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1. Michigan Virtual partner banner logo

Michigan Virtual is a nonprofit educational organization that is leading and collaborating to build learning environments for tomorrow. Driven by student success, we have a strong record of supporting Michigan education that spans more than two decades. While many know us for our research-based, quality online learning options for students and professional development for educators, we also do a great deal of work behind the scenes to conduct original research, test innovations in learning, and provide consulting partnerships to promote effective practices.

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2. Michigan Cares

From learning how to set and achieve goals to making responsible decisions, Michigan Cares guides students to turn struggles into strategies. When asked what would help students, educators often note the need for life skills like making responsible decisions in the classroom, feeling and showing empathy for others, and developing healthy coping techniques. These are just a handful of real-life concerns that Michigan Cares addresses in 1,300+ lessons. Michigan Cares is available at no cost to all Michigan schools and districts.

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3. SchoolPictures.com partner banner logo

We provide school pictures, yearbooks, and graduation photos in the state of Michigan.

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4. Eidex partner banner logo

The One-Stop Solution to Your K-12 Data Needs. Forget tedious spreadsheets and complicated data systems; Eidex saves you time by centralizing all the data you need, from financials and assessments to attendance and behavior, in one intuitive and convenient platform. We provide data-driven educators across the nation with useful insights and coherent reports to guide effective learning and operations. Our data coaches will develop your data literacy to help you access, visualize, and create a continuous process for analyzing data as you seek to make the right comparisons, and ask the right questions. Check out our platform demo.

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5. HomeTown Ticketing  partner banner logo

HomeTown Ticketing is the trusted leader in digital ticketing providing K–12 schools, districts, conferences, associations, collegiate spaces, and community organizations with a secure and flexible platform. A professional-level and fully automated ticketing solution, HomeTown’s in-house developed, proprietary ticketing platform is tailored specifically to the needs of schools and governing bodies. Benefits of the HomeTown system include unmatched value through easy-to-use purchasing and redemption options, custom box-offices, event and fan specific reporting tools, and secure financial management features to streamline operations and increase financial transparency. Learn more about HomeTown at www.hometownticketing.com.

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6. Imagine Learning partner banner logo

Imagine Learning provides digital-first PreK–12 learning solutions for core instruction, supplemental and intervention, courseware, and virtual school services. Our mission is to ignite learning breakthroughs with forward-thinking solutions at the intersection of people, curricula, and technology. We serve 15 million students — partnering with more than half of districts nationwide.

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7. SET SEG partner banner logo

For more than 50 years, SET SEG has partnered with Michigan’s education community, offering property/casualty, workers’ compensation, and employee benefit solutions tailored to meet the needs of more than 500 public school organizations across the state.

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8. FranklinCovey Education partner banner logo

FranklinCovey is the most trusted leadership company in the world. FranklinCovey Education, a division of FranklinCovey, partners with schools, districts, and education organizations to build leaders at all levels from the classroom to the boardroom. Everything we do is designed to help schools & districts succeed in three key areas.

  1. Building exceptional leaders at every level.
  2. Creating inclusive high-trust cultures.
  3. Achieving breakthrough results around your most important goals.

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9. GoFan & NFHS partner banner logo

The future of high school athletics and activities is powered by PlayOn! Sports. Through the NFHS Network, GoFan, rSchoolToday, and VNN, the PlayOn! team elevates the event experience for schools and fans across streaming, digital ticketing, scheduling, and sports marketing. For more information, visit www.playonsports.com.

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10. Williams & Company partner banner logo

We have been helping people shape their financial futures for more than 20 years. From selecting the right insurance policies to planning for retirement, we make sure all the elements of each client’s financial outlook work together in a single cohesive plan. We provide a broadly diversified range of investment, annuity and insurance solutions to employees of school districts, nonprofit organizations and other employers.

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11. Teachers of Tomorrow

We are an approved Alternative Certification Program in Michigan–Helping districts throughout the state find quality educators. 

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12. The Learning Liaisons

We provide Premium MTTC Certification Exam Prep courses that focus on teaching test blueprint content as well as proven-test taking strategies. Our courses are asynchronous and led by highly effective, teacher-of-the-year instructors for each exam. Our courses lead to well over a 90% pass rate nationally and are an essential piece of Grow Your Own and similar retention programs.   

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13. NoRedInk

NoRedInk helps millions of students in grades 5-12 become better writers. Our writing platform allows learners to improve through engaging, adaptive exercises and a proven process for self-review and peer-review — and then delivers actionable performance data to teachers and administrators. Used in more than 60% of school districts in the US, we’re on a mission to unlock every writer’s potential.

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14. Math Nation by Accelerate Learning Inc.

Math Nation powered by Accelerate Learning is a dynamic, supplementary math resource dedicated to helping students master middle and high school math. The best part – Math Nation is available to all schools and districts in Michigan at no cost thanks to funding from the Michigan Legislature. Math Nation offers 24/7 access to high-quality instructional videos, workbooks, virtual tutoring, digital practice, teacher resources, and more.

