The Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2025 celebrates educational technology from the last 12 months that has excelled and shone in supporting teachers, students, and education professionals in the classroom, for professional development or general management of education resources and learning. This contest targets products designed for district implementation that focus on large-scale efficiency, data management, and strategic goal achievement across a school or district.

Qualifying products include those that have been launched, relaunched, or saw a significant upgrade or version introduced in 2025 that have helped schools improve teaching and learning. Whether the product is for those in Primary, Secondary or Higher Education, these awards provide a great opportunity for forward-thinking edtech companies to gain exposure to Tech & Learning's audience of 90k decision makers.

The entry deadline is currently set for 11:59 PM ET January 9, 2026. A single entry costs $625.00, discounts are available for multiple entries.

Begin your entry by clicking the button below or continue to read through the awards site for more information on eligibility, benefits for entering, and information on the Awards of Excellence.

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BENEFITS OF ENTERING

Every product nominated, whether chosen for an award or not, will receive a social nominee graphic and an award nominee badge to promote their award entry! Winners will also receive the following:

Winning products will be showcased in a digital special edition of Tech & Learning distributed to the T&L readership, which is built of education professionals, district leaders, and school administrators. 

All winners will be publicly announced on the Tech & Learning website in an editorial article. This feature will be showcased in our celebrating the winners email, sent out to all our Tech & Learning award contacts.

All winners will receive a winner's marketing package. This will include a fully-licensed winner's badge for in-house promotion, a social graphic, and press release.

**NEW for Best of 2025! Winners will receive a marketing toolkit, with tips and tricks on how to utilise your winner assets, as well as a template press release.

A Tech & Learning Award of Excellence is a highly recognized accolade provided to only the best in EdTech, based on evaluation by a panel of education-experts.

WHY ENTER?

Hear from our judging panel, constructed of industry experts, district leaders and buyers, on why they value these awards as both a judge and as a reader!

"What I value the most from the awards, is that they're a great resource for not only finding new products, but also learning of upgrades/improvements to well known ones.

As a reader, the awards are trusted because they are judged by experienced educators from a variety of backgrounds."

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"What I appreciate most about the awards is the curated list of dependable tools for educators. As a judge, it's a great way to stay updated on what's new and impactful. For readers, it serves as a trusted resource for making buying decisions."

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"As a judge, I like being able to spend focused time researching a tool or solution and giving evaluative feedback.

As a reader, I love reading the judging comments - it helps readers know specifically what the judge liked about the product. I also like to know what's new in the industry, and what updates 'tried and true' products have."

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Discover more on the entry process and judging criteria using the button below.

ENTRY PROCESS & TIPS

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who can enter the awards?

Any company that has a product that supports innovative, effective teaching and learning which launched, relaunched or saw a significant upgrade or version introduced in 2025 is eligible.  This contest targets products designed for district implementation that focus on large-scale efficiency, data management, and strategic goal achievement across a school or district.

Winning an Award of Excellence tells the industry that your product has been approved by the most important audience - the educators themselves. The top products will be selected and featured in a special digital edition of Tech & Learning magazine. In addition to promotion through Tech & Learning, winners will receive a winner's marketing package containing a range of assets, in addition to a full-licensed winners badge, to promote their success.

All entries are due by 11:59 PM ET January 9, 2026.

We apply a volume-based pricing discount to our awards, as such prices reduce with the number of nominations that you enter. See below for details around this, if you have any questions then please contact us.

Single entry: $625.00

Your next 2-4 entries: $595.00 per entry

Any additional entries: $525.00 per entry

The categories are broken down into Primary (Tools for K-6 grade education), Secondary (7-12), and Higher Education. You may enter the same product into multiple categories.

Yes. There is no limit to the number of products you may nominate. Each requires a nomination form and entry fee(s).

This contest targets products designed for district implementation that focus on large-scale efficiency, data management, and strategic goal achievement across a school or district. All entries will be passed through a panel of Tech & Learning advisors. Evaluation criteria includes the following:

  • System Integration & Interoperability
  • Student Outcomes & Strategic Impact
  • Data Privacy & Governance
  • Usage & Measurement
  • Value (ROI for System)

For more information on the entry process and tips to submitting the most successful entries, visit our ENTRY PROCESS & TIPS page here!

Winners will be announced in January 2026 and will feature in a special digital issue of Tech & Learning following the announcement.

Please contact Beckie Sirs (beckie.sirs@futurenet.com) if you have any further questions.

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CONTACT

General Award Questions

Marketing Manager - B2B Awards

Beckie Sirs

beckie.sirs@futurenet.com

Editorial Questions

Content Director, Tech & Learning

Christine Weiser

christine.weiser@futurenet.com