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LightSail Wins Digital Innovation in Learning Award

Posted on 30.Oct.14 in News

EdSurge and Digital Promise have selected LightSail as the winner of their Digital Innovation in Learning Award for Mindful Data, honoring the product that best “manages, translates and delivers data to users… Read more

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EdSurge: LightSail a S’Cool Tool

Posted on 22.Sep.14 in News

LightSail has been recognized as a S’Cool Tool by EdSurge: “LightSail offers a way to track and assess student reading, from progress dashboards for students and teachers to lexile measures… Read more

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Jonah Edelman highlights LightSail’s ‘tremendous’ results

Posted on 16.Sep.14 in News

Renowned education advocate Jonah Edelman, the CEO of Stand for Children, featured LightSail in his Teach For All article for the Global Change Forum initiative. Highlighting the student achievement gains… Read more

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FORBES: LightSail one of 10 Companies Revolutionizing Entrepreneurship

Posted on 8.Sep.14 in News

LightSail has been recognized alongside Uber, Airbnb, and Tesla in a Forbes list of 10 Companies Revolutionizing Entrepreneurship: “Based out of New York City, LightSail aims to improve th literacy… Read more

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KQED: “Many teachers rave about” LightSail

Posted on 5.Sep.14 in News

KQED Mind/Shift featured LightSail in Using Games for Learning: Practical Steps to Get Started, an article full of tips for teachers on finding products for classroom use. LightSail is described… Read more

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Bill Gates: LightSail a Breakthrough Tool for Teachers

Posted on 18.Aug.14 in News

Bill Gates featured LightSail as one of the 6 Tools for Teachers which he considers “especially promising.” To read the piece on Bill Gates’s blog, click here.… Read more

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Common Sense Media names LightSail Top Pick

Posted on 18.Aug.14 in News

LightSail was named a Top Pick for Back to School by Graphite, Common Sense Media’s review site for educators. Graphite selected products for this distinction based on their high marks… Read more

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LightSail Education Closes Another $1 Million from Serious Change and Existing Investors

Posted on 4.Jun.14 in News

Award-Winning Digital Literacy Platform Usage Also Surpasses 100 School Mark NEW YORK, June 4, 2014 – LightSail Education, a provider of K-12 digital literacy solutions, today announced that it has… Read more

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LightSail Announces Clever Partnership

Posted on 25.Feb.14 in News

LightSail Education Partners with Clever to Integrate Student Information System with Award-Winning Digital Literacy Platform Collaboration Expedites Access to Largest Adaptive eLibrary NEW YORK — (BUSINESS WIRE) — LightSail Education,… Read more

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