EPS Instruction and Intervention Earns Finalist Honors in 2017 EdTech Digest Awards
GREENVILLE, Wis. (PRWEB) March 22, 2017 -- EPS Instruction and Intervention, a division of School Specialty, Inc. (OTCQB: SCOO) (“School Specialty,” “SSI” or “the Company”), today announced it is a finalist in the 2017 EdTech Digest Cool Tool Awards, recognized for its interactive reading intervention program, iSPIRE™.
The EdTech Digest Awards honors new, emerging and established technology solutions for education. Featuring edtech’s best and brightest, the annual recognition program shines a spotlight on cool tools, inspiring leaders and innovative trendsetters.
“We’re honored to be included in this impressive group of finalists,” said Bodie Marx, senior vice president of sales and product development, School Specialty Curriculum. “Our mission is to provide innovative and effective digital solutions that take advantage of technology to engage students and increase teacher productivity and we are proud to see those efforts recognized.”
iSPIRE incorporates phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, comprehension and fluency to accelerate literacy skill development for the lowest performing students in grades PreK-8. It is powered by Exploros, a streamlined online teaching platform designed to connect teachers to students in a digitally transformed classroom with the teacher at the center of mastery-based instruction.
Through the use of a variety of digital manipulatives and drawing tools, iSPIRE builds engaging classroom experiences that promote phonological awareness and phonics-based skills. Students also participate in daily fiction and nonfiction reading activities, which help them master comprehension skills. Other interactive student activities reinforce vocabulary, comprehension and fluency and the embedded formative assessments ensure that students master key concepts to promote acceleration through the six levels of iSPIRE.
For more information about iSPIRE, visit http://www.epsbooks.com/iSPIRE
About EPS Instruction and Intervention
EPS provides targeted instruction and intervention solutions to support, supplement, and enhance the diverse educational needs of K-12 teachers and students. For more information on EPS and its proven programs including Wordly Wise 3000®, S.P.I.R.E.®, iSPIRETM, and Explode The Code®, visit http://epsbooks.com
About School Specialty, Inc.
School Specialty is a leading distributor of innovative and proprietary products, programs and services to the education marketplace. The Company designs, develops, and provides educators with the latest and very best school supplies, furniture and both curriculum and supplemental learning resources. Working in collaboration with educators, School Specialty reaches beyond the scope of textbooks to help teachers, guidance counselors and school administrators ensure that every student reaches his or her full potential. Through its SSI Guardian subsidiary, the Company is also committed to school, healthcare and corporate workplace safety by offering the highest quality curriculum, training and safety and security products. Finally, through its SOAR Life Products brand, the Company offers thousands of products that sharpen cognitive skills and build physical and mental strength in fun and creative ways. From childhood through adulthood, they help individuals live life to the fullest – engaged, happy and well. SOAR Life Products is a customized offering for hospitals, long-term care, therapeutic facilities, home care, surgery centers, day care centers, physician offices, and clinics. For more information about School Specialty, visit http://www.schoolspecialty.com.
Shaun Wiley, L. Wolfe Communications, +1 (773) 278-2800, [email protected]
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