Announcing the Winners of Tech & Learning's 2025 Best for Back to School Contest

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, a plethora of innovative tools and resources are making a significant impact, enhancing the learning experience for both students and teachers. Here's a roundup of some of the most noteworthy solutions that have been recognised as the best for the upcoming school year.

AB Studios' product offers a valuable resource for after-school programmes, providing quality enrichment materials and videos that require minimal preparation. This makes learning engaging and accessible, ensuring that students can continue their educational journey beyond the classroom.

Presence's Kanga by Presence delivers a unique teletherapy platform, specially designed by clinicians, to address the complex needs of school-based special education services. This innovative solution provides a vital support system for students with diverse learning needs.

Benchmark Education's StartUp BuildUp SpiralUp Phonics offers structured, research-aligned phonics instruction for K-2+ students. With its focus on foundational reading skills, this tool equips young learners with the essential building blocks for success in their academic journey.

PFU America's RICOH UHL3660 UST Projector improves student engagement and learning by projecting high-quality visuals, making lessons more interactive and exciting.

The CTL Chromebook NL73 Gen 2 Series supports students and teachers with a robust device for learning. This reliable Chromebook offers a user-friendly platform, making it an ideal tool for modern classrooms.

Edmentum's EdOptions Academy for Primary Education is a Blended Learning opportunity for districts, suitable for students who are hospital or medically homebound, or quarantined. This resource ensures that no student is left behind, providing a flexible learning environment that caters to various circumstances.

Clear Touch's Connect + FOBio streamlines the login process for educators, providing personalised content and centralised admin controls. This efficient solution allows teachers to focus more on teaching and less on technicalities.

Share-A-Cart's Share-A-Cart for Google Classroom helps teachers and students get the supplies they need to learn, by helping get these lists in one place. This organisational tool saves time and resources, making the learning process smoother and more efficient.

NetSupport's classroom.cloud by NetSupport is a mobile device management system for classroom and teacher level. This versatile tool offers a centralised platform for managing devices, ensuring a seamless learning environment.

IXL Learning's Rosetta Stone for Schools supports non-English speaking students as they learn English. This comprehensive language learning platform provides a valuable resource for students who are learning a new language, fostering a supportive and inclusive educational environment.

Inquisitive PreK-5 Science offers a smart, streamlined approach to PreK-5 science instruction with open-and-go lessons built around real-world phenomena. This engaging science curriculum encourages students to ask questions, explore, and learn through hands-on experiments.

PFU America's ScanSnap iX2500 helps educators work smarter and more efficiently. This document scanner simplifies paperwork, allowing teachers to focus more on teaching and less on administrative tasks.

Acer Chromebook Spin 512 is a rugged device with improved ruggedness, making it suitable for long-term use in schools. This durable Chromebook offers a reliable platform for students and teachers, ensuring that learning can continue uninterrupted.

Otus is an all-in-one platform that brings together assessment, progress monitoring, grading, and data visualization to give K-12 educators a centralised, actionable view of student growth. This comprehensive tool offers a valuable resource for teachers, helping them to tailor their instruction to meet the unique needs of each student.

BrainPOP 3-8 helps students solve problems through projects based on various BrainPOP topics, making it a good intro tool for learning computer science. This interactive platform encourages students to think critically and creatively, fostering a love for learning in the digital age.

Amplify Education's Amplify ELA is solid when it comes to helping secondary students read and improve their reading skills. This research-backed reading programme offers a valuable resource for students, helping them to develop essential literacy skills.

Brisk Teaching is an AI tool for teachers, focusing on student and teacher data privacy and browser integration. This innovative tool offers a valuable resource for teachers, helping them to personalise their instruction and assess student progress in real-time.

TEAMology's TEAMtalk by TEAMology provides diverse characters that promote social and emotional foundational skills in a relatable way for children to understand the concepts and apply them in their daily life. This engaging resource encourages students to develop essential social and emotional skills, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment.

Learning.com's EasyTech AI Lessons fills a space to help educators deliver instruction to various age groups. This versatile resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to cater to the diverse learning needs of their students.

Prodigy Education's Prodigy is a free game‐based learning platform used with K-8 students for math and ELA. This interactive platform offers a fun and engaging way for students to learn essential skills, making learning enjoyable and accessible.

