What’s new on IXL – November 2025
At IXL, we never stop adding new features and skills to our award-winning teaching and learning platform, so you can always trust we’re on pace with students’ evolving needs. That’s why we compile a list…
Become an IXL Minis student creator!
We’re excited to reopen our casting call for the next group of IXL Minis student creators! This is a unique chance for students to share their voices, spotlight their learning journeys, and show peers how…
IXL’s Year in Review: 2025
2025 was an incredible year for the IXL community! We’re amazed at the many achievements of hardworking students and educators. Join us in celebrating everything we’ve accomplished together this year!…
Empowering All Learners to Reach Their Full Potential
Each year, new students arrive at Old Greenwich School from around the globe—often midyear, and with widely varied educational backgrounds. Yet this small shoreline school consistently ranks among Connecticut’s top performers. Principal Jennifer Bencivengo says…
What’s new on IXL – November 2025
At IXL, we never stop adding new features and skills to our award-winning teaching and learning platform, so you can always trust we’re on pace with students’ evolving needs. That’s why we compile a list…
Become an IXL Minis student creator!
We’re excited to reopen our casting call for the next group of IXL Minis student creators! This is a unique chance for students to share their voices, spotlight their learning journeys, and show peers how…
IXL’s Year in Review: 2025
2025 was an incredible year for the IXL community! We’re amazed at the many achievements of hardworking students and educators. Join us in celebrating everything we’ve accomplished together this year!…
Empowering All Learners to Reach Their Full Potential
Each year, new students arrive at Old Greenwich School from around the globe—often midyear, and with widely varied educational backgrounds. Yet this small shoreline school consistently ranks among Connecticut’s top performers. Principal Jennifer Bencivengo says…
IXLers Do Some Spring Cleaning in a Bay Area Park
On the last Saturday of the month, the rain clouds parted and the sun shone down on IXLers as we gathered to assist the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in preserving Mori Point in Pacifica….
Spruce Up for Spring! 5 Tips for Cleaning with Kids
For many families, the arrival of spring inspires a whole host of spring cleaning goals. But how do you turn that urge to declutter into a household reality? To help you out, we’ve gathered up…
4 Ways to Celebrate Linguistic Diversity
There are over 7,000 languages spoken in the world today, and over 300 of those are spoken in the U.S., so chances are your students speak some of them. Strategies for teaching ELLs often focus…
Spring into Ecosystems with a Free Lesson Plan for 6th Grade
Spring has officially sprung, so it’s the perfect season for some ecology-themed science lessons! Today, we’re bringing you a free lesson plan on ecosystems for 6th grade. Keep reading to get the details and download…
Show and Tell: Yaara Segal
Say hello to Yaara Segal, senior UI Designer! We chatted about everything from what it takes to be a UI designer at IXL to Yaara’s music preferences. (Hint: There’s a Balkan singer you should add…
The 2017 IXL Spring Learning Showdown Is Here!
Get ready! The annual IXL Spring Learning Showdown begins April 1st. Prepare for a month of learning by challenging your class to answer as many questions as they can for the chance to win a…
Celebrate Pi Day with IXL!
The most irrational day of the year is fast approaching, and we have lots of ideas for how you can celebrate 3/14 with your class. We’re sharing activities for all grades that will help your…
A Year with IXL: Voices Academies – Part 2
At Voices College-Bound Language Academies, the 2016-2017 school year started off with a bang: a school-wide implementation of IXL! We documented the beginning of the IXL journey at Voices here. Now that the first half…
How to Foster Self-Directed Learning in Your Classroom
Socrates said that “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” It’s an apt metaphor for learning, but how exactly do you go about kindling those flames? Encouraging student agency…
The Ins and Outs of Self-Directed Learning in the Classroom
The term “self-directed learning” has been flying around education circles, but what exactly is it and why is it important in the classroom? We tackle these questions and more below….
5 Strategies for Pleasing Picky Eaters
In a perfect world, kids and adults alike would eat nothing but nutritious and delicious brain food. In reality, sometimes it takes a bit of ingenuity to please picky palettes. If you want to remind…
New Phonics and Reading Skills for Budding Bookworms!
Exciting news for young readers and writers: we’ve just released over 100 new phonics and reading skills to support early literacy development! And—we have new and revamped math skills for kindergarten through precalculus, as well…
