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LightSail school receives from James Patterson Literacy Grant to add titles to digital library

Posted on 29.Nov.16 in News

LightSail school Emma K Doub Elementary was awarded a grant from James Patterson and Scholastic Reading Club for $3,000 to add e-books to their digital library. The school was one of 407… Read more

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EDUCATION DIVE: LightSail expands its digital literacy platform

Posted on 11.Oct.16 in News

LightSail announced it is continuing its global expansion by providing its digital reading platform to tens of thousands of students in Mexico and Guatemala. Starting this year, LightSail will be available… Read more

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DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION: Partnership builds student literacy

Posted on 9.Sep.16 in News

District Administration highlights a new partnership between Antares Reading and LightSail Education. Antares’ nonfiction texts are now exclusively available on LightSail’s digital reading platform aimed specifically at young readers, grades… Read more

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THE Journal: Digital literacy platform to add 850 digital books

Posted on 8.Sep.16 in News

LightSail’s partnership with Antares Reading was featured by THE Journal in a recent article, announcing the addition of 850 new K-6 texts to LightSail’s digital platform.  They books created to fill the need for… Read more

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LightSail Partners with Antares Reading

Posted on 7.Sep.16 in News

LightSail partners with Antares Reading to build student literacy Antares is fast becoming the most prolific children’s book publisher with more than 850 high-quality, beautifully illustrated titles available in English… Read more

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More Classrooms Adopt LightSail’s Reading Platform to Improve Literacy

Posted on 24.Aug.16 in News

BACK TO SCHOOL TECH: MORE CLASSROOMS ADOPT LIGHTSAIL’S READING PLATFORM TO IMPROVE LITERACY NEW YORK, August 24, 2016 –In classrooms from New York to California, more students than ever are… Read more

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LightSail featured as literacy tool of choice for Academy High School

Posted on 22.Aug.16 in News

Intellectual Virtues Academy (IVA), a free, public charter middle school in Long Beach, CA, has expanded to include a new high school, which will receive its first class of 9th graders… Read more

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FORBES: LightSail featured as part of Unreasonable Group’s Project Literacy Lab

Posted on 26.Jul.16 in News

Unreasonable Group recently launched its latest program: Project Literacy Lab, a new, two-week accelerator aimed at ending global illiteracy, run in partnership with Pearson. The accelerator is part of Unreasonable… Read more

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EDTECH DIGEST: “Accelerating Literacy” with LightSail CEO Gideon Stein

Posted on 12.Jul.16 in News

EdTech Digest interviewed LightSail CEO Gideon Stein in a recent article, “Accelerating Literacy,” where he talked about the mission behind LightSail, the catalysts for the company’s growth and this year’s… Read more

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