K12 Zone's clubs, field trips, customizable avatars, classroom spaces, and social hubs make it more appealing for a younger student user in secondary education. This engaging resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping to keep students engaged and motivated in their learning.

MobyMax Education, LLC's MobyMax makes working with younger learners easier for teachers, and helps them reach students in more meaningful ways. This comprehensive resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to cater to the diverse learning needs of their students.

Amira Learning's Amira Reading Suite is a product that combines neuroscience research and AI for effective reading instruction. This innovative tool offers a valuable resource for students who struggle with reading, helping them to develop essential literacy skills.

ScreenBeam 1000 EDU Gen 2 is a reliable and easy-to-use product for classroom use. This wireless presentation system offers a valuable tool for teachers, making it easy for them to share content and collaborate with their students.

Discovery Education's Discovery Education Experience engages high school students and connects learning to the real world. This comprehensive resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to make learning relevant and engaging for their students.

Voyager Sopris Learning's LANGUAGE! Live is a comprehensive literacy intervention for struggling students in grades 5-12. This research-backed resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to support students who are struggling with literacy.

SMART Technologies' The SMART Board® RX Interactive Display enhances elementary teaching and learning by turning lessons into participatory experiences that spark curiosity and creativity in our youngest learners. This interactive whiteboard offers a valuable tool for teachers, making learning interactive and engaging.

Tech4Learning's Wixie has been used for a long time and continues to add new features that help students and teachers alike. This versatile resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to cater to the diverse learning needs of their students.

Incident IQ's iiQ Facilities streamlines work orders and communication in high schools. This efficient resource offers a valuable tool for school administrators, helping them to manage facilities more effectively.

YouScience Brightpath connects education with career applications designed to help students unlock their potential for future pathways. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for students, helping them to explore career options and make informed decisions about their future.

Riverside Insights' Cognitive Abilities Test is traditionally used for identifying Gifted and Talented students, but using this for all students helps to inform instructional strategies for all students. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to cater to the diverse learning needs of their students.

Readable English simplifies the complexities of English decoding by overlaying intuitive pronunciation guides directly onto traditional text, enabling students to read fluently and independently. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for students who struggle with reading, helping them to develop essential literacy skills.

Seesaw Learning's Seesaw Learning is a reliable resource for primary education, counting on by teachers and used by students. This interactive platform offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to make learning engaging and accessible for their students.

MagicSchool AI's product provides a safe entry point for using AI in schools, particularly suitable for elementary teachers. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to integrate technology into their teaching in a safe and accessible way.

BenQ's BenQ SL04 PANTONE VALIDATED SIGNAGE supports both teachers and students in high school by ensuring instruction is innovative, efficient, and aligned with modern learning goals. This versatile resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping to make learning more engaging and effective.

Apptegy's School Communication Platform is beneficial for secondary schools, improving daily instruction and allowing classrooms to open their doors to showcase learning outside the four walls. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping to foster a more open and collaborative learning environment.

Voyager Sopris Learning's REWARDS is an interesting entry from the rest since it is mostly analog in its usage. But, that doesn't mean it's not a winner. This is a good solution that offers ongoing support and training for its users, with teachers having a good set of resources as well. This behaviour management tool offers a valuable resource for teachers, helping them to manage student behaviour effectively.

MIND Education's ST Math is a PreK-8 visual, game‐based math learning platform designed to build deep conceptual understanding. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping students to develop essential math skills in a fun and engaging way.

Renaissance's Nearpod - AI Create offers a way to expedite the creation of high quality lessons, saving teachers time without losing quality of instruction. This versatile resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to create engaging and effective lessons more efficiently.

Coursemojo represents a breakthrough in AI-powered education. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to create personalised and adaptive learning experiences for their students.

Footsteps2Brilliance, Inc.'s Financial Literacy pairs interactive graphic novels and an AI-powered Writing Coach with real-world financial scenarios. This engaging resource offers a valuable tool for students, helping them to learn essential financial literacy skills in a fun and interactive way.

Apptegy's School Communication Platform improves daily instruction and allows for classrooms to showcase learning outside the four walls. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping to foster a more open and collaborative learning environment.

IXL Learning's IXL is comprehensive, with ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Spanish/Spanish Language Arts. This versatile resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to cater to the diverse learning needs of their students.

