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POWERUP Toys Enlists The Douglas Stewart Company to Bring Aeronautics and STEAM Lessons to More Students

The Douglas Stewart Company is now distributing POWERUP Toys’ flagship paper airplane motors as part of its new STEAM collection

Tel Aviv, Israel (May 8, 2019) – The traditional paper airplane lesson has remained a staple in classrooms for years as it teaches students the principles of aeronautics and physics, and gives them a chance to flex their creativity and problem-solving skills. To bring an edtech-focused iteration of the lesson to more classrooms, POWERUP Toys, the creator of the first smartphone-controlled paper airplane motor kit, has forged a new partnership with The Douglas Stewart Company, the largest education-focused distributor in North America.

Vernier Integrates Its Go Direct® Force and Acceleration Sensor with Scratch to Engage Students in Hands-On Coding

Use of data-collection technology with popular coding software teaches students basic programming skills and computational thinking

BEAVERTON, Oregon, April 18, 2019 — The Vernier Go Direct Force and Acceleration Sensor now integrates with the popular Scratch coding platform. By bringing together these technologies from Vernier and Scratch, students are able to engage with scientific and computational concepts through hands-on project-based learning.

Immersion Active Defines Solo Agers’ Future Housing and Community Preferences in New White Paper

Resource helps community builders and developers incorporate the living preferences of this growing group into future projects

(Frederick, Md.) April 16, 2019 – Currently, 22 percent of Americans over the age of 65 are considered “solo agers,” which are older adults aging without the support of nearby family. Since they cannot rely on outside help for daily tasks, their preferences for future housing options may be less traditional than their coupled peers. To help community developers and builders understand and incorporate these preferences into future projects, Immersion Active, a leading marketing solutions agency specializing in connecting consumers with brands that bring value to their lives, has released a white paper titled “Predicting Housing Trends: How Solo Agers Will Impact Community Development.” The free white paper provides critical information about who solo agers are, what they want from their homes and communities, and how much they are willing to pay to satisfy their housing needs.

ProjectorReviews.com Recognizes Five Epson Display Solutions in Annual Classroom Projector Report

Epson PowerLite, PowerLite L, Pro L and LightScene Models Awarded For Exceptional Value and Performance for Classrooms

LONG BEACH, Calif. – April 16, 2019 – Epson, the number one projector manufacturer in the world¹, today announced it received five awards in the 2019-2020 Classroom Projector Report: The Best Education Projectors from ProjectorReviews.com, a leading projector review site. This annual report highlights a wide-range of projectors launched in the past year, from inexpensive, value-oriented projectors to high-powered projectors with advanced networking for large university classrooms and auditoriums. A brand-new category was included in this year’s report – High End and Specialty Education Projectors – which features extremely powerful projectors suited for digital signage at universities and colleges.

New Education Elements Toolkit Helps School Leaders Take DIY Approach to Student-Centered Instruction and Personalized Learning

The Personalized Learning Toolkit gives leaders premium content and tools proven to support effective and sustainable instructional shifts

SAN CARLOS, CALIF. (April 16, 2019) – After eight years of working alongside school leaders, and a year of testing, Education Elements is making its personalized learning expertise and proven methodology widely available to schools and districts through the Personalized Learning Toolkit. The toolkit helps school leaders take a do-it-yourself approach to planning, designing, and launching a school- or district-level student-centered, personalized learning initiative.

STEM Educators Win the 2019 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards for Their Innovative Use of Data-Collection Technology

Seven educators awarded cash and technology prizes valued at $5,500 each

BEAVERTON, Oregon, April 15, 2019 — Vernier Software & Technology and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) announce the seven winners of the 2019 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards. This year’s winning educators—one elementary teacher, two middle school teachers, three high school teachers, and one college-level educator—were selected by a panel of NSTA-appointed experts for their innovative use of data-collection technology in the science classroom.

Swing Education Expands its Substitute Teaching Solution to Arizona

Schools and districts across the state can now fill substitute teacher shortages using company’s web-based app and network of highly qualified educators

SAN MATEO, Calif., April 9, 2019—Swing Education, an on-demand marketplace for substitute teachers, has expanded its services to help schools and districts across Arizona connect with qualified educators using the company’s web-based platform. In addition to Arizona, Swing Education is now helping to address the substitute teacher shortage in California, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington, D.C.

Three Maine School Districts Partner with PublicSchoolWORKS to Help Make Schools Safer

Vassalboro, Waterville and Winslow Public Schools are the first three districts in the state to use the EmployeeSafe Suite to take safety practices online

Cincinnati, Ohio (April 9, 2019) — PublicSchoolWORKS, the number one provider of complete, online safety and regulatory compliance programs for K-12 schools, has expanded to Maine with new partnerships at Vassalboro, Waterville and Winslow Public Schools. These neighboring school districts in Central Maine are using the EmployeeSafe Suite, an online system that combines online software and content, deep industry expertise and highly skilled people resources, to provide a complete and scalable school safety and regulatory compliance solution.

Video Observation Company Invents Low-Tech Tripod Tool

Edthena creates innovative – yet simple – paper tripod that helps educators capture high-quality classroom video

SAN FRANCISCO (April 3, 2019) – Edthena is a leader in offering the best online technology for teacher professional learning, yet its latest innovation takes things offline. The new Edthena paper tripod proves that sometimes the best inventions are the simplest ones.

Curriculum Associates Supports the Unique Needs of English Learners with a Redesigned Mathematics Program for Grades 6-8

Program’s recent WIDA correlation provides concrete example of Curriculum Associates’ commitment to helping ELs achieve proficiency and growth

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., April 3, 2019— Curriculum Associates’ new Ready Mathematics 2020 Edition for Grades 6–8 recently met all correlation criteria for the WIDA PRIME V2 Protocol for Review of Instructional Materials for ELLs (PRIME V2). Available for Back to School 2019, the newly redesigned program provides powerful language-based activities and support to help English Learners (ELs) achieve proficiency and growth in mathematics. The program’s WIDA correlation provides educators a concrete example of Curriculum Associates’ commitment to providing the most comprehensive tools to support ELs.