuring video instruction and hands-on and project-based learning opportunities—focus on the domains tested for on AAFCS certifications

Lubbock, TX – April 17, 2024 – The American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) and iCEV, a leading producer of Career & Technical Education (CTE) curriculum, industry certification preparation and testing, and data management, have partnered to help learners prepare for industry-recognized AAFCS credentials. Through this partnership, iCEV will provide certification alignments featuring dynamic instructional materials for credentials within the national Pre-Professional Assessment and Certification (Pre-PAC) program offered by AAFCS and the FCS Credentialing Center.

PBLWorks’ 2023 Annual Report Highlights Impact of PBL on Teachers and Students

Report lays out bold new vision for expanding reach in providing High Quality Project Based Learning

Novato, CA (April 15, 2024) – The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks), a national provider of professional development for high quality Project Based Learning (PBL), has released its , highlighting the work the team completed this past year, as well as milestones in the past decade that have inspired the company’s bold new vision for 2024 and beyond.

Students to Compete in 2024 World KidWind Challenge

Students from the U.S., Mexico, and Taiwan will bring their handcrafted wind turbines and solar structures to compete during CLEANPOWER 2024

MINNEAPOLIS (April 15, 2024) – Nearly 400 students making up 100 teams will strive to design the best wind turbine or solar-powered structure and have the most knowledge about renewable energy at the 2024 World KidWind Challenge. Hosted by KidWind, an international leader in clean energy education, the hands-on engineering competition will take place in the Minneapolis Convention Center during the Collegiate Wind Competition and the American Clean Power (ACP) CLEANPOWER 2024 Conference from May 5-8, 2024.

AllHere Founder and CEO Joanna Smith-Griffin Named to Inc.’s 2024 Female Founders 250 List

Inc.’s Female Founders list highlights entrepreneurs who run world-changing companies

Boston, MA (April 12, 2024) – Inc. has selected Joanna Smith-Griffin, the founder and CEO of AllHere, a global leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education, for the 2024 Inc. Female Founders 250 list. The list celebrates dynamic, inspiring, and trailblazing women entrepreneurs who have had the biggest impact in the past year. This year’s recipients are a “bold group of 250 women whose innovations and ideas are shaping the world into a better place,” Inc. stated.

ALAS Executive Director Dr. Maria Armstrong Invited to Speak at Courageous Conversation® Event

Armstrong to speak about the power of story and the need for more multicultural books and resources in schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 11, 2024) – Dr. Maria Armstrong, executive director of the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS), will speak at the 2024 Courageous Conversation® Cumbre event which takes place April 17-20, 2024 in Houston, Texas. She will speak about the power of story and the importance of having multicultural resources in schools.