Fast ForWord

eLuma, a Leeds Equity Partners portfolio company, Appoints Andy Myers as Chief Executive Officer

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Monday, April 8, 2024
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LEHI, Utah, April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- eLuma, a leading provider of online special education and mental health services to K-12 districts, schools and their students, announced today the appointment of Andy Myers as Chief Executive Officer.

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  • LEHI, Utah, April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- eLuma, a leading provider of online special education and mental health services to K-12 districts, schools and their students, announced today the appointment of Andy Myers as Chief Executive Officer.
  • Myers brings to eLuma deep domain expertise in scaling education and SaaS technology companies.
  • Prior to that, he was the Chief Strategy Officer of Renaissance Learning, and also held leadership roles at Scientific Learning and Pearson.
  • Eric Geveda, Managing Director of Leeds Equity, said, "We are thrilled that Andy is joining as the new CEO of eLuma.

K-3 Reading Proficiency Triples in 40 Days in Mingo County with Fast ForWord

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Technology, Parenting, Children, Software, Family, Preschool, Consumer, Primary, Secondary, Education, Artificial Intelligence, Comprehension, Student, Science, Fast ForWord, Fast, Achievement Medal, Vocabulary, K-3, Tutoring

Following a pilot program launched in March 2023 to improve reading proficiency in 968 K-3 students, Mingo County educators have reported staggering improvements in student reading capabilities.

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  • Following a pilot program launched in March 2023 to improve reading proficiency in 968 K-3 students, Mingo County educators have reported staggering improvements in student reading capabilities.
  • Within the first 40 days of the 2023-24 school year, a total of 322 students experienced a six-month leap in their reading proficiency levels.
  • Ninety-three students successfully transitioned out of the bottom percentile into higher-ranking proficiency levels, signaling a notable shift in the educational landscape of Mingo County.
  • Given their early success, Mingo County educators are optimistic about the three-year implementation of Fast ForWord, which began in Fall 2023.

New Orleans Schools Make 8 Months’ Reading Gains in 30 Days with Carnegie Learning

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Thursday, March 23, 2023
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Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today that K-8 English Learner (EL) students at Community Academies of New Orleans achieved historic reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord language and reading program.

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  • Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today that K-8 English Learner (EL) students at Community Academies of New Orleans achieved historic reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord language and reading program.
  • Fast ForWord uniquely targets reading skills such as phonemic awareness, vocabulary, and comprehension, while also building cognitive skills that are core to reading and language, such as memory, processing, and sequencing.
  • They like it, and the kids enjoy it.”
    Students at Community Academies made an average of eight months’ reading gains in just 30 days of using Fast ForWord.
  • “We are here to support teachers and expedite positive outcomes for students,” said Carnegie Learning CEO Barry Malkin.

Auvik Strengthens Leadership Amidst Accelerated Growth as Demand for Enterprise Network Management and Monitoring Surges

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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Auvik , an award-winning provider of cloud-based network management software, today announced four new appointments to the executive leadership team amidst an accelerated growth phase for the company.

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  • Auvik , an award-winning provider of cloud-based network management software, today announced four new appointments to the executive leadership team amidst an accelerated growth phase for the company.
  • Auvik achieved 44% revenue growth and a 41% increase in employee headcount in the second half of 2022.
  • Auvik’s co-founder, Alex Hoff, has also taken a new role as Chief Strategy Officer to focus on shaping the organization’s long-term approach to maintaining this pace of rapid growth.
  • "Precise measurement, monitoring, and management of the digital infrastructure is of paramount concern in this fast-moving, hyperconnected, and ever-threatening digital era,” said Mark Leary, research director, Network Analytics, IDC.

Buchanan County Schools See 380% Improvement in Reading with Carnegie Learning

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Thursday, February 23, 2023
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Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today that elementary students from Buchanan County, Virginia School District achieved unprecedented reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord ® reading and language program.

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  • Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today that elementary students from Buchanan County, Virginia School District achieved unprecedented reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord ® reading and language program.
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    Buchanan County, Virginia School District achieved unprecedented reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord® reading and language program (Photo: Business Wire)
    Buchanan County Public School students in grades K-5 (950 students) worked in the program five days a week for thirty minutes a day.
  • And this program was it.”
    Fast ForWord helped Buchanan County elementary school students improve to an 83% pass rate on the Standards of Learning (SOL) test, the yearly state assessment taken by all students in Virginia Public Schools.
  • According to Carnegie Learning CEO Barry Malkin, Fast ForWord’s efficacy is second to none.

