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A California federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action accusing education software company Renaissance Learning Inc. of unlawfully collecting and sharing students' personal information, finding that the families' allegations did not support thei

Alignment in education is a simple idea to describe yet often difficult to achieve. Alignment exists everywhere around us. Whether in nature, music, athletics, or leadership, success often depends upon multiple parts working together toward a common purpo

There was a moment during a school visit in Barbados that has stayed with me, since it carries an important lesson related to literacy and student engagement. I had spent less than an hour working with a group of students using music, rhythm, storytelling

Over the last four decades, Accelerated Reader has become one of the most widely used reading programs in K-12 schools. Clearly, a lot has changed over the years-in education, in publishing, and in technology. Yet AR remains a mainstay, helping students f

When we first began working with curriculum-based measurement, or CBM, decades ago as school psychologists, we were drawn to its practicality. CBM was originally developed by Stan Deno and colleagues in the 1970s to help educators answer a question that i

As educators, we want our students to develop a lifelong love of reading. However, that is no small feat given the complexities of literacy development. From day one of school, we begin to focus on five key pillars: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, v

When I meet with school and district leaders, I receive a lot of questions about AI tools and the best use of AI in education. While many K-12 leaders are justifiably reluctant to allow AI chatbots to interact with students, there's growing recognition th

Federal education funding accounts for roughly 13% of K-12 school budgets-but those dollars are among the most critical for supporting students who need it most. For the 2026-27 school year, funding levels have largely held steady, and new statutory langu

The best AI for classrooms isn't built on general-purpose language models-it's built on decades of education-specific research. Renaissance Intelligence combines adaptive AI with more than 20 years of learning science to give teachers real-time, actionabl

Let me begin with a straightforward statement: Students' independent reading is quite different from their instructional reading. One is undertaken alone while the other occurs under the guidance, scaffolding, and support of a teacher. I begin with this p