Bring high-quality learning to life with the right funding
With budgets tighter than ever, it’s crucial to make funding decisions count. Not all screen time is created equal, and when it comes to technology investments, it’s important to find high-quality, research-driven tools that increase outcomes for students and teachers.
Explore how your school or district can use federal, state, and local funds to support student achievement and STEM engagement for long-term success. Contact our team to discover how to leverage funding to bring ExploreLearning solutions to classrooms.
Types of funding
Since education funding varies at the local and state levels, it’s important to stay up-to-date on your specific sources of cash flow. Read your state’s news, keep in contact with education leaders in your region, and join professional learning communities to be aware of new funding, grants, and opportunities for extra funds for learning.
Download the School Funding Cheat Sheet
Federal funds: National funds include Title funds under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) funds. What are the types of Title funds?
- Title I: Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged. Helps schools with high percentages of students from low-income families improve academic outcomes.
- Title II: Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High-Quality Teachers, Principals, or Other School Leaders. Supports professional development and educator effectiveness.
- Title III: Language Instruction For English Learners and Immigrant Students. Helps English Language Learners and immigrant youth attain English proficiency and meet high levels of academic achievement.
- Title IV: 21st Century Schools. Offers flexible funding for programs that support well-rounded education, including STEM, technology integration, and safe learning environments.
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) funds: Supports free, appropriate public education for eligible children with disabilities.
- Funding for artificial intelligence (AI): As of July 2025, educators may use formula and discretionary grant funds to support improved academic outcomes through the responsible integration of AI.
How ExploreLearning Solutions Align
State funds: Research what legislation your state has passed that includes funding for education. Investigate grade and subject-level initiatives (for example, STEM or math interventions) for your state. Read up on state-related funding and research your state’s Department of Education.
Other funds: Did your district pass a bond? Did your PTA or PTO raise funds for new technology? Are any local businesses interested in sponsoring a classroom or school initiative? You can also investigate grants (such as the Reflex Grant for math fact fluency and the Frax Grant for fractions mastery) to experience new tech programs firsthand before purchasing. Try a product with students and teachers to gauge student interest, feedback, and effectiveness.
Why evidence-based solutions matter
Under ESSA, funding is often tied to solutions that meet evidence-based tiers to ensure investments are backed by research to positively impact student outcomes. Evidence-based interventions are categorized into four ESSA tiers, with Tier 1 representing the highest level of rigor in research methodology.
ExploreLearning products are designed with research at their core — meeting ESSA criteria that help schools qualify for funding and ensure positive student outcomes.
Reflex: The most effective math fact fluency solution
Grades 2+
Reflex is the most effective system for mastering basic facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Using adaptive games and frequent rewards, Reflex continuously monitors students’ performance to help them achieve accomplishments at their own pace.
Reflex...
- Supports grades 2+
- Is research-based and packed with engaging challenges, personalization, and motivating student milestones.
- Supports MTSS and the three RTI tiers and all levels of students, including those on grade level, at-risk, and students with disabilities, such as autism and other cognitive disabilities, along with learning disabilities such as dyslexia and dyscalculia. Reflex factors out keyboard input speed from fluency calculations, so students with reduced skills in keyboarding or processing visual information can still take full advantage of the program.
- Can be experienced in Spanish and French to help English language learners develop math proficiency alongside their peers.
- Empowers teachers with professional development and insightful student reporting dashboards to monitor progress and celebrate growth.
Frax: Make fractions finally make sense
Grades 3+
Frax uses the latest instructional methods to create a better way to learn fractions. Students embark on a space-themed journey to build a strong conceptual understanding of fractions and close achievement gaps.
Frax...
- Supports grades 3+
- Is evidence-based and proven to increase achievement, particularly for the most at-risk students.
- Keeps students motivated with engaging games, fun characters, and motivating rewards for effort and progress.
- Is highly adaptive and scaffolded, supporting all students, whether on grade level or in need of extra educational intervention.
- Includes built-in progress monitoring and reporting to analyze student understanding in relation to broader instructional goals connected to MTSS or RTI.
- Offers online and offline activities, teacher support materials, professional development, and reporting for easy and effective implementation.
Gizmos: The world’s largest library of math and science simulations
Grades 3-12
With 550+ Gizmos Simulations, STEM Cases, and Investigations, students can model observable phenomena, take on the role of STEM professionals, and get hands-on with scientific and mathematical practices using inquiry and exploration.
Gizmos use an approach to learning validated by extensive research as a highly effective way to build conceptual understanding in math and science. Utilize your funds on evidence-based Gizmos to increase student achievement and provide high-quality instructional materials to all learners.
Gizmos...
- Provide ample opportunities for differentiation with pre-made and customizable teacher and student resources.
- Correlate with state standards in addition to curricula and textbooks.
- Empower teachers with live and pre-recorded professional development.
- Support MTSS through interactive, engaging, and progress-monitoring resources that help teachers tailor instruction to students' diverse needs.
- Complement the three dimensions of the National Research Council's (NRC) Framework for K–12 Science Education: Disciplinary Core Ideas, Crosscutting Concepts, and Science and Engineering Practices.
- Go hand-in-hand with the 5E Instructional Model.
- Help students unlock the power of CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning).
- Promote Depth of Knowledge levels and conceptual understanding to help students foster strategic and analytical thinking.
Science4Us: Give kids a head start in STEM
Grades K-2
Science4Us gives students a head start in STEM with modules covering Inquiry, Physical Science, Life Science, and Earth & Space Science.
Science4Us...
- Includes literacy and math-infused lessons built around the 5E Instructional Model to help students develop foundational science knowledge through interactive games, songs, virtual notebooks, hands-on experiments, and more.
- Is evidence-based to prepare the youngest students for long-term STEM success.
- Correlates with state standards and NGSS.
- Supports teachers with live and pre-recorded professional development.
- Aligns with the 5E Instructional Model.