Edmentum's EdOptions Academy for Secondary Education is a Blended Learning opportunity for districts. This flexible resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping to meet the diverse learning needs of secondary students in a flexible and engaging way.

Edmentum's Exact Path for Primary Education is a tool for taking assessment scores and standards from annual and quarterly summative assessment companies and projecting a unique learning path for students to improve their areas of deficiencies. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to support students who are struggling academically.

Everway's Read&Write empowers students in Secondary Education by creating interactive, accessible experiences. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for students with disabilities, helping them to access the curriculum more effectively.

Otus offers a unified platform for K-12 assessment, grading, and data visualization. This comprehensive resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to manage assessment, grading, and data visualisation more effectively.

MIND Education's Seeing is Believing: InsightMath Makes K-6 Math Click offers an approach to teaching math that focuses on the way students learn, helping direct teachers' content delivery. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to make math more accessible and engaging for their students.

Newsela's Formative stands out as a comprehensive, innovative assessment and instruction tool. This versatile resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to assess student understanding and provide targeted instruction in a user-friendly way.

Presence's Kanga by Presence delivers a specialized, clinician-designed teletherapy platform for school-based special education services. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping to support students with diverse learning needs in a flexible and effective way.

ParentSquare Attendance Plus fights chronic absenteeism through equitable outreach and real-time data. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to address chronic absenteeism and support students in their attendance.

Savvas Learning Company's Experience Science for Elementary offers a thoughtfully designed, NGSS-aligned curriculum that puts students at the center of learning through real-world phenomena and hands-on investigations. This engaging resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to make science learning more accessible and engaging for their students.

PBLWorks TEACH gives teachers ready-to-go, research-based project units in core subjects. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to integrate project-based learning into their teaching in a user-friendly way.

Teachers' Curriculum Institute's Middle and High Social Studies Programs are inquiry-based curricula that put students in the driver's seat. This engaging resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to make social studies learning more accessible and engaging for their students.

Level Data's Brolly by Level Data helps CST members track compliance. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to ensure compliance with various regulations and standards.

Magic EdTech's MagicBox is a robust AI-powered digital learning and publishing platform for grades 6-12. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to create and deliver engaging and effective digital lessons.

SchoolStatus' Attend platform is focused on correcting and reducing chronic absenteeism, streamlining not only the communication process for messaging interventions but allowing for less personnel to achieve the accounting of student attendance management. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to address chronic absenteeism and support students in their attendance.

Learning.com's EasyTech AI Lessons is a solution for AI education, filling a space to help educators deliver instruction to various age groups. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to integrate AI into their teaching in a user-friendly way.

Voyager Sopris Learning's REWARDS is an interesting entry since it is mostly analog in its usage, but offers ongoing support and training for its users, with teachers having a good set of resources as well. This behaviour management tool offers a valuable resource for teachers, helping them to manage student behaviour effectively.

Discovery Education's DreamBox Reading by Discovery Education builds stronger primary education lessons that inspire growth. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping students to develop essential literacy skills in a fun and engaging way.

Kira's AI Tutor offers a robust platform for learning computer science principles and advanced coding techniques. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for students, helping them to learn computer science in a user-friendly and engaging way.

Level Data's Grow by Level Data documents and tracks professional growth. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support and track professional development for their staff.

ManagedMethods Classroom Manager gives teachers real-time visibility and control over student activity on devices. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to manage student activity on devices more effectively.

ClassLink's Suite of products are robust tools for Ed Tech Administrators, including Application Authentication, Usage Analysis, DataGuard, and App Track. This comprehensive resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to manage their technology infrastructure more effectively.

Airia's BrainFreeze is an AI platform for creating custom agents for teachers and students. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to create personalised and adaptive learning experiences for their students.

Curriculum Associates' i-Ready Pro targets middle school students who are behind and helps them catch up. This research-backed resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to support students who are struggling academically.

Inquisitive brings a smart, streamlined approach to PreK-5 science instruction with open-and-go lessons built around real-world phenomena. This engaging resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping students to develop essential science skills in a fun and accessible way.

The Classlink Suite of products are some of the best tools on the market for Ed Tech Administrators. This comprehensive resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to manage their technology infrastructure more effectively.

