Content Partners

We partner with leaders in educational publishing and instruction to build a top-quality curriculum for students in all grades, kindergarten through high school. Each year we reevaluate our curriculum and assess newly available materials to improve and enhance instruction. Texts, materials, and online content from our partners is supplemented with additional instructional content and activities developed by our own curriculum specialists. Together they create a rigorous curriculum that prepares students for academic success.

BrainPOP® is a leading producer of educational animated movies targeted to students in grades K–8, but enjoyed by students of all ages. BrainPOP movies explain concepts in a voice and visual style that is accessible, educational, and entertaining.

The Calvert School is a time-tested, rich, academically stimulating curriculum used extensively by families who home school as well as in the classroom. We integrate many components of the Calvert program into the Connections Academy curriculum, supplementing and enhancing with materials from other providers along with our own content.

Compass Learning, a leading provider of educational technology, provides a browser-based curriculum and assessments to promote differentiated instruction. The program allows students to move forward at their own pace, and provide opportunities for students who need remediation or enrichment.

Discovery Education provides unitedstreaming, a digital video-on-demand service that provides the largest and most current K–12 video/video clip library available today.

DreamCalc™ is a virtual scientific calculator. It gives the intuitive feel of using a real hand-held calculator, but on a PC or laptop.

Grolier Online® is an award-winning reference and learning resource featuring Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, the New Book of Knowledge, the New Book of Popular Science, Cumbre, Lands and Peoples, America the Beautiful, and Amazing Animals.

Headsprout™ offers fun, interactive online lessons that are designed especially for young readers.

Hooked on Phonics® is a leading creator of educational products that are fun, easy to use, and get results. The company works with educators, interactive designers, writers, artists, and parents to develop step-by-step learning systems that help teach children critical reading, math, and study skills. Connections Academy is the only virtual school program to offer the Hooked on Phonics and Hooked on Math® programs.

Knowledge Adventure is a leader in multimedia educational software for use in both schools and homes. Our curriculum includes Knowledge Adventure’s JumpStart Learning System™ educational software.

K to the 8th Power provides an easy-to-use platform for developing computer literacy and applied technology skills. The curriculum develops computer-literate and technology-savvy students while reinforcing national and state academic standards.

The Little Planet Learning series "Take Me To Your Readers" contains videos to help students become better readers. Research-based reading themes come alive with variety and fun for emergent readers. Skills include thoughtful conversation, building vocabulary and knowledge, and comprehension of material.

The McGraw-Hill Companies is a global information services provider in the education, financial services, and information markets. McGraw-Hill Education (including textbook publisher Glencoe) addresses virtually every aspect of the education market—from pre-K through professional learning—with printed textbooks and many online resources.

Perfection Learning is a leading publisher of teacher and student curriculum materials for grades pre-K through 12. Its product lines cover content areas including reading, test preparation, vocabulary, writing, and more.

Power-Glide is the leader in foreign language instructional materials for independent learners and schools. Connections Academy utilizes their fully accredited foreign language program for students in elementary through high school.

Prentice Hall Secondary Education Division is the nation's leading publisher for secondary education and a primary supplier of textbooks for Connections Academy, emphasizing the upper grades.

SkillsTutor provides age-specific content and instruction in the fundamental skills of reading and math.

Virtual Sage is an online educational publisher employing effective methods of instruction while leveraging the advantages of the Internet. Its curriculum is structured to strengthen online learning by providing multiple paths of learning, multimedia and graphics, linear lessons, and online supplements.

Zaner-Bloser is one of the premier publishers of research-based reading, writing, spelling, handwriting, and study skills programs. Its handwriting program has been a national institution for several generations.