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EDSURGE: Literacy Startups Race to Get News

Posted on 24.Mar.15 in News

EdSurge features LightSail as a leading literacy tool based on its strong content, highlighting LightSail’s exclusive publishing partnerships as well as its “‘adaptive’ system that recommends different levels of reading materials based… Read more

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LightSail Announces Free Ebook Starter Library for K-12 Schools

Posted on 5.Feb.15 in News

LIGHTSAIL ANNOUNCES FREE DIGITAL BOOK LIBRARY Hundreds of free titles add to LightSail’s industry-leading selection of content, including books from more than 400 publishers NEW YORK, February 5, 2015 –… Read more

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EDUCATION WEEK: Teachers, Developers, Researchers Quickly Evaluate Ed Tech in N.Y.C.

Posted on 4.Feb.15 in News

Education Week featured LightSail’s participation in the New York City iZone Short Cycle Evaluation Challenge, “part of an emerging national push to get teachers more involved in the development of… Read more

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Creating Powerful and Passionate Readers

Posted on 1.Feb.15 in Literacy Strategies

There was a shelf of books in our living room when I was growing up, and it contained all of my mom’s vintage Nancy Drew books. As a first grader… Read more

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SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL: Ebooks Will Surge in Classrooms, Study Says

Posted on 28.Jan.15 in News

School Library Journal featured the LightSail’s State of the Digital Book Market report, noting the the findings “revealed a strong preference for digital libraries over rental models.” “Forty percent would… Read more

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LightSail Releases ‘State of the Digital Book Market’ Report Based on Survey of District and School Leaders

Posted on 28.Jan.15 in News

K-12 DECISION MAKERS PREDICT MASSIVE GROWTH IN EBOOKS, PREFER BUILDING DIGITAL LIBRARIES TO EBOOK RENTAL MODELS Schools Want Ebooks Integrated With Digital Learning Tools and Assessments to Drive Literacy Growth… Read more

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THE JOURNAL: LightSail Named 5 Most Popular

Posted on 19.Dec.14 in News

THE Journal has named LightSail to its list of the 5 Most Popular Educational Apps of 2014, a selection of the top-reivewed products on Common Sense Media’s Best Ed Tech of 2014 list. About… Read more

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DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION: LightSail a Reader’s Choice Top 100

Posted on 5.Dec.14 in News

District Administration magazine has named LightSail to its Reader’s Choice Top 100 Products list for 2014. LightSail was selected based on nominations by school and district leaders. District Administration magazine… Read more

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COMMON SENSE MEDIA: LightSail Best Ed Tech of 2014

Posted on 4.Dec.14 in News

Common Sense Media’s Graphite site for educators has named LightSail to its Best Ed Tech of 2014 list. LightSail is the top-rated literacy product on this list, having received five-star reviews… Read more

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