Renaissance's Star Assessments - Star Biliteracy Report is a bilingual assessment feature that combines data from Star Reading (English) and Star Lectura (Spanish) to help educators evaluate bilingual students' reading progress using benchmarks that reflect bilingual rather than monolingual norms. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to support students who are learning English as a second language more effectively.

Benchmark Education's Benchmark Phonics Intervention is a solution for teaching phonics to students behind in reading, compared to their peers. This research-backed resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to support students who are struggling with reading.

Hometown's Schoolfundr transforms school fundraising to enrich education. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to raise funds more effectively and efficiently.

The companies awarded by Tech & Learning as Best Tools for Back to School 2025 include Benchmark Education (Benchmark Phonics Intervention), Bookelicious-Bookmoji, BrainPOP 3-8, Brisk Teaching, Magic EdTech (MagicBox platform), and NetSupport (classroom.cloud). This prestigious recognition highlights the value of these resources for schools, endorsing their use as effective tools for teaching and learning.

Edmentum's Exact Path for Secondary Education takes assessment scores and standards to project a unique learning path for students. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to support students who are struggling academically.

iCEV offers an all-in-one solution for high schools seeking an innovative CTE curriculum. This comprehensive resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support students in their career and technical education more effectively.

Kibeam Learning's product is an innovative solution, packaging everything you need, including PD, with the product, and is a non-screen technology that can be used with paper books. This engaging resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to integrate technology into their teaching in a user-friendly and accessible way.

BenQ's BenQ Board Essential RE04 Series captures attention through its innovative design and interactive features, helping keep older learners engaged, sparks curiosity, and makes lessons feel more relevant to their world. This versatile resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to create engaging and effective lessons for their students.

Kiddom's Suite represents a next-generation curriculum platform that integrates AI-powered Learning Intelligence Technology with high-quality instructional materials. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to create personalised and adaptive learning experiences for their students.

Stride, Inc.'s K12 Zone is a departure from traditional LMS's, with K12 Zone's clubs, field trips, customizable avatars, classroom spaces, and social hubs making it more appealing for a younger student user. This engaging resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping to make learning more accessible and engaging for younger students.

Instructure's Mastery is a teacher-centric assessment platform with research-backed predictive benchmarks. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to assess student understanding more effectively and make data-driven decisions about instruction.

Acer's TravelMate B5 14 is a notebook suitable for teachers to monitor battery life and internet connectivity with an LED on the lid that changes color to indicate internet connectivity and low battery. This practical resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to manage their devices more effectively.

Edmentum's Courseware for Secondary Education offers immersive, simulation-based training. This engaging resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping students to develop essential skills in a fun and interactive way.

Share-A-Cart for Google Classroom helps teachers and students get the supplies they need to learn. This organisational tool offers a valuable resource for schools, helping to make the learning process more efficient and effective.

Sadlier Publishing's Building Reading Success with Wiley Blevins represents a well-designed, evidence-based intervention program that addresses critical gaps in the K-5 reading intervention market by combining systematic Science of Reading principles with practical classroom implementation. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to support students who are struggling with reading more effectively.

Cignition, Inc.'s K-12 Math & ELA High Dosage Virtual Tutoring offers a structured, research-backed model for consistent, targeted virtual sessions. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support students who are struggling with math and ELA more effectively.

Sadlier Publishing's From Phonics to Reading represents a high-quality, evidence-based phonics program that addresses the Science of Reading. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to support students who are struggling with phonics more effectively.

Discovery Education's DreamBox Math by Discovery Education simplifies complex tasks and keeps lessons engaging for students. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping students to develop essential math skills in a fun and engaging way.

Proximity Learning delivers certified teachers and case managers into classrooms virtually. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support students who are struggling with learning more effectively.

Level Data's Return On Instruction tracks both digital and analog resources for schools. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to make informed decisions about their resources and make the most of their budget.

Everway's Unique Learning System (ULS) is a modified special-education curriculum for students with moderate to severe disabilities. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to support students with disabilities more effectively.

The Commons App is a technological approach to cell phone bans in schools. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to manage cell phone use in a fair and effective way.

The Committee for Children's Second Step product fills a needed gap in school curriculums, covering both students and teachers in learning. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to create a safe and supportive learning environment.

