ClassLink Wins Two Tech & Learning Best of Show Awards at ISTELive 2026

July 7, 2026
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Clifton, NJ - July 7, 2026 - Tech & Learning has named ClassLink a winner of its Best of Show Awards at ISTELive 2026, recognizing the ClassLink Suite across two categories: Primary Education and Secondary Education. This distinction underscores ClassLink’s ability to deliver secure, intuitive, and impactful technology for students and educators at every stage of the K–12 journey.

Key Highlights

  • Primary Education Winner: ClassLink Suite
  • Secondary Education Winner: ClassLink Suite
  • Evaluated by a panel of industry expert judges and editors on innovation, feature set, reliability, and performance
  • Recognized for transforming education and expanding digital access for students across K–12

Primary Education: Building Strong Digital Foundations

In the Primary Education category, ClassLink was recognized for providing young learners and their teachers with technology that simplifies access and supports safe, structured digital experiences from the earliest stages of schooling. The ClassLink Suite helps primary schools create consistent, manageable learning environments where students can focus on learning rather than navigating technology barriers.

Secondary Education: Supporting Students as They Grow

In the Secondary Education category, ClassLink earned recognition for equipping older students and educators with the tools to navigate more complex digital ecosystems with confidence. As secondary students take on greater academic responsibility, the ClassLink Suite supports seamless access, data privacy, and the kind of operational efficiency that lets schools focus on outcomes.

A Leading Honors Program in EdTech

Tech & Learning’s Best of Show Awards at ISTELive celebrate the products and companies transforming education in schools around the world. The program has grown steadily in recognition and prestige, becoming a benchmark distinction for edtech companies looking to demonstrate their impact at one of the industry’s most prominent annual events.

Evaluated by EdTech’s Most Knowledgeable Educators

Winners are selected through a rigorous points-based scoring process conducted by a panel of industry expert judges and editors. Criteria include innovation, feature set, reliability, and performance. The Best of Show accolade is awarded to products that show the greatest promise to the industry, as determined by some of the most tech-savvy and knowledgeable educators in the country.

Celebrating Innovation That Protects and Empowers

“The products nominated for the Best of Show program provide an outstanding overview of new technology on the show floor and shine a spotlight on the products, and businesses behind them, who are transforming education in schools around the world.”

Tech & Learning Awards Editorial Team

“We’re incredibly honored to receive this recognition at ISTELive. At ClassLink, we believe great technology should remove barriers, not create them — and that every student, regardless of grade level, deserves seamless, secure access to the tools they need to thrive. This award is a reflection of our team’s dedication to that mission, and a reminder to keep pushing what’s possible in education.”

Jerri Kemble
National Academic Advisor, ClassLink

About ClassLink

ClassLink is the identity and access management platform trusted by over 25 million students and staff in more than 3,000 school systems worldwide. ClassLink simplifies access with single sign-on, automates provisioning and rostering, and strengthens security and governance across the school system. With analytics that connect edtech usage to student outcomes, ClassLink helps education leaders manage technology with confidence and invest in what works. Learn more at classlink.com.

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Tech & Learning

For over 40 years, Tech & Learning has offered a truly integrated platform of content in print, in person, and online for K-12 leaders. Tech & Learning’s print and digital publications, websites, e-newsletters, and online and in-person events provide factual and evaluative information on trends, products, and strategies to education leaders who purchase technology products in their districts and schools. Tech & Learning delivers the highest quality content and essential resources to manage, train, and teach technology, and its extensive marketing services division provides partners with unique, targeted, and highly valued products.

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