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2023 Science of Reading Week Attendees Averaged 2,400+ Daily – Lexia Makes Webinars Available On Demand

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Monday, May 22, 2023

Recordings of the dynamic and thought-provoking edWebinars are now available on demand at the Lexia website .

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  • Recordings of the dynamic and thought-provoking edWebinars are now available on demand at the Lexia website .
  • In each edWebinar, industry thought leaders and Lexia’s own literacy experts discussed ways to accelerate students’ literacy gains.
  • “Science of Reading Week was one of our most successful learning events,” Lexia Chief Learning Officer Dr. Liz Brooke said.
  • “In our experience, connecting the science of reading knowledge with instruction enables schools and districts to realize exponential change in just one academic year,” said Dr. Brooke.

Cambium Learning Group Named a Six-Time Finalist in the 2023 SIIA CODiE Awards

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

Cambium Learning® Group today announced that products from ExploreLearning® and Learning A-Z® were named as 2023 SIIA CODiE Awards finalists.

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  • Cambium Learning® Group today announced that products from ExploreLearning® and Learning A-Z® were named as 2023 SIIA CODiE Awards finalists.
  • Ashley Andersen Zantop, CEO of Cambium Learning Group, was also named a finalist in the “Most Influential Thought Leader in Ed Tech” category.
  • Cambium Learning Group was selected as a finalist across multiple education technology categories, among hundreds of nominations.
  • Cambium Learning Group, Learning A-Z, and ExploreLearning were recognized as finalists in the following categories:
    “The 2023 CODiE Award finalists highlight the products and people who are out in front, leading their industries forward,” said SIIA President Chris Mohr.

Carnegie Learning Announces New Chief Revenue Officer

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

Carnegie Learning , a leader in AI-driven technology, curriculum, and professional learning solutions for K-12 education, today announced that Chris Hedrick is joining the company as Chief Revenue Officer.

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  • Carnegie Learning , a leader in AI-driven technology, curriculum, and professional learning solutions for K-12 education, today announced that Chris Hedrick is joining the company as Chief Revenue Officer.
  • Chris will sit on the new Carnegie Learning Executive Leadership Team reporting to CEO Barry Malkin .
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230511005794/en/
    Chris Hedrick, new Chief Revenue Officer at Carnegie Learning (Photo: Business Wire)
    Chris joins Carnegie Learning from Scholastic, where he served as the Senior Vice President of Sales.
  • According to CEO Barry Malkin, “The creation of the Chief Revenue Officer position reflects Carnegie Learning’s expanding business and our commitment to bringing on top talent.

Cambium Learning Group Brands Receive 20 Finalist Nods at The EdTech Awards 2023

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Monday, April 10, 2023

Today, Cambium Learning Group announced that five of its brands were recognized as finalists across 13 categories at this year’s EdTech Awards.

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  • Today, Cambium Learning Group announced that five of its brands were recognized as finalists across 13 categories at this year’s EdTech Awards.
  • Cambium Learning Group, ExploreLearning, Learning A-Z, Time4Learning and Voyager Sopris were acknowledged for their outstanding contributions to transforming education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere.
  • Celebrating its 13th year, the US-based program is the world's largest recognition program for education technology, recognizing the biggest names in edtech – and those who soon will be.
  • Featuring edtech’s best and brightest, the annual EdTech Awards highlight cool tools, inspiring leaders and innovative trendsetters across the K-12, higher education, and skills and workforce sectors.

Time4Learning Hosts Third Annual End of Year Virtual Celebration

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Thursday, April 6, 2023

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Time4Learning, a Cambium Learning Group company and award-winning online homeschooling program, is proud to announce its third annual virtual moving up and graduation celebrations for kindergarten, elementary, middle school, and high school students. The virtual events are a celebration of students' academic success and the important milestones that come with each grade.

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  • The virtual events are a celebration of students' academic success and the important milestones that come with each grade.
  • In addition to academics, it also recognizes their extracurricular achievements and community volunteerism students participated in throughout high school.
  • Each celebration will feature a commencement address delivered by Time4Learning President Cheryl Dodge.
  • Time4Learning is honored to offer this capstone celebration as part of each student's educational journey."