The winners were evaluated based on versatility, value, and ability to solve specific problems for effective teaching and learning. This prestigious recognition highlights the value of these resources for schools, endorsing their use as effective tools for teaching and learning.

Tech & Learning has announced the winners of their 2025 "Best Tools for Back to School". This recognition highlights the value of these resources for schools, endorsing their use as effective tools for teaching and learning.

Jebbee is a modern career exploration platform for students in grades 9-12. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping students to explore career options and make informed decisions about their future.

AVer Information Inc.'s M11WB is a document camera with great optics and features for presentations, including 4K resolution and 29X zoom. This versatile resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to present materials more effectively and engage their students more effectively.

3P Learning's Reading Eggs is a solution for young readers, offering science-backed instructional methods and gamifications. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping students to develop essential reading skills in a fun and engaging way.

HoverCam's HoverCam Orbit Trio is a casting solution that lets you cast both your laptop screen and the wireless document camera feed simultaneously. This versatile resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to present materials more effectively and engage their students more effectively.

BBC Studios' BBC Learning Hub is a free, globally accessible platform delivering engaging educational content for PreK-12 students and educators. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support their students' learning more effectively.

Tech4Learning's Wixie has been used for a long time and they continue to add new features that help students and teachers alike. This versatile resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to create engaging and effective lessons for their students.

Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714 is a powerful Chromebook with upgraded features suitable for upper elementary grades. This practical resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support their students' learning more effectively.

Kahoot!'s Kahoot+ offers the power of AI, allowing students to prepare for national placement tests and next week's test with powerful AI tutoring tools. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for students, helping them to prepare for exams more effectively.

Learnetic's EdTool is a powerful AI assistant for educators that transforms PDFs, textbook photos, or prompts into interactive, WCAG-compliant lessons in minutes. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to create engaging and accessible lessons more efficiently.

Bookelicious-Bookmoji is a library or media center resource to help students pick out a book based on their preferences. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping students to find books that they will enjoy more effectively.

OxEd & Assessment's Tel Ted Program offers an assessment platform for 4-7 year-old students that often do not get enough attention during this important time in a child's long-term success. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support the learning and development of young children more effectively.

Amplify Education's Amplify Desmos Math is a platform for concretizing abstract math concepts through project-based learning. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping students to develop essential math skills in a fun and engaging way.

Science Interactive's Starlab is a portable, engaging tool for students, offering interactive opportunities on a variety of topics. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support their students' learning more effectively.

3P Learning's Mathletics is a research-validated, globally-adopted math education platform. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support their students' math learning more effectively.

TransMath is a research-driven math intervention program for students in grades 5-10 who are significantly below grade level. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support students who are struggling with math more effectively.

SchoolAI offers a premier AI tool for both teachers and students. This innovative resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support their students' learning more effectively and make the most of their technology resources.

AVID Products' WonderEars Early Learning Headset is designed for kids ages 4-9, featuring a fixed 'KidCom' microphone, sound limiting, cushioned earcups, and rugged design. This practical resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support the learning and development of young children more effectively.

Renaissance's Renaissance Next for Teachers is a teacher-oriented dashboard that brings together assessment, practice, and instructional data (from tools like Star, Freckle, myON, etc.) into one place. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for teachers, helping them to support their students' learning more effectively.

Lightspeed Systems' Lightspeed Insight offers granular usage data, a much-needed tool in schools that can save time and money while helping with compliance at many levels. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to manage their technology resources more effectively and ensure compliance with various regulations.

PowerSchool's Attendance Intervention: Turning Data into Daily Success is a useful attendance dashboard for schools. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support their students' attendance more effectively.

Renaissance's Flocabulary Español is a Spanish language resource for schools looking to increase their Spanish language resources and are already using Flocabulary. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support their students' Spanish language learning more effectively.

Savvas Learning Company's Experience Science for Middle Grades empowers students to learn like scientists and engineers. This valuable resource offers a valuable tool for schools, helping them to support their students' science learning more effectively.

These innovative tools and resources are transforming the way education is delivered, making learning more engaging, accessible, and effective for students and teachers alike. As technology continues to evolve, we can expect to see even more exciting developments in the world of education.

Announcing the Winners of Tech & Learning's 2025 Best for Back to School Contest