Author: Giavanna

LightSail wins ROE award at ASU+GSV Summit for second year in a row

Posted on 21.Apr.16 in News

LightSail won the 2016 Return On Education Venture Innovation award at the ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, California. This is the second year in a row that LightSail has won… Read more

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Rebooting Reading in Rockville Centre

Posted on 15.Apr.16 in Partner Success

In Rockville Centre, New York, students are excited about reading — and with good reason: since the district started using LightSail, they have just-right books at their fingertips and assessments… Read more

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EDWEEK MARKET BRIEF: LightSail partners with The Washington Post

Posted on 28.Mar.16 in News

EdWeek Market Brief reported on the trend of alliances between literacy and media companies, highlighting LightSail’s partnership with the Washington Post. LightSail users will now have access to dozens of breaking news stories… Read more

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DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION: Washington Post content added to LightSail’s K12 literacy offerings

Posted on 23.Mar.16 in News

LightSail, a leading educational technology company that accelerates literacy development while fostering a love of reading, announced that is has added The Washington Post to its content offerings. The addition… Read more

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ALLEYWATCH: This NYC Startup Just Raised $11M to Make Kids Smarter

Posted on 22.Mar.16 in News

Alleywatch interviews CEO Gideon Stein about LightSail’s Series B round, which recently closed at $11 million. “Our investors have been focused on two primary metrics – the growth of the… Read more

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Digital Discussion Takes the Fear Out of Shakespeare

Posted on 14.Mar.16 in Partner Success

Daunting. Funny. Problematic. Brilliant. Confusing. Shakespeare’s language can bring any one of these adjectives to mind. The famously difficult prose has been known to bring straight-up fear to high school… Read more

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EDSURGE: ​LightSail raises $11 million in series B round

Posted on 7.Mar.16 in News

EdSurge joined in the coverage of LightSail’s Series B round, which closed at $11 million last week. The round of funding was led by the Bezos Family Foundation, run by… Read more

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WSJ: LightSail gathers $11M to help K-12 students master reading

Posted on 4.Mar.16 in News

The Wall Street Journal’s venture capital blog, Venture Capital Dispatch, covered LightSail’s Series B round of funding, in an article, “LightSail Raises $11 Million for Literacy Learning App.” The $11M round… Read more

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THE NEW YORKER: LightSail featured as leader in adaptive literacy tech

Posted on 1.Mar.16 in News

The New Yorker takes an extensive look into AltSchool in a recent article,”Learn Different.” AltSchool was created to be an “education ecosystem,” highly responsive to the individual interests of its… Read more

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