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The Power of Peers: Why Peer Support Matters More Than Ever

December 12, 2025

Student success technology often starts with dashboards and data—but the real impact happens when technology is used to amplify something …

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Bill Salak on Brainly’s Next Leap in AI Learning

November 04, 2025

Following up on his March feature in EdTech Digest, Brainly’s CTO returns to share how the company’s AI-powered ecosystem is …

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How EdTech Can Help Close the NGSS Readiness Gap

October 27, 2025

With California test scores revealing that less than a third of students met the Next Generation Science Standards, districts need …

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Kaplan’s All Access License

September 22, 2025

This next cool tool is leveling the playing field in test prep: Kaplan’s All Access License is a groundbreaking program …

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Agentic AI for Education: Connecting Tools, Systems, and Outcomes

September 05, 2025

Education has moved past experimenting with AI features. The next leap is agentic AI—autonomous systems that connect tools, streamline workflows, …

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Reimagining Career Readiness through Digital CTE

August 29, 2025

Next-gen platforms make career exploration earlier, easier, and more impactful. GUEST COLUMN | by Bethlam Forsa The momentum behind …

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Uxcel

August 18, 2025

Think of this as the ultimate professional platform for mastering UX design skills. It is, after all, trusted by over …

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IXL platform

August 13, 2025

IXL’s research-backed, innovative PK-12 solution does the work of multiple edtech products, equipping educators with everything they need on a …

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NovoAI from NovoEd

August 08, 2025

Founded at Stanford’s Social Algorithms Lab, NovoEd is a learning and development platform that uses social and collaborative learning to …

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Chris Porter on What’s Next for Follett—and Why Simplicity Is the Real Innovation

July 30, 2025

As schools face increasing pressure to do more with fewer dollars, Follett Software is focusing on integration, usability, and educator-first …

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Breakout Learning

October 03, 2024

The people behind Breakout Learning have created a platform for student-led small-group discussions that are monitored and evaluated using AI. …

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Archipel Academy

August 15, 2024

Archipel Academy was born as the Managed Learning Services business line of Schouten & Nelissen. As learning consultants, the people …

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Learnosity Assessment Engine

August 09, 2024

Now here’s a cool tool that’s behind a lot of other cool tools, making it even cooler. The Learnosity Assessment …

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NovoEd

June 10, 2024

By connecting learners with organizational expertise and wisdom, social and collaborative learning platforms empower learners and leaders to learn from …

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The Master of MasterClass

July 14, 2023

On a mission to unlock human potential by inspiring a learning lifestyle in everyone. INTERVIEW | by Victor Rivero David …

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Edtech Evidence Takes Flight—with Lots of Room for Progress

March 10, 2023

There are thousands of edtech solutions—in fact, LearnPlatform cataloged over 11,000 in their LearnPlatform Community Library. With so many tools …

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The Building Blocks (and 3D Printers, and Robots) of Education

March 01, 2023

With Karol Górnowicz in the Skriware laboratory. The people behind this company, as huge technology fans, wanted to infect …

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Can Personalized Learning Turn Learning Loss into Student Gains?

September 22, 2022

With more teachers in the world than are actually teaching, one company sets out to discover the answer. INTERVIEW | …

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New, Enhanced Version of Discovery Education’s K-12 Platform

July 28, 2022

Discovery Education today announced a host of new enhancements to its award-winning K-12 platform just in time for back-to-school. These …

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CK-12’s FlexBooks 2.0

September 09, 2021

These are CK-12’s flagship product: digital textbooks that are open-source, fully customizable, and 100% free for everyone. The FlexBooks® 2.0 …

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Staying Flexible into the Future

February 23, 2021

As we move into the future of learning, edtech companies are making moves toward greater ease of use within their …

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Time for Class

February 18, 2021

Michael Chasen, the Blackboard founder, introduces a new learning platform for a post-pandemic world. INTERVIEW | by Victor Rivero “Without …

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Mastery Based Learning Platform from Core Learning Exchange

August 07, 2020

Core-LX supports the design, delivery and management of personalized mastery-based learning programs and is being used to create programs for …

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Brainly

July 22, 2020

Check it out: this is possibly the world’s largest peer-to-peer social learning community of students, parents, and teachers. What started …

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Sal Khan Finds a Partner

February 19, 2020

At the intersection of personalized learning and assessment, Chris Minnich and Sal Khan are creating a new platform for teachers. …

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itslearning

November 25, 2019

Here’s a cloud-based learning management system (LMS) specifically designed for the K-12 market. Through its distinctive design, it allows districts …

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Technology as the Missing Link: The Industry-University Partnership

October 15, 2019

How to meet students where they are—and to re-skill for today’s workforce. GUEST COLUMN | by John Baker In today’s …

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Charting a Course for Higher Education with Andrew Grauer

September 18, 2019

The co-founder of a leading online learning platform shares his winning approach. INTERVIEW | by Victor Rivero Andrew Grauer co-founded …

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The Ideal Education Market

June 03, 2019

A former school district Director of Technology muses on finding quality resources for educators. GUEST COLUMN | by Zach Vander …

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Distance Learning Done Right, Even for the Tech-Unsavvy

August 30, 2018

A teacher-technologist discusses the challenges of implementing collaboration tools. GUEST COLUMN | by Dov Friedman The communications revolution has truly …