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This annual contest recognizes outstanding education products that support effective teaching and learning as teachers and students head back to school

Tech & Learning has announced the winners of their 2024 “Best Tools for Back to School” to help our readers find the most impressive products and solutions that will support their work in any learning environment.

Tech & Learning judges evaluated nominated products based on versatility, value, and solutions to specific problems to support innovative, effective teaching and learning.

“With emerging technology like AI exploding just as ESSER funds are dwindling in schools nationwide, our readers count on Tech & Learning to curate the best products out there to support an equitable, effective learning environment,” says Tech & Learning Content Director, Christine Weiser. “The winning products met our evaluation criteria to qualify for this prestigious list.”

Congratulations to the following winners!

BEST TOOLS FOR BACK TO SCHOOL 2024

Higher Education

• BenQ, BenQ LH650, BenQ RP04
• Blackmagic Design, DaVinci Resolve, ATEM Mini live production switchers
• BM Technologies (BMTX), BankMobile Disbursements and BankMobile Vibe
• ClassLink
• Copyleaks, AI Detector
• D2L, D2L Lumi
• Ellucian, Ellucian Journey
• Gale, part of Cengage Group, Gale Literature Resource Center, Gale Digital Scholar Lab
• NetSupport, NetSupport School
• Niche, Niche Direct Admissions
• Turnitin, Turnitin’s Paper to Digital Add-On for Feedback Studio
• Viewsonic Corp., ViewSonic LDC031 DirectView LED Display
• VitalSource, Bookshelf CoachMe

Primary Education

• Acer, Acer Chromebook Plus 514
• Age of Learning, My Reading Academy Espanol, My Reading Academy, My Math Academy
• Amplify Education, Amplify Desmos Math
• Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Community Educator Learning Hub
• AVer Information, AmpliWave, M15W
• AVID Products, WonderEars Early Learning Headset
• Benchmark Education Company, Benchmark Advance< Benchmark Adelante< eBook Library, Foundational Skills Assessment
• BenQ, BenQ LH650, BenQ RP04
• Boxlight, Xploris, Robo E4/E4 Pro 3D Printers, MimioPro G, FrontRow Unity
• Capstone, The PebbleGo suite
• ClassDojo, ClassDojo for Districts
• ClassLink
• Clear Digital, The Müv
• Clear Touch, NEXT Hub
• Curriculum Associates, i-Ready
• D2L, D2L Lumi
• Discovery Education, Mystery Writing, DreamBox Math
• ECS Learning Systems, STAAR MASTER Interactive
• Edmentum, EdOptions Academy, Exact Path
• Follett Software, LLC, Destiny Library Manager
• HUE, HUE Animation Studio
• Incident IQ
• Instructure, Mastery Connect
• IXL Learning, IXL
• Kiddom
• Lenovo, Lenovo LanSchool
• Lightbox Learning Inc., AV2 Nonfiction Subscriptions
• Logitech, Logitech Reach
• MIND Education, ST Math
• MobileMind
• MobyMax
• myBlueprint, SpacesEDU
• Mynd.ai Promethean, Inc., Explain Everything Advanced
• n2y, Unique Learning System (ULS)
• Newline, Newline 75” Q Pro (with Merlyn Mind)
• Otus
• OxEd & Assessment, LanguageScreen
• Pikmykid, Pikmykid Messenger
• Play Piper, Piper Make
• Pocketalk, Pocketalk Plus
• Presence (formerly PresenceLearning), Presence Teletherapy Services
• PSNI, SNAP Health Center
• Read Naturally, Inc., Read Live
• Reading Horizons, Reading Horizons Discovery Product Suite
• Rise Vision, Rise Vision Digital Signage
• Science Interactive Group, Starlab
• SMART Technologies, Lumio
• Sphero, Inc., Sphero BOLT+ programmable robot
• Vivi, Vivi Wireless Presentation and School Communication Solution
• Voyager Sopris Learning, Step Up to Writing
• William H. Sadlier, From Phonics to Reading
• 95 Percent Group, 95 RAP, 95 Literacy Intervention System, Top 10 Tools by 95 Percent Group

Secondary Education

• Acer, Acer TravelMate P4 Spin 14, Acer Premier Service (Authorized Service Provider and E-Learning Repair Program)
• Amplify Education, Amplify ELA
• Banzai
• BenQ, BenQ LH650, BenQ RP04
• Bloomsbury/ABC-CLIO, American History
• Boxlight, Robo E4/E4 Pro 3D Printers, MimioPro G, FrontRow Unity
• ClassLink
• Council on Foreign Relations, CFR Education
• CTL, CTL Chromebook Plus PX141G Series
• Defined, Defined Learning, Defined Careers
• Discovery Education, Career Connect
• Edmentum, EdOptions Academy, Edmentum Courseware, Exact Path
• Epson America, Epson ELPCS01 Mobile Projector Cart
• Follett Software, LLC, Destiny Resource Manager, Destiny Fundraising Manager
• Foundations in Learning, WordFlight
• Gale, part of Cengage Group, Gale In Context: For Educators, Gale In Context: Literature
• Gladeo Inc., Gladeo’s FutureReady Career Development Program
• Gradient Learning, Along
• Hiveclass, HiveclassPE
• HUE, HUE HD Pro
• Identity Automation, PhishID
• Incident IQ
• IXL Learning, IXL, Rosetta Stone for Schools
• Kiddom
• Lightspeed Systems, Lightspeed Digital Insight
• Linewize, Linewize School Manager
• LocknCharge, FUYL Smart Locker System
• MagicSchool, MagicSchool AI
• MobileMind
• myBlueprint, SpacesEDU
• n2y, News2you, Unique Learning System (ULS)
• Nash Consulting, MyFlexLearning
• NetSupport, classroom.cloud
• Newline, Newline 75” Q Pro (with Merlyn Mind)
• NoRedInk Co., NoRedInk
• Otus
• ParentSquare, Virtual Phone
• PFU America, Inc., ScanSnap iX1600 Chromebook Edition
• Pikmykid, Pikmykid Emergency Alert Systems
• PowerGistics, Time Machine
• PowerSchool, Naviance CCLR
• Presence (formerly PresenceLearning), Presence Teletherapy Services
• Proximity Learning, Live Virtual K-12 Education
• Reading Horizons, Reading Horizons Elevate
• Resonant Education, SSIS SaRA powered by Resonant Education
• SAE International, d’Vinci Interactive
• Savvas Learning Company, Outlier by Savvas Dual Enrollment Courses
• SchooLinks
• Screencastify
• Scrible, Inc., Scrible Edu Pro
• SmartPass, SmartPass Pro
• Stride, Inc., K12 SUBS Program
• Study.com, Free, AI-Powered Praxis Core Prep
• Teachers’ Curriculum Institute (TCI), TCI’s Social Studies Programs
• UWorld, UWorld’s Courses for AP
• Vivacity Tech PBC, 36-Unit Smart Charging Cart, Mobile Charging Station
• Voyager Sopris Learning, LANGUAGE! Live