Holiday Self-Care for Teachers
The holiday season is in full swing! But between juggling a busy school schedule and holiday duties at home, it can be hard to enjoy the most wonderful time of the year. To help you…
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A District-Wide Approach to Personalized Learning with IXL
Distinctive Schools, a network of charter schools in Chicago and the Twin Cities, faced a challenge when they implemented the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in 2012. They wanted to find tools that would support…
Calling all science lovers: new science skills available!
We’ve just expanded our science offerings with a variety of new skills for elementary and middle school! This content places an emphasis on exploring science in the real world. Topics include ecology, genetics, engineering-design, chemical…
Top TED Talks for Teachers
Need an extra dose of inspiration to get you to the new year, teachers? TED may just be the answer. A preeminent resource for thought-provoking talks on every topic under the sun, TED is also…
IXL Math Powers over 150 Percent Growth on MAP Benchmark Assessment
Saint Lucas Lutheran School is a private K–8 school with a highly diverse student population that includes many families living in poverty as well as more traditional private school families. When Chris Luebke joined the…
Introducing ELA Recommendations!
IXL Recommendations are now available for language arts! Just like our math recommendations, this personalized feature suggests skills for students to learn in order to target their trouble spots, challenge themselves, and explore new topics….
An IXL implementation model for truly personalized learning
Ready to take your IXL experience beyond skills practice? Along with a content library offering thousands of skills, IXL gives you the tools to easily and effectively differentiate learning in your classroom. We’ve put together…
IXL Social Studies Has New World History Skills!
We’ve just expanded our middle school social studies content to include new skills on world history! This release adds to our existing content on early China and European exploration and colonization, and we’re introducing our…
Introducing IXL Spanish
¡Buenas noticias! Today, we have some exciting news for world language learners: IXL Spanish has just been released. IXL Spanish covers beginner Spanish content and helps students build fluency in Spanish vocabulary, grammar, reading, listening,…
IXL Science in the Flipped Classroom
Nancy Foote teaches 8th grade Conceptual Physics at Sossaman Middle School in Queen Creek, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. The school district is highly diverse, and her classes have varied science backgrounds and academic abilities….
Getting the Most Out of the IXL Continuous Diagnostic
We recently told you about the new IXL Continuous Diagnostic, which captures up-to-the-minute student insights and outlines clear next steps to help learners improve. Now, we’re sharing some tips and tricks for how to incorporate…
Closing the Confidence Gap and Building Skills in ELA and Social Studies
How do you close the confidence gap for disadvantaged students? For Kathy Dizon’s 6th grade class, IXL was the key to accelerating academic achievement and boosting motivation. An inner city, Title I school in downtown…
