In 2023, the Excellence in Equity Awards received more than 120 outstanding nominations in 25 Industry categories, demonstrating the innovative, diligent work companies are doing nationwide to improve outcomes for all learners.
“The daily efforts of companies such as our winners — and truly, all nominees — and their collaboration with schools make it possible for educators and students to achieve excellent outcomes,” said awards program chair Ross Romano.
Of these nominees, 47 stood above the
rest and were selected as winners.
View them below:
Company of the Year
Proximity Learning
Go Guardian
Mastery Portfolio
Nonprofit or Community Partner of the Year
Reading Is Fundamental
Sky is the Limit
Leader of the Year
Patrick Riccards – Founder & CEO, Driving Force Institute for Public Engagement
Dionna Smith – Chief Diversity and Public Affairs Officer, GoGuardian
Sarah Thomas – Founder & CEO, EduMatch
New Product of the Year
Effective Brain-Based Literacy Instruction by Learning Ally
High Dosage Tutoring by The Princeton Review | Tutor.com
Author, Speaker, or Consultant of the Year
Michael Conner – Founder & CEO, Agile Evolutionary Group
Mandy Froehlich – COO, EduMatch
Molly Ness – VP of Academic Content, Learning Ally
Terrie Noland – VP of Educator Initiatives, Learning Ally
Product Enhancement of the Year
ClassLink DataGuard
CogAT in the Classroom
Best Accessibility Solution
Attention! (Boxlight)
ReadSpeaker
Best Book for Educators
Embrace, Empower, Educate, and Include by Salandra Grice (EduMatch Publishing)
Fix Injustice, Not Kids and Other Principles for Transformative Equity Leadership by Paul Gorski and Katy Swalwell (ASCD)
Moving Beyond for Multilingual Learners: Innovative Supports for Linguistically Diverse Students by Carly Spina (EduMatch Publishing)
Best Career Readiness Solution
Cirkled In
Best College Readiness Solution
Cirkled In
Best Differentiation or
Personalized Learning Solution
Mindprint Learning
Best Diversity and Inclusion Solution
Represent (Benchmark Education)
Giant Steps (GoGuardian)
Best Early Childhood Education Solution
Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), 2nd Edition (Teachstone)
Excite Reading™ early literacy solution by Learning Ally
Best Hardware Solution
Labdisc All-in-One Science Lab
Best Literacy Solution
95 Percent Group/One95™ Literacy Ecosystem
Benchmark Advance Knowledge-Based Literacy Solution
Best Online and Blended Learning Solution
enCORE K-12 (TeachTown)
Gale In Context: For Educators
Suite360 for Students (Navigate360)
Best Parent Engagement Solution
Reading Is Fundamental – Middle School Family Literacy Initiative
Suite360 for Families (Navigate360)
Best Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Solution
Aperture Education’s DESSA
Mindprint Learning
Best Special Education Solution
enCORE K-12 (TeachTown)
Best STEM Solution
Futurelab+ from Genentech and Discovery Education
ST Math
Best Student Engagement Solution
Yondr
Best Student Safety Solution
GoGuardian Beacon
Best Support for English Learners/ELLs
Express! Asset-Based Access to English by Benchmark Education
Best Teacher Recruitment Solution
Swing Education
Special Contribution to Equity
Lightspeed Digital Insight – Digital Equity Module
