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2020

2020, August – As a part of an ongoing series focusing on research to practice at scale in education, Inside IES Research features ED/IES SBIR awardee Teachley. Read Here.
2020, August – An ED Homeroom blog describes the launch of a NASA rocket to Mars and features ED/IES SBIR awardee Future Engineers. Read Here.
2020, July – An Inside IES Research blog announces the 2020 ED/IES SBIR awards through its standard SBIR program and through its special program for tools to inform postsecondary decision making. Read Here and Read Here
2020, June – An EDWeek Market Brief blog details a virtual event to support early learners and practitioners during COVID19 led by ED/IES SBIR awardee Cognitive Toybox. Read Here.
2020, April – An Inside IES Research blog describes how developers who have participated in past ED Games Expos responded to COVID19 and the move to remote learning in education through a series of virtual events for educators. Read Here.
2020, April – An Inside IES Research blog describes learning technologies that were made available at no cost during COVID19 by developers who participated at past ED Games Expos. Read Here.
2020, March – As a part of an ongoing series focusing on research to practice at scale in education, Inside IES Research features ED/IES SBIR awardee Learning Ovations and the A2i intervention. Read Here.
2020, January – The Director of the Office of Head Start in the Administration for Children and Families blogs about the Early Learning Showcase at the ED Games Expo. Read Here.
2020, January – EdSurge covers the Early Learning Showcase at the ED Games Expo. Read Here.
2020, January – An EDWeek Market Brief covers the Special Education Showcase at the ED Games Expo Read Here.
2020, January – ED Homeroom recaps the 7th Annual ED Games Expo. Read Here.
2020, January – @USEDGOV publishes a video trailer of the 2020 ED Games Expo. Watch Here.

2019

2019, December – Inside IES Research blogs about Computer Science Week and the 2020 ED Games Expo. Read Here.
2019, September – ED Homeroom covers the NASA "Name The Rover" national student competition and features the role of ED/IES SBIR awardee Future Engineers. Read Here.
2019, September – An ED/IES SBIR developed learning technology, ECO by Strange Loop Games, is invited to participate at the UN Climate Summit. The story is covered in a United Nations press release (Read Here), in USA Today (Read Here), and in the New York Post (Read Here).
2019, August – TechRaptor features HistoryMaker VR, an ED/IES SBIR project by Schell Games. Read Here.
2019, April – The Los Altos Town Crier publishes a story about a student who credited Happy Atoms, an ED/IES SBIR developed learning game by Schell Games, for learning the periodic table of the elements. Read Here.
2019, June – Inside IES Research announces the 2019 ED/IES SBIR awards through its standard program and through its special program for tools to inform postsecondary decision making. Read Here and Read Here.
2019, June – CNN features the NASA "Names The Rover" competition, which was administered by a platform developed by Future Engineers with an ED/IES SBIR award. Read Here.
2019, May – An ED/IES SBIR project, A2i by Learning Ovations, is named as a Finalist for an SIIA CODiE Award for the "Best Emerging Instructional Technology Solution." Read Here.
2019, May – Cosmos Magazine highlights ED/IES SBIR for the development of ECO by Strange Loop Games. Read Here.
2019, February – Big Deal Media K-12 Newsletter features HoloLAB Champions, an ED/IES SBIR project by Schell Games. Read Here.
2019, January – Washington, D.C.’s WTOP News and Radio publishes a story on the ED Games Expo. Read Here.
2019, January – STEMS produces a video review at the ED Games Expo. Watch Here.
2019, January – Seven learning game developers provide short talks about "How The Game Was Made" from the Kennedy Center at the 2019 ED Games Expo. Watch Here.
2019, January – EDWEEK Market Brief writes about emerging technologies at the ED Games Expo. Read Here.
2019, January – A class of students at Hathaway Brown School produces a video story of their experience playing ECO, developed by Strange Loop Games with an award from ED/IES SBIR. Watch Here.
2019, January – @USEDGOV publishes a video trailer of the 2019 ED Games Expo. Watch Here.

