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Avantis Education Partners with EdGate to Align its VR Lessons with U.S. State Standards

Company to demo immersive virtual lessons and innovative VR/AR technology at ISTELive 23

Chicago (June 26, 2023) — Avantis Education, the leader in virtual reality technology for K-12 schools, has partnered with the Washington-based EdGate to align its 400+ immersive, virtual reality lessons to U.S. state standards in science, social studies and English Language Arts. Avantis is discussing its alignment process, as well as its other innovative AR/VR technology – including its award-winning ClassVR headsets – at the ISTELive 23 edtech conference June 25-28, 2023 in Philadelphia (booth #2540).

Skriware’s Educational STEAM Lab Named K-12 STEM Solution of the Year

Companies, products and services in edtech recognized by the 2023 EdTech Breakthrough Awards

(Warsaw, Poland) June 21, 2023 – Skriware, an international edtech company providing schools with equipment and lesson plans that enable practical and hands-on education in the spirit of STEAM, was named a winner in the 2023 EdTech Breakthrough Awards. SkriLab, the company’s educational STEAM lab, was named the K-12 STEM Solution of the Year.

See Better and Learn Better – Epson to Showcase Latest Big, Bright, Efficient Display Technologies at ISTELive 23

Epson Demonstrating Newest Display Solutions that Enable Immersive Environments and Foster Engagement for Strong Learning Outcomes

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – June 20, 2023 – The evolution of technology in education spaces is nowhere near slowing down and as an integral part of learning today, educators and students deserve new and improved ways to display and interact with classroom content. Epson today announced it will showcase its latest projection and display solutions at ISTELive 23 in Philadelphia from June 26-28 in booth #2704. Epson will showcase its extensive lineup of lamp-free laser displays designed to inspire collaborative learning experiences through the use of immersive, interactive and mobile displays. Making class-wide collaboration easier and more exciting, Epson’s new solutions at the show will include standard throw, short-throw, ultra-short throw, and interactive projectors, as well as a document camera.

Council of the Great City Schools Awards Oakland High School Graduate America Gomez Torres with $10,000 Dr. Michael Casserly Scholarship for Educational Courage and Justice

The college scholarship, which is sponsored by Curriculum Associates, will support America Gomez Torres as she pursues a career as a teacher

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2023—The Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) recently presented America Gomez Torres, a 2023 graduate of California’s Oakland Public Schools, with the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Scholarship for Educational Courage and Justice. Sponsored by Curriculum Associates, the $10,000 college scholarship will be used by Gomez Torres to attend the College of Almeda, a community college, and eventually pursue a career as a teacher.

Epson Breaks Image Possibility Boundaries with First Extreme Short Throw Display with 4K Enhancement

Now Available, Epson PowerLite 810E Offers a Seamless Solution to Take Displays Beyond the Limits of Ordinary Flat Panels in Classrooms, Meeting Rooms and More

ORLANDO, Fla. (InfoComm, Epson Booth #3428) – June 14, 2023 – Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide,¹ today announced availability of the PowerLite^® 810E – its first 3LCD extreme short-throw lamp-free laser display with 4K Enhancement Technology.² As display trends shift towards putting people, content and collaboration at the heart of every room’s design, the PowerLite 810E is fully loaded in a modern, flexible chassis with ease-of-use features and installation for today’s classrooms, hybrid workspaces, museums, immersive installations, and more. Feature-packed to deliver more from one compact solution, the projector offers 5,000 lumens of color and white brightness³ and 3-chip 3LCD with 4K Enhancement² technology for sharp, bright and virtually glare-free displays.

Epson to Debut Breakthrough Laser Projectors Featuring Extreme Short-Throw and 4K Resolution Solutions at InfoComm 2023

Epson Booth to Demonstrate the Innovative and Engaging Ways Projectors Transform Ordinary Environments into Extraordinary Experiences

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – June 7, 2023 – Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide,¹ today announced at InfoComm 2023 it will showcase the newest additions to its 3-chip, 3LCD laser projector portfolio and demonstrate a wide range of engaging ways that projectors can transform environments. For the first time in North America, Epson will debut and demonstrate its new PowerLite® L series with 4K Enhancement,2 its first extreme short-throw with 4K Enhancement,² new 4K Crystal Motion technology, new cloud-based projection management software, and more at InfoComm in Orlando, Fla. from June 14-16 in booth #3428.

Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) Names Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Assessment a Qualified Dyslexia Screening Tool for Grades K–3

Districts across the state can use the award-winning online program and offline literacy assessment tasks to help identify and refer students with characteristics of dyslexia

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., June 5, 2023—The GaDOE recently named Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Assessment as a Qualified Dyslexia Screening Tool for Grades K–3. School districts across the state can now use the program’s online Diagnostic and offline literacy assessment tasks to support with the identification and referral of students who exhibit characteristics of dyslexia. Today, the i-Ready program serves more than 11.5 million students and approximately one-third of all Grades K–8 students in the United States, including approximately 485,000 students in Georgia.

Curriculum Associates Named a High-Quality Professional Learning Provider for Magnetic Reading™ Foundations in Rivet Education’s Professional Learning Partner Guide

Curriculum Associates’ professional learning services help educators successfully use Magnetic Reading Foundations to deliver explicit, systematic foundational reading skills instruction to students in Grades K–2

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., May 25, 2023— Curriculum Associates, a longstanding high-quality professional learning (HQPL) provider, recently added Magnetic Reading Foundations to its list of high-quality curricula in Rivet Education’s Professional Learning Partner Guide (PLPG). The guide provides educators with a vetted list of organizations that offer the best curriculum-based professional learning services in the country. Curriculum Associates was certified and added to the PLPG after a comprehensive, three-step evaluation by Rivet Education and its team of educator reviewers.

New Evidence for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Rating Reiterates i-Ready® Instruction’s Impact on Driving Student Outcomes

Educators can confidently use Curriculum Associates’ award-winning program knowing that it meets the standards of evidence in the ESSA

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., May 24, 2023—A research study from Curriculum Associates recently received a Moderate (i.e., Tier 2) rating from Evidence for ESSA. The study demonstrated that students who used i-Ready Personalized Instruction gained significantly more points on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) in English Language Arts and Mathematics than those who did not use i-Ready Personalized Instruction.

KidWind Celebrates Top Renewable Energy Innovations from Students at the 2023 National KidWind Challenge

More than 80 teams from across the U.S. and Mexico put their wind turbines and solar structures to the test to earn a coveted “Top KidWind Challenge Team” distinction

(Boulder, Colo.) May 24, 2023 – Being one of the best was the goal of each of the 80 teams while competing at the 2023 National KidWind Challenge in Boulder. Over the course of the three-day event, these highly skilled students were tested on their knowledge of renewable energy, their design and problem-solving skills, and their wind turbines’ energy output by a team of renewable energy educators and industry professionals. The top-performing teams are: