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ClassLink and Custom Network Solutions (CNS) have partnered to give IT administrators greater control and flexibility over the process of creating and managing user accounts for digital resources. With this partnership, schools in Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee currently using Custom Network Solutions’ Account Management tool can move to ClassLink’s OneSync account provisioning tool.

ClassLink was named one of the Best Tools for Back to School in the primary (K-6) category as part of Tech & Learning’s new Awards of Excellence program. The Best Tools for Back to School award is designed to help educators find technology that best supports innovative and effective teaching and learning for students, teachers, and parents.

EdSurge caught up with Matt Frey, Executive Director of Instructional Technology at Plano ISD in Texas, to learn how he uses data to support his district. He shared his thoughts on the big-picture impact of analytics and gave us a sneak peek at the eye-opening new analytics tool that he says has uncovered some misconceptions in his district.

ClassLink is pleased to announce Kinvolved as its newest Certified Partner. This partnership supports educators and families by making Kinvolved’s attendance and communication tools readily accessible and easy to find through ClassLink LaunchPad.

ClassLink is thrilled to announce we’ve been named Best Administrative Solution at this year’s 2021 SIIA CODiE Awards. The award recognizes solutions for their innovation, flexibility, integration, and usability. CODiEs are the education and business technology industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program.

With battle cries of “Digital on day one!,” districts launch into back-to-school planning around this time each year. But the pathway to a successful start to the new school year is littered with technical landmines. And they aren’t new problems—they happen every single year.

ClassLink’s co-submission with Northwest Independent School District has won the Gold Medal in the Blended Learning Optimization category for the 2021 IMS Learning Impact Awards. The award recognizes education technology projects that demonstrate evolving traditional educational delivery models and feature a seamless technology environment for teachers and students to support effective combinations of online and in-the-classroom learning.

The Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS), a worldwide leader in accreditation and school improvement, recently recommended Agora Cyber Charter School for accreditation, listing ClassLink as one of the school’s top three strengths.

Pete Just is the driving force behind a dizzying array of student-focused technology initiatives for both the state of Indiana and the Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Wayne Township, where he is Chief Technology Officer.