Lexia Partners with the RAND Corporation for an External Evaluation of Lexia Core5 Reading

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

RAND will be performing external evaluations of Lexia programs, starting with Lexia Core5 Reading (Core5) blended learning program for pre-K through fifth grade students.

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  • RAND will be performing external evaluations of Lexia programs, starting with Lexia Core5 Reading (Core5) blended learning program for pre-K through fifth grade students.
  • The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.
  • RAND Senior Scientist John Pane said, “My team focuses on measuring the effectiveness of educational software products.
  • RAND will work with recent data from a subset of the 35 schools that had participated in the original Lexia study.

Lexia Launches “All for Literacy” Podcast Series

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

The series will explore how scientific findings are being applied in classrooms today — and how teachers can use this information to help all students become successful readers.

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  • The series will explore how scientific findings are being applied in classrooms today — and how teachers can use this information to help all students become successful readers.
  • In fact, her 2018 podcast episode, “ Hard Words: Why Aren’t Kids Being Taught to Read?
  • In addition to the “All for Literacy” podcast, Lexia will also be hosting a monthly series of on-demand webinars that translate literacy research and educators’ knowledge and skills into practical insights for classroom instruction.
  • To listen to episodes or learn more about the “All for Literacy” podcast series visit http://www.allforliteracy.com/ .

Time4Learning Hosts 2023 National Read Across America Day Event Getting Students and Families Excited About Reading

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

Time4Learning , a Cambium Learning Group company and award-winning online homeschooling program, will participate in National Read Across America Day on Thursday, March 2.

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  • Time4Learning , a Cambium Learning Group company and award-winning online homeschooling program, will participate in National Read Across America Day on Thursday, March 2.
  • National Read Across America Day was established by the National Education Association (NEA) in 1998 to help get kids excited about reading.
  • “Time4Learning loves creating engaging, educational initiatives like our first ever National Read Across America Day event inspired to get our homeschooling families excited about reading and learning,” said Cheryl Dodge, president of Time4Learning.
  • “We’re excited to share our love of reading with families and to show students how reading – whether shared or independent – can be so rewarding!”
    Staff members participating in National Read Across America Day reading to children and students that day include Mandy Ralston, Director of Content; Aaron Hinklin, Director of Production and Games; and Cheryl Dodge, President of Time4Learning.

Cambium Learning Group Announces Cheryl Dodge as New President of Time4Learning

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Monday, January 30, 2023

Cheryl Dodge, SVP of product, education, and operations at Time4Learning, will succeed Edelson as president.

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  • Cheryl Dodge, SVP of product, education, and operations at Time4Learning, will succeed Edelson as president.
  • Edelson founded Time4Learning in 2004 and the company became part of Cambium Learning Group in 2018.
  • As founder and president of Time4Learning for nearly two decades, Edelson created one of the first technology-based curriculums that focused solely on homeschooling.
  • Time4Learning made it possible for the homeschooling community to move beyond traditional textbooks to access hundreds of engaging online learning activities and lesson plans to enable student-paced education.

Clark County School District Gives Educators in 241 Elementary Schools Access to Lexia’s LETRS Professional Learning

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Thursday, January 26, 2023

Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada, has made Lexia LETRS ® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs available to most elementary schools in the district with a plan to continue expanding the program to additional elementary and early childhood teachers and administrators.

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  • Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada, has made Lexia LETRS ® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs available to most elementary schools in the district with a plan to continue expanding the program to additional elementary and early childhood teachers and administrators.
  • Offered by Lexia, a Cambium Learning Group company, LETRS professional learning programs provide educators with the deep knowledge required to be literacy and language experts in the science of reading.
  • The LETRS suite consists of three professional learning programs:
    “Student academic success is our core business,” said CCSD Superintendent, Dr. Jesus F. Jara.
  • CCSD is also providing its elementary school administrators who support literacy instruction with the LETRS for Administrators program and its PreK educators with the LETRS for Early Childhood Educators program.