• Optoma Unveils Microsoft-Powered, Cloud-Based Remote Management Solution for Displays

  Display manufacturer Optoma has launched a cloud-based version of its Optoma Management Suite that is powered by Microsoft Azure and offers streamlined, real-time monitoring, diagnosing, and controlling of connected audio-visual displays via a single platform, according to a news release.

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• Screencast and Figma Added to Chromebooks as Google Unveils Slate of New Features and Integrations

  Google for Education today announced a slate of new apps for Chromebooks — including a new free Screencast app and a free Figma design app — as well as new functions in Google Classroom and Google Meet, and the company announced integrations with popular ed tech apps that will launch later this year.

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• How To Evaluate & Nurture Your District's Cybersecurity Readiness

  Schools can counter the growing wave of ransomware attacks with the proper tools and resources even in difficult cases where there is little to no involvement from all stakeholders — or if there’s no room in the IT budget for enhanced cybersecurity efforts — by strategically implementing these cyber benchmarks.

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• Illuminate Education Breach Included Los Angeles Unified & Riverside County Districts, Pushing Total Impacted to Over 3M

  The breach of student data that occurred during a January 2022 cyberattack targeting Illuminate Education’s systems is now known to have impacted the nation’s second-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified with 430,000 students, and all the districts within Riverside County, pushing the total number of students whose private data was stolen to at least 3 million.

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• Aperture Education to Host SEL Case Study Webinar Featuring Windsor Public Schools

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• Class Technologies is Acquiring Blackboard Collaborate; Will Be Merged as Class Collaborate

  Synchronous virtual learning provider Class Technologies has announced it will acquire the Blackboard Collaborate virtual classroom tool from Anthology in a deal reportedly valued at $210 million.

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• ED and ISTE Launch Initiative to Improve Tech Proficiency of New Teachers to Increase Digital Equity

  The International Society for Technology in Education and the U.S. Department of Education have launched an initiative to help educator preparation programs update their curriculum and methods to ensure new teachers enter the workforce with the digital learning skills needed to lead equitable learning in modern tech-enabled classrooms, the organizations announced today.

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• IBM Invites K-12 Schools in U.S. to Apply For Cybersecurity Grants of $500K Apiece

  IBM will provide resources and staff support worth $3 million to help address cybersecurity resiliency in schools to six K–12 school districts in the United States for the second consecutive year, according to a news release.

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• IMS Global Learning Consortium Has a New Name: 1EdTech Consortium

  IMS Global Learning Consortium, a nonprofit collaborative and marketplace for K–12 schools and educational technology and digital learning marketplace, has rebranded as 1EdTech Consortium and launched a new website with new blog posts and a renewed emphasis on a collaborative ed tech ecosystem.

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• Kolloru, Adams, Gallman, Metcalf, Serafin, Deveaux Named to Executive Positions

  People on the Move newsmakers include Sulaekha "Sue" Kolloru at Pearson, Heather Adams and Kevin Gallman at Otus, Marty Metcalf at ISG, Allison Serafin at Building Hope, and Brian Deveaux at Hussey Seating Company.

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• Reading Horizons Expands its Literacy Instruction Program with Sound City for K–2 Learners

  Foundational reading instruction provider Reading Horizons, has expanded its flagship solution Reading Horizons Discovery, adding a K–2 program called Sound City, and will host two webinars for educators this week to delve into the new features.

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• Report: Historic Decline in U.S. Public School Enrollment From Fall 2019 to Fall 2020; Dropout Rates Fell Since 2010 Among Hispanic, Black Students

  Total preK–12 public school enrollment in the United States declined 3% between fall 2019 and fall 2020, erasing a decade of steady growth, according to the National Center for Education Statistics’ 2022 edition of the annual Condition of Education report to Congress, which also showed that students are completing more advanced math courses and more science courses, and fewer students are dropping out before obtaining their high school diploma or GED.

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• Riverside Insights Acquires Aperture Education

  Riverside Insights, a provider of ability assessments and standardized tests for K–12 schools, has acquired SEL assessment firm Aperture Education, Riverside announced today.

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• Savvas Enhances myView Literacy Program with New Features Based on Science of Reading Research

  Savvas Learning Company has added interactive reading resources to its K–5 core curriculum platform myView Literacy, the company announced today, injecting Science of Reading research in an effort to boost the platform’s impact on student reading achievement.

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• SchoolMint Launches Mental Wellness Support App for U.S. K–12 Educators

  Strategic enrollment management provider SchoolMint is launching a new mental wellness app specifically for K–12 educators, the company announced this week, as teacher burnout soars and more teachers than not say they're likely to leave the profession sooner than planned.

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• Zayo Group Completes Acquisition of Education Networks of America

  Zayo Group Holdings has completed its acquisition of Education Networks of America, combining the companies’ solutions including managed network connectivity, communications, cloud technology, and cybersecurity services to K–12 school districts participating in the federal E-Rate program, according to a news release.

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• Free K–12 Resources to Help with Remote and Blended Learning in 2022

  As you seek out software and services to augment online and blended instruction this year, start here. Please see the list of grant opportunities here (includes ongoing updates).

• IBM Education Security Preparedness Grant

  Sponsor: IBM
  Award: $500,000
  Number of Awards: 6
  Application Deadlines: June 21, 2022

• Education Innovation & Research Grants

  Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education's OESE
  Award: $1M to $15M
  Number of Awards: 17 to 37
  Application Deadlines: June 21, 2022 for Mid-Phase Applicants; July 21, 2022 for Early-Phase and Expansion-Phase Applicants

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