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IXL Helps Keep Our Oceans Clean
On March 12, a group of dedicated IXL volunteers braved stormy weather and partnered with the Pacifica Beach Coalition to clean up the beautiful Sharp Park Beach. As waves crashed against the shore and...
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Teacher Tips to Help Students Do Their Best on Testing Day
Testing season is here in full force. You’ve spent the year preparing students as best you can, and now it’s time for them to show what they’ve learned. But even while they put their academic knowledge...
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How Does IXL Math Impact Learning? Two Studies Show Results!
We don’t want you to just take our word for it that IXL Math works. That’s why we’re sharing the evidence from two independent research studies: one from an RTI model in a rural Kentucky high school...
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Enter the 2016 IXL Spring Learning Showdown!
This is no April Fool’s joke! The IXL Spring Learning Showdown is returning April 1st. Challenge your class to answer as many questions as they can in one month for the chance to win prizes! Last year,...
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Guest Blog: The Missing Ingredient in Education
Today, we’re bringing you a guest post by Ian Moore, an Educational Sales Consultant with IXL. In this post, he explains what a growth mindset is and shares his insights and expertise on how to...
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10 Poems in 10 Lines or Less for National Poetry Month
Poetry can be a tough sell to kids and adults alike. But it doesn’t have to be! By exploring the power and emotion conveyed in just a few lines of poetry, you’ll get kids thinking critically about all...
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Celebrate Earth Day with Free 3rd & 4th Grade Lessons Available for Download
The world is a wide and wacky place, and what better time to introduce students to some of its wonders than Earth Day! IXL Training Specialist Kelly Oh has created four lesson plans, which use IXL’s...
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IXL’s Mobile Team Goes Back to School for a Classroom Visit!
Recently some of the engineers from our mobile team went on a field trip—back to school! Corey Zilli, an IXL Educational Sales Consultant, went along with them and is here to report the story. A few...
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Ever Wondered What It Would Be Like to Learn to Read Again?
For most of us, the experience of learning to read is a distant, fading memory. It’s hard to put ourselves back in the shoes of young students as they painstakingly sound out words. Whether you teach...
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IXL Spring Learning Showdown 2016: Leaderboard Update #1
Wow! We’re already blown away by the number of classrooms who have entered and the amount of questions that have been answered. Check out the current standings below to see if your class ranks in the...
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Should the English Spelling System Be Revised to Help Kids Learn?
It’s no secret that English spelling is complex. What’s often forgotten is that it takes children a long time to master the skill, and let’s not kid ourselves: plenty of adults still grapple with it...
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IXL Spring Learning Showdown 2016: Leaderboard Update #2
We’re nearing the finish line for this year’s Spring Showdown, and your classes continue impressing us with their dedication and drive to win! Here’s the second leaderboard update—take a look to see if...
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Show and Tell: Randy Rawlins A Q&A with an IXL Technical Support Analyst
Meet Randy Rawlins, a computer whiz and Technical Support Analyst at our Raleigh office. Find out about his racecar aspirations, how he’d survive a zombie apocalypse, and more! The Basics Name and...
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What’s a Mole Have to Do with the White House? How to Handle Polysemous Words...
A mole is a very different concept depending on whether you’re sitting in social studies or science class: are you referring to a spy in the White House or the small burrowing mammal? Regardless, both...
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IXLers Head Back to School—To Volunteer! IXL Helps Out at East Palo Alto...
On April 23, a group of IXLers went back to high school for the day! We helped students at East Palo Alto Academy clean up their campus and prepare for a big school project. East Palo Alto Academy is a...
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IXL Spring Learning Showdown 2016 Winners Find out which classes won the...
Nearly 15,000 classrooms entered our Spring Learning Showdown, and students collectively answered over 113 million questions. That’s a lot of learning! And now, (drumroll), it’s the moment you’ve all...
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Life Lessons from Moms in Honor of Mother’s Day
In honor of Mother’s Day, we asked IXL employees to share life lessons gleaned from their mothers or wisdom that they’ve shared with their own children. The responses ranged from hilarious to...
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IXL Analytics – Now Better Than Ever! New features include custom date...
We’ve recently introduced some updates to IXL Analytics to make it even easier for you to use student data in the classroom! Check out some of the new features below. Set custom date ranges...
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Bringing Excitement to the Common Core with IXL A case study of Enterprise...
Enterprise High School serves 300 students in rural Mississippi. When the school implemented the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Algebra I teacher Jacqui Lewis wanted a program that would help with...
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7 new international year levels for IXL English! Plus, new math, social...
Great news for IXL users around the world – we’ve got a little something new for everyone this month! More English year levels are now available in all of our international editions, and we’ve added...
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