CLEVELAND– June 29, 2021– With schools facing the challenge of incomplete learning due to the pandemic, one state is showing itself a pioneer. The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) announced an agreement with OverDrive Education to supply access to online books to every K-12 student in the state. Students use their school credentials to check out required and leisure digital books in the Sora trainee reading app. Students will likewise have seamless access to age-appropriate popular ebooks and audiobooks from the Delaware Libraries digital collection as an outcome of the new partnership with the DDOE.

The DDOE invested federal Education Stabilization Funds (ESF) to supply trainees with access to popular and educational digital books that will be available to 221 schools and their 144,000 trainees. This” Delaware Accelerate Learning” digital collection is offered for trainees to check out and obtain on any device inside the classroom, in the house and anywhere 24/7. Sora is a popular reading app utilized by countless trainees in over 48,000 schools around the globe.

” We are delighted all public school students in Delaware will have the chance this summertime to immerse themselves in literacy,” Secretary of Education Susan Bunting said.

To learn more about Delaware Accelerated Learning, see https://company.overdrive.com/k-12-schools/discover-sora/deschools/.

Digital books and on-demand digital class sets in the Delaware Accelerate Learning digital collection were selected from determined HQIM (high quality educational products) curricula. This collection features top quality curriculum titles embraced by each of Delawares charters and districts, plus a digital collection of popular ebooks and audiobooks. Curriculum titles consist of Llama Time to Share, The Snowy Day, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Esperanza Rising, The Lightning Thief, Patient Zero and The Omnivores Dilemma among others. Popular titles for choice pleasure reading include Smile, The Crossover, Miles Morales, New Kid, The Baby-Sitters Club series, Pete the Cat series, One of United States Is Lying, I Survived series, A Scarf for Keiko, Concrete Rose and more. In addition, the collection features ebooks and audiobooks in languages other than English, including translated books and genuine texts from native speakers.

In addition, the DDOE and Delaware Libraries collaboration permits Delaware students to borrow from both the Delaware Accelerate Learnings collection of class and satisfaction reading titles along with Delaware Public Libraries titles. Sora will instantly filter material to only consist of age-appropriate titles depending on each students grade level.

The Delaware Accelerate Learning digital book collection is a special program that strongly secures the DDOEs position as a national leader in education. Despite a disrupted year in the classroom, the DDOE concentrated on shifting the narrative from learning loss to incomplete mentor and knowing, and from remediation to velocity to promote action grounded in a development state of mind. As such, the DDOE devoted to making sure all Delaware public schools trainees and personnel can access resources to support finding out acceleration. The DDOE likewise partnered with neighborhood based companies to motivate use of the OverDrive Education reading activities throughout the summer season and extended knowing. No matter where trainees are, they are receiving high-quality academic services and chances to find out, 24/7.

Sora is one of the leading trainee reading apps in the market due to the fact that of its extensive catalog of titles and ease-of-use. Information from thousands of schools utilizing Sora shows trainees of all ages read more.

About OverDrive Education– a division of OverDrive

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OverDrive Education provides the industrys largest brochure of ebooks, audiobooks and streaming video for 48,000 K-12 schools worldwide. The companys trainee reading app, Sora, helps schools embrace the future of reading, providing 24/7 access to books and effective knowing tools and insights to fulfill the needs of students and educators. Sora was named one of TIMEs Best Inventions of 2019. Founded in 1986, OverDrive– the leading digital reading platform for libraries– and OverDrive Education are based in Cleveland, Ohio USA. www.overdrive.com/schools 

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The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) announced an agreement with OverDrive Education to offer access to online books to every K-12 student in the state. Students use their school credentials to read required and leisure digital books in the Sora trainee reading app. Students will also have seamless access to age-appropriate popular ebooks and audiobooks from the Delaware Libraries digital collection as a result of the brand-new collaboration with the DDOE.

The DDOE invested federal Education Stabilization Funds (ESF) to offer trainees with access to academic and popular digital books that will be readily available to 221 schools and their 144,000 students. The companys trainee reading app, Sora, helps schools accept the future of reading, offering 24/7 access to books and effective knowing tools and insights to satisfy the needs of trainees and teachers.