2018

2017

2017, December – Inside IES Research features Learning Ovations and research partners for winning an EIR scale-up grant from ED. Read Here.
2017, December – Buzzfeed features ED/IES SBIR awardee Strange Loop Games and Eco as a top SBIR innovation. Read Here.
2017, December – Venture Beat and Geek Wire feature Schell Games' SuperChemVR. Read Here and Read Here.
2017, November – Future Engineers is profiled in a Makerbot.com blog. Read Here.
2017, November – Educational Technology Insights Magazine names IES and ED/IES SBIR supported Apprendis as a 2017 "Top New Ed Tech Start-Up." Read here.
2017, November – ED/IES SBIR support Inq-ITS by Apprendis is featured on a NECN TV news report and in a Rutgers University magazine article. Watch here and Read here.
2017, November – An Inside IES Research post highlights a series of projects for civic-learning games. Read Here.
2017, October – Happy Atoms by Schell Games named to the shortlist of the 2017 Reimagine Education Virtual/Augmented Reality Awards.
2017, August – Happy Atoms by Schell Games wins a KAPi Award for Best Educational/Learning Tool.
2017, August – Forbes features SuperChemVR, an ED/IES SBIR project by Schell Games. Read Here.
2017, June – ED/IES SBIR supported learning game Happy Atoms by Schell Games wins an AUGGIE award for Best Learning Game.
2017, May –ECO wins the People's Choice award at Earth Games, developed with an ED/IES SBIR award by Strange Loop Games. Read Here.
2017, May – Albuquerque Journal article features EMPIRES, developed through ED/IES SBIR by MidSchoolMath. Read Here.
2017, May – An IES Blog highlights its 2017 ED/IES SBIR awards. Read Here.
2017, April – Happy Atoms, developed through ED/IES SBIR by Schell Games, wins a Bronze at the Learning Technologies Award in London. Read Here.
2017, March – Education Technology Insights named ED/IES SBIR awardee Sokikom as one of the 10 Hottest K12 solution providers. See List Here and Read Article Here.
2017, March – Wired UK features ECO, an ED/IES SBIR supported learning game by Strange Loops Games. Read Here.
2017, March – CharmTech Labs wins an award for EdTech Digest's 2017 Best Special Needs product for Capti Voice, which was partially funded by ED/IES SBIR and other SBIR programs. Read Here.
2017, January – Sokikom and Agile Mind win the Small Business Administration’s Tibbetts Awards for commercial success resulting from their ED/IES SBIR awards. Read Here.
2017, January – Schell Games wins a KAPi Award (Kids at Play Interactive) award for the Best Educational Learning Tool Category at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for Happy Atoms, whose developed was supported by ED/IES SBIR. Read Here.
2017, January – Forbes lists ED/IES SBIR awardee Elijah Mayfield of Lightside Labs to the 30 under 30 list (Read Here) and EdSurge features Elijah Mayfield (Read Here).
2017, January – Inside IES Research highlights growth mindset research and Mindset Works' ED/IES SBIR and IES projects. Read Here.
2017, January – EdSurge highlights the role of ED/IES SBIR in supporting research in the R&D of education technology. Read Here.