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15. Michigan Learning Channel

Michigan Learning Channel is a public media partnership offering free teaching and learning supports to educators, families, and students via our 24/7 broadcast channel and our digital resource library.

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16. Lifetouch partner banner logo

For 85 years, our Michigan Lifetouch has provided essential photography experiences to preserve milestones & memories, starting in Preschool until the moment a graduate crosses the stage.  We provide a start to end state of the art yearbook product focused on inclusion of all students via the photos we captured throughout the year.

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17. GenNET Online Learning

We offer a wide range of affordable and innovative online learning options for students in grades K-12.

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18. College Board partner banner logo

We’re the College Board: we believe the road to college should come with directions. Each year, College Board helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college success. The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators, and schools.

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19. Total Security Solutions

Total Security Solutions is the leading nationwide custom bulletproof barrier manufacturer and installer. Since 2004, TSS has designed, engineered, fabricated, and installed over 25,000 ballistic systems in locations worldwide. TSS offers ballistic solutions that provide both Safety + Aesthetics™ to fit your unique space.

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20. Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) partner banner logo

Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) is working to improve the futures of Michigan’s students and communities by making college accessible to all. MCAN’s mission is to increase college readiness, participation, and completion in Michigan, particularly among low-income students, first-generation college-going students, and students of color. The work of MCAN is centered around one main goal: to increase Michigan’s postsecondary educational attainment rate to 60% by 2030.

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21. Concordia University Ann Arbor

Four year liberal arts university located in the top college town in America (Ann Arbor). Concordia offers over 40 undergraduate programs and 20 graduate degrees. Uncommon scholarships are available for graduate programs. 

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22. Herff Jones partner banner logo

Helping schools, students, athletes and communities celebrate achievement for more than 100 years with our graduation products, class rings & yearbooks. We strive to become a partner with our schools, not just another vendor with value added options & additional resources like facility branding & mascot rebranding options

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23. Versiti partner banner logo

Versiti Blood Center of Michigan is a non-profit blood center headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI. Founded in 1955, it is the primary provider of blood products and services for more than 85 hospitals throughout Michigan and is an established leader in quality and service. Versiti collects more than 130,000 units of blood each year throughout the state at ten permanent donation sites and more than 3,400 community blood drives. For more, visit versiti.org/MI.

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24. Michigan State University Department of Educational Administration partner banner logo

Michigan State University’s programs in K-12 Administration and Leadership prepare educators for prominent leadership and policy roles in schools and educational organizations locally, nationally and internationally. Throughout all our programs—including master’s, Ed.D. and Ph.D. options—students are encouraged to study and build their careers to make a difference throughout classrooms, policy and beyond. Choose the right program for you!

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25. OnToCollege  partner banner logo

OnToCollege helps schools jump their school-wide SAT scores 50 – 150 points with concise, effective online test prep. Combined with our College & Career Readiness resources, your students will earn more scholarships and find their best-fit college at the lowest price.

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26. Equal Opportunity Schools  partner banner logo

Equal Opportunity Schools (EOS) mission is to strengthen educator and system leader capacity to break down barriers to increase access, belonging, and success in rigorous college and career-prep secondary school courses for students of color and low-income students so that they may thrive in their postsecondary pursuits and life goals. Our partnership model is consultative, collaborative, and requires a commitment to specific and measurable results. We envision a nation where secondary schools become equitable systems that acknowledge, support, nurture, and grow the talent and genius of students of color and low-income students.

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27. Special Education Mediation Services 

Special Education Mediation Services helps students by fostering cooperation and effective teamwork among those who plan their education. The overall goal is to help students, parents and educators make decisions that improve education outcomes.

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28. ThinkCERCA

ThinkCERCA is a one stop shop for literacy across the curriculum. The CERCA Framework is a scaffolded approach to literacy that helps students develop their critical thinking skills. ThinkCERCA’s expert-designed lessons walk students through the process of analyzing content-rich texts and multimedia to construct cohesive argumentative, informational, or narrative writings.

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29. Embrace Education

Empowering special education instructors with easy-to-use, high-quality software for IEP, MTSS, 504, Medicaid billing, and more, all combined with exceptional customer service – that’s Embrace®.

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30. iWellness Center

iWellness Center provides partner schools with consistent assessments, collecting baseline data on students’ social emotional wellness, in order to identify individual, group, and district wide trends.  The iWellness student check-in’s allow schools to identify the areas in which targeted supports are needed. iWellness features include; staff and student dashboards, detailed reports, and a vast amount of staff and student resources.

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31. Michigan Industrial Technology Education Society

MITES is a State volunteer organization of about 350 shop teachers and we offer many different things for our members like content specific PD, CLassroom Specific PD, networking, live student competition, static student work competition, Student Leadership, Student scholarships, and grant opportunities.

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32. Power of Purpose (PoP!4Kids)  partner banner logo

PoP! (short for Power of Purpose) is here to start a revolution in school fundraising, one that uplifts and inspires students while raising record funds for your school!

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