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The Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE), a nonprofit developer of performance-based and custom assessments that authentically measure students’ essential academic and career readiness skills, today introduced expanded offerings, improved reporting, and a strengthened customer service function, enabling educators to more quickly and effectively apply actionable insights that support students’ academic and career success.

The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) has partnered with Vector Solutions to provide all school districts in the state with free access to Vector’s library of Student Safety & Wellness Courses.

Avantis Education’s Eduverse Expeditions was named a winner in the Tech & Learning Best of Show Awards at ISTELive 22.

BenQ, is launching the latest video camera in its DVY family, the DVY32 smart 4K UHD video camera. Compatible with all leading video conferencing platforms, the video camera boasts Zoom™ certification, BenQ’s color performance technology coupled with a high-performance Sony 4K image sensor, 120-degree-wide field of view with 5x digital zoom, AI-powered auto framing, two omnidirectional microphones, and H.265 video encoding for smooth streaming with less bandwidth.

Today, leading education technology solutions provider Turnitin, announced the global release of the Gradescope by Turnitin mobile application for students to submit their assignments.

BenQ, an internationally renowned provider of visual display solutions, took home two Tech & Learning Best of Show awards at ISTELive 22, June 26-29. Chosen for excellence in terms of value, quality, ease of use, and versatility, Tech & Learning’s panel of judges bestowed the accolades on BenQ’s ultra-secure InstaShow WDC30 wireless presentation system (WPS) and BenQBoard RM03 Series interactive displays.

Scratch, the world’s largest free creative coding platform and community for young people and educators, has received a $5 million COVID Relief Support Grant from the LEGO Foundation. Scratch will use the grant to amplify its strategic plans to reach young people and educators everywhere with creative learning and coding education and to drive scale in supporting families, students, and educators to emerge stronger than ever after COVID-19.

EdisonLearning, a longtime innovator in public education and leading provider of digital learning solutions for grades 6-12, is adding a new Career and Money course to its catalog of core and elective eCourses.

he Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) is hosting short virtual prayer sessions every Friday through mid-October, in remembrance of those affected by the May 24, 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The sessions take place from 7:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.  Eastern Time. Hosted by nondenominational spiritual teacher Aaron Rodriguez, they are offered in Spanish and in English. Pre-registration is not required. Go to .