Digital Curriculum

2019 — The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this year showcased some new products for schools and parents. Apex Learning announced the acquisition of Youth Digital’s library of project-based technology courses. In courses ranging from coding and design to gaming and animation, students are empowered to go beyond being tech users to become creators.

2019 — Apex Learning, a recognized pioneer and innovator in online learning for secondary education, partnered with education leaders to facilitate panel discussions on meeting the needs of struggling students at the 2018 iNACOL Symposium. “We were honored to work together with leading districts to highlight results from their programs that use digital curriculum to support diverse student populations,” said Cheryl Vedoe, CEO, Apex Learning. “When districts are able to do more to support struggling students—from those with learning gaps to below proficient readers and English language learners—the result is more students at grade level, more students passing high stakes exams and more students graduating on time.”

Press Release — 2018 — Apex Learning, a recognized pioneer and innovator in online learning for secondary education, is excited to announce a new digital curriculum offering: project-based technology courses that range from coding and design to gaming and animation.

William Cofield High School — 2018 — The school, structured as an A5 alternative program, utilizes curriculum through Apex learning, a virtual system that allows flexibility and an enhanced learning experience — allowing students to receive their diploma with 22 completed credits instead of 26...

Insights Success — 2018 — Using Apex Learning, one of several online instructional programs on the market, students spend their class time glued to laptops. They read, view videos or listen to audio tapes about topics ranging from phys-ed to Spanish to chemistry. There also are sequences of online quizzes and tests.

Insights Success — 2018 — Apex Learning is profiled in Insights Success magazine as one of the ten most innovative edtech companies. Read the article on page 18.

Press Release — 2018 — K-12 schools are facing more pressure than ever to increase graduation rates while ensuring students are achieving to standards. Although dropout rates have decreased and graduation rates have increased over the past 10 years...

Press Release — 2018 — ASSIST Education and Apex Learning® enhanced their partnership with the addition of adaptive content and digital tutorials into the ASSIST Integrated Education Management System for K-12 schools. The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year.

EdTech Digest — 2018 — CEO Cheryl Vedoe talks about what it takes to thrive in the K-12 market and how Apex Learning focuses on solving the problems that are priorities for educators. “To us, sustaining a growing, profitable business means maintaining our focus on solving problems that are priorities for educators and for which there is budget. It means always listening to and learning from our users; it’s from them we understand where it makes sense to focus next.”