Finalists and Winners of The 2025 Tech Edvocate Awards Clutch Fire

Every day, technology innovations transform the way people learn and how educators teach. In the last few years, the edtech field has attracted a lot of talented people, all with excellent knowledge bases and ideas. Though the edtech industry has been around for a few decades now, the last few years, in particular, have seen a surge in investment from both school districts and investors.

The education market is currently worth around $5 trillion globally, and it is forecasted that edtech investment alone will reach $500 billion by the year 2030. This growing investment into edtech start-ups has created some exciting changes in the world of education. Naturally, with increasing capital, the number of edtech companies, products, and thought leaders is also growing. In that spirit of change and innovation, we present the 9th Annual Tech EdvocateAwards.

After 4 months of hard work, we’ve narrowed down the year’s top edtech companies, products, people and more. We solicited nominees from readers in June/July and held online voting from May 1, 2025 – August 1, 2025. The nominee’s performance during the online voting period was used to gauge their popularity, but in no way signaled that they would become a finalist or walk away with an award. The finalists and winners were ultimately selected by a panel comprised of two edtech thought leaders, two PreK-12 teachers, one college professor, two K-12 administrators, one college administrator and two PreK-12 parents. Here are our winners and finalists for 2025. Winners and finalists can access their award seals by clicking here.

Best Lesson Planning App or Tool

Winner: OER Commons  

Finalist:

TeacherFileBox      

Profile Planner 

Best Assessment App or Tool

Winner: MobyMax  

Finalist:

Google Classroom

CodeSignal

ALEKS

Study Island

MagicBox    

Best Early Childhood Education App or Tool

Winner: MobyMax

Finalist:

Jolly Phonics

Ambani Africa

Kindiedays

TeachTown’s Launch for PreK    

Best Literacy App or Tool

Winner: MobyMax

Finalist:

Jolly Phonics

Ambani Africa

Read and Write

Whooo’s Reading

Step Up to Writing   

DreamBox Reading by Discovery Education

News-O-Matic    

Best Math App or Tool

Winner: DreamBox Math by Discovery Education 

Finalist:

GeoGebra

Algebrator

JoyCat Flash Cards for Kids Ages 4-8 — Math Flash Cards & Pop Fidget Chart  

MobyMax

Best STEM/STEAM Education App or Tool

Winner: MobyMax

Finalist:

Complete Physics

Brilliant

STEM Careers Coalition

Inquisitive PreK-5 Science  

Best Language Learning App or Tool

Winner: Rosetta Stone for Schools   

Finalist:

Ambani Africa

AIM Language Learning

Gus on the Go: Spanish

MobyMax

Best Virtual or Augmented Reality App or Tool

Winner: Gamar

Finalist:

Apollo 11 VR 

iTeach.world

Best Personalized/Adaptive Learning App or Tool

Winner: Edmentum Exact Path    

Finalist:

Zearn

Articulation Station

No Red Ink

Reflex

TeachTown enCORE    

IXL   

MobyMax

Best Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning App or Tool

Winner: Feedback Aide by Learnosity   

Finalist:

Brisk Teaching

Magicschool.ai

Surpass Tutor 

Pathify AI Chatbot 

SchoolAI  

Best Coding App or Tool

Winner: Tynker

Finalist:

Itch

Kodable

Best Gamification App or Tool

Winner: MobyMax

Finalist:

PBS Kids Games

Gimkit

Banzai  

Best Learning Management System

Winner: Edsby    

Finalist:

Google Classroom

Moodle

MaxBrain LMS

Best Blended/Flipped Learning App or Tool

Winner: Teachers’ Curriculum Institute (TCI)   

Finalist:

PlayPosit

Edbrix

classroom.cloud    

MobyMax

Best Assistive Technology App or Tool

Winner: Kanga by Presence   

Finalist:

Natural Reader

Writable

ModMath

Best Parent-Teacher/School Communication App or Tool

Winner: MobyMax

Finalist:

Edsby    

Vasco Electronics 

Klassy

Classting

ChildPilot

Best Collaboration App or Tool

Winner: Schoolbox 

Finalist:

Google Classroom

Popplet

Speachme

Best Tutoring/Test Prep App or Tool

Winner: Wyzant  

Finalist:

Target Test Prep GMAT OnDemand Course  

Sound Partners  

Tutored by Teachers  

Edmentum Tutoring  

K12 Tutoring 

Best Classroom/Behavior Management App or Tool

Winner: NetSupport School    

Finalist:

Behavior Manager  

Class Charts

ClassroomQ

ClassReach

Best Classroom Audio-Visual App or Tool

Winner: Logitech Rally Camera Streamline Kit    

Finalist:

Explee 

Slidetalk 

Best Higher Education Solution

Winner: AppsAnywhere  

Finalist:

Moodle

Classlink

iClicker Evernote

Connected Core    

Best Learning Analytics/Data Mining App or Tool

Winner: Edsby    

Finalist:

UpGrade 

Learning Locker

LOOOP

Best Professional Development App or Tool

Winner: Stride Professional Development    

Finalist:

Share My Lesson  

GoodReads

Venture Valley Game   

Teachers’ Curriculum Institute (TCI)   

Best Student Information System (SIS) App or Tool

Winner:   Alma SIS

Finalist:

Classes365

ampEducator

Best Global EdTech Leader

Winner: Glynn Willett and Wade Willett, Founders and Owners of MobyMax

Finalist:

Salman Kahn, Founder and CEO of Khan Academy 

Jamie Candee President, CEO, and Board Director of Edmentum

Best Global EdTech Company

Winner: MobyMax

Finalist:

Discovery Education  

Edmentum   

Pathify   

Stride, Inc.     

NetSupport    

Best Global EdTech Startup

Winner:

Finalist: Classes365   

Gamar   

Edukoya

Best K-12 School Leader

Winner: Elizabeth Shaw, Chief Executive Officer at Chicago International Charter School

Finalist:

Dr. Laura Stout, Executive Director of School Leadership at Corpus Christi Independent School District

Dr. Usamah Rodgers, Assistant Superintendent at Dallas ISD

Best Higher Education Leader

Winner: Janet Napolitano, President at University of California

Finalist:

Roslyn Clark Artis, JD, EdD, President at Benedict College

Elmira Mangum, Vice President at Cornell University

Best School District Technology Coordinator/Director

Winner: Chris Long, Educational Technology Coordinator, Huntington Beach Union High School District, Huntington Beach, CA

Finalist:

Adrian Cepero, District Technology Coordinator, Hackensack Public Schools, Hackensack, NJ

Nora Laho, District Technology Coordinator and Instructional Technology Coach at Public Schools of CLK

Best K-12 Teacher

Winner: Karen Bacon, Ohio Virtual Academy, a K12-powered online school

Finalist:

Chloe Peterson, Teacher at Elevate K-12

Aileen Gendrano Adao, Los Angeles Unified School District

Judy Williams, Teacher at Arizona School for the Deaf and the Blind

Best Professor

Winner: Sangeeta Bhatia, Professor, MIT

Finalist:

Hope Rias, Assistant Professor at Bridgewater College

Derek D. Bardell, Professor of Business Administration at Delgado Community College

Best EdTech PR Firm

Winner: Young & Associates 

Finalist:

Publicize  

PRlab  

Communications Strategy Group