2016

2016, December – The White House features ED/IES SBIR and its portfolio of products in a Fact Sheet on the future of technology-delivered assessment. Read Here.
2016, December – Inside IES Research details IES-supported assessments and provides links to Youtube Playlists with 60 new forms of technology-delivered assessments. Read Here.
2016, December – edscoop previews the 2016 ED Games Expo and details the learning games being demoed. Read Here.
2016, November – BrainQuake wins the Top Submission in the Learning Sciences Category from the Digital Promise Research-Based Products competition. Read Here
2016, September – A National Endowment for the Humanities blog features Electric Funstuff's Mission US, which also received support from ED/IES SBIR. Read Here.
2016, September – Inside IES Research highlights two awards to accelerators to build capacity of research in the R&D of education technology. Read Here.
2016, May –Electric Funstuff's Mission US won the Website Gold from the Parents' Choice Awards. Read Here.
2016, May – The 2016 ED/IES SBIR awards are detailed in Ed NET Insight (Read Here) and Education Week (Read Here).
2016, May – ED/IES SBIR supported Science4Us wins the best Science Instructional Solution through the SIIA CODiE program and The Best Science Program through the BESSIE awards in April. Read Here and Read Here.
2016, May – ED/IES SBIR supported Readorium wins a CODiE Award for the Best English/Language Arts Solution from the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA).Read Here.
2016, May – A blog details ED/IES SBIR's participation at the U.S. Department of Education's Take Our Children to Work Day on April 28, 2016. Read Here.
2016, March – Eduardo Briceno of Mindset Works was featured in an EdSurge Podcast. Listen here.
2016, March – ED/IES SBIR awardee Charmtech is featured in a Fox TV news story featuring the Capti software which assists English learners in reading. Watch Here.
2016, July – The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) posts a blog on emerging forms of technology-delivered assessment at ED/IES SBIR. Read Here.
2016, July – The IES Blog details a group of SBIR projects that won industry awards in the first half of 2016. Read Here.
2016, July – The IES Blog announces the 2016 ED/IES SBIR awardees. Read Here.
2016, July – 1776 posts a blog on the emerging area of augmented reality in education, highlighting ED/IES SBIR and IES projects. Read Here.
2016, June – ED/IES SBIR supported ECO by Strange Loops Games wins the Grand Prize at the Climate Game Challenge at the Games for Change Festival in New York City in June. Read Here.
2016, February – Fast Company Magazine recognizes ED/IES SBIR supported Querium as one of the 10 Most Innovative Education Technology Companies of 2016.
2016, February – The Santa Fe New Mexican features ED/IES SBIR awardee MidSchoolMath, whose annual conference attracted 700 educators. Read Here.
2016, January – ED Homeroom features women games developers from the SBIR program who participated in ED Games Day. Read Here.
2016, January – Smithsonian Magazine names Kiko Labs an Innovator to Watch in 2016. Read the Inside IES Research Blog Read Here and see the Smithsonian Magazine article Read Here
2016, January – SBIR Pulse highlights Mindset Works representing ED at SBIR Awareness Day on the Hill. Read Here.
2016, January – ED Homeroom posts a recap of ED Games Day. Read Here.
2016 – Schell Games' Happy Atoms is featured by several news outlets: Huffington Post; EdSurge; TechCrunch; Inc.; Fox NY; and TIME.

2015

2015, May – EdSurge features ED/IES SBIR awardee Zaption, which raised private funding. Read Here.
2015, May – Triad Interactive Media wins a 2015 BESSIE Award for its math game Platinu Math.
2015, May – Teachley wins two 2015 Parent Choice Awards, for its Addimal Adventure and Mt. Multiplis math games.
2015, May – EMPIRES by ED/IES SBIR awardee Imagine Education (now "MidSchoolMath") is selected as one of 12 winners in the Mobile Learning Partner's Apps for Class Challenge, sponsored by The Verizon Foundation and Innovate+Educate. See Video Here.
2015, May – Inside IES Research announces the 2015 ED/IES SBIR awards. Read Here.
2015, March – EdSurge highlights that ED/IES SBIR awardee Zaption wins first place at the LaunchEDU competition at the 2015 SXSW conference. Read Here.
2015, March – ED/IES SBIR supported learning game Numbershire by Thought Cycle wins the National School Board Association Innovation Showcase.
2015, March – 1776 posts a blog highlighting several ED/IES SBIR products that support students with disabilities. Read Here.
2015, June – The Washington Post publishes a blog highlighting Strange Loop Games' ED/IES SBIR-supported environmental science game Eco. Read Here.
2015, June – Newsweek publishes a story highlighting 3C Institute's ED/IES SBIR supported social and behavioral games Zoo U and Hall of Heroes. Read Here.
2015, June – ED/IES SBIR is featured in a piece on games for learning in VentureBeat. Read Here.
2015, July – ED/IES SBIR awardee Fluidity Software wins 1st Place in the Best Performing Office Add-On category through the Microsoft 2015 Office App Awards competition. See the list of all awardees Read Here.
2015, July – ED/IES awardees Electric Funstuff and Triad Interactive Media win Gold Awards, and Filament Games wins a Silver Award, at the 2015 Serious Play Conference. Read Here.
2015, January – TechCrunch features ED/IES SBIR awardee Kiko Labs. Read Here.
2015, February – Fast Company magazine features ED/IES SBIR awardee Zaption as a Most Innovative Company of 2015 for use of video. Read Here.
2015, December – SBIR.gov posts a recap of the ED Games Expo. Read Here.
2015, December – SBIR Pulse features ED/IES SBIR awardee John Krajewski of Strange Loop Games. Read Here.
2015, December – Articles and blogs about the 2015 ED Games Expo appear in EdSurge (Read Here); Inside IES Research (Read Here); and edscoop (Read Here).

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