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StudySync, an award-winning web‐based learning tool from BookheadEd Learning, LLC introduced the first of a dozen new SyncTV episodes, all crafted for middle school students.

Software Answers, Inc. announced new product packaging and an updated logo for its ProgressBook Suite of student, classroom and district management web solutions used by K12 public school districts, private schools, charters and education service centers.

DYMO/Mimio has launched the “MimioConnect Winter Contest,” giving K12 educators a chance to win a new MimioView document camera just by submitting their best winter-themed lessons on MimioConnect.com, a free online community for educators.

PTC announced it is working with Caterpillar and STARBASE South Dakota to develop the next generation of engineers in the Black Hills area of South Dakota.

Harris School Solutions announces the release of the human resources module for AptaFund 4, the newly available upgrade of the online fund accounting and business management solution.

A four-year U.S. Department of Education evaluation of adolescent literacy programs shows that students in Newark, N.J., Springfield/Chicopee, Mass., and the Ohio State Department of Youth Services who were enrolled in their READ 180 programs significantly outperformed students who were not placed in READ 180 as part of the study.

Funds For Learning, in an effort to continue the technological progress made in classrooms and libraries across the country, is requesting that the Federal Communications Commission provide more funding for the E-rate program.

PCI Education announced the winners of the 20th Anniversary Grant. Hosted by the online community WeAreTeachers, the grant program is designed to provide special education teachers the opportunity to earn money for their classrooms, while sharing best practices with educators across the country.

Staff Development for Educators has announced that it has been selected to provide comprehensive curriculum training to support the implementation of the Singapore Math pilot program in six North Carolina elementary schools.

Schoolwires is launching Nimbus, a safe social learning environment that is designed to foster student engagement so that districts can extend participatory learning in and beyond the traditional classroom in support of student success and 21st century learning skills.