WOMAN-OWNED CHEMIST SPIRITS SHINES AS THE OFFICIAL GIN OF THE 49th DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
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ASHEVILLE, N.C., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nominees attending the 49th Daytime Emmy Awards will celebrate one of the industry's biggest nights on Friday, June 24, in Los Angeles with handcrafted gin from Chemist Spirits, an artisan Prohibition-era distillery located in the heart of downtown Asheville, North Carolina.

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  • Woman-owned Chemist Spirits based in Asheville, North Carolina is the official gin of the Daytime Emmy Awards.
  • As a female-founded and owned spirits brand, Chemist is proud to be the official gin of the 2022 ceremony," said Debbie Word, who established Chemist Spirits in 2018 alongside her daughter, Danielle Donaldson, who is a chemist by training.
  • "We plan to use the spotlight as the official gin of the Daytime Emmy Awards to help advance this conversation on the national stage."
  • Chemist Spirits gin will also be featured in the 2022 Daytime Emmy Awards gift bag.

Fast ForWord Endorsed by Council of Administrators of Special Education

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022
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Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for education and formative assessment, announced that the Fast ForWord reading and language program has received an official re-endorsement from the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) .

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  • Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for education and formative assessment, announced that the Fast ForWord reading and language program has received an official re-endorsement from the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) .
  • Developed for struggling readers, Fast ForWord is a unique 3-in-1 program that simultaneously develops reading, cognitive, and social-emotional learning skills to efficiently build reading and learning skills.
  • CASE provides professional leadership and support to special education administrators by shaping policies and practices that impact the quality of education.
  • Each endorsement period lasts three years, and the Fast ForWord program has continuously qualified for two re-endorsements by demonstrating ongoing product enhancements.

Fast ForWord Awarded Research-Based Design Product Certification from Digital Promise

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021
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Carnegie Learning, a leader in artificial intelligence for education and formative assessment, is proud to announce that Fast ForWord, its powerful 2-in-1 reading and cognitive skills development program, has earned the Research-Based Design Product Certification from Digital Promise.

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  • Carnegie Learning, a leader in artificial intelligence for education and formative assessment, is proud to announce that Fast ForWord, its powerful 2-in-1 reading and cognitive skills development program, has earned the Research-Based Design Product Certification from Digital Promise.
  • Digital Promises Research-Based Design Product Certification recognizes the edtech products that incorporate research about learning into their design and development.
  • Digital Promise launched the Research-Based Design Product Certification in February 2020 and has certified more than 50 products to date.
  • Further detail about its development can be found in Digital Promises report, Designing Edtech that Matters for Learning: Research-Based Design Product Certifications.

Scientific Learning Announces a Breakthrough in Online Reading Programs for Secondary Students

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Thursday, August 6, 2020
Software, Internet, Teens, Other Education, Technology, Primary, Secondary, Consumer, Education, Learning to read, Fast ForWord

Fast ForWord delivers 3-in-1 reading, cognitive, and social-emotional development by targeting the root causes of reading difficulty in the brain.

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  • Fast ForWord delivers 3-in-1 reading, cognitive, and social-emotional development by targeting the root causes of reading difficulty in the brain.
  • With the release of Elements I, Fast ForWord now offers the first evidence-based reading intervention fully tailored to the needs of adolescent learners.
  • We pursued the development of Elements I for Fast ForWord because we recognized that struggling secondary readers face unique challenges that no other reading intervention has addressed, explained Jeff Thomas, CEO of Scientific Learning.
  • Scientific Learnings Fast ForWord software is a remote-ready language & cognitive enhancement program that accelerates learning and reading.

Scientific Learning’s Fast ForWord Language and Reading Program Is Named a Finalist for 2020 EdTech Cool Tool Awards

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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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The Fast ForWord program from Scientific Learning Corp. (OTC PINK:SCIL) has been named a finalist for a Cool Tool Award in The EdTech Awards 2020 .

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  • The Fast ForWord program from Scientific Learning Corp. (OTC PINK:SCIL) has been named a finalist for a Cool Tool Award in The EdTech Awards 2020 .
  • The evidence-based language and reading solution was recognized in the language learning solution category.
  • Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the EdTech Awards is the largest and most competitive recognition program in all of education technology.
  • We are excited and honored to once again be a finalist for the EdTech Cool Tool Awards, said Jeff Thomas, CEO of Scientific Learning.