Atlanta Speech School

Homrich Berg Adds Depth to HB Family Office Team with New Principal and Director

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Monday, December 4, 2023
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Homrich Berg is excited to welcome Billy Levine as a Principal, enhancing the $14 billion, Atlanta-based RIA’s HB Family Office capabilities for serving ultra-high-net-worth clients.

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  • Homrich Berg is excited to welcome Billy Levine as a Principal, enhancing the $14 billion, Atlanta-based RIA’s HB Family Office capabilities for serving ultra-high-net-worth clients.
  • This comes after the recent addition of Alex Arnold joining the firm as a Director within the HB Family Office in November.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231204422003/en/
    Principal Billy Levine and Director Alex Arnold (Photo: Business Wire)
    Levine brings to Homrich Berg more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry.
  • “We are also pleased to add Alex, who brings a fresh perspective and adds to our already deep bench of HB Family Office advisors.

GaDOE partnering with Rollins Center for Language & Literacy to launch the Georgia Literacy Academy

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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ATLANTA, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Georgia Department of Education is partnering with the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy (Rollins Center) –  a program of the Atlanta Speech School – on an ambitious statewide initiative to improve literacy outcomes for students and train district and school leaders on the science of reading.

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  • Additionally, the Georgia Literacy Academy – courses developed by the Rollins Center in partnership with GaDOE – will be available to all K-5 teachers and leaders in the state free of charge.
  • "The stars are aligned in Georgia around literacy," GaDOE Director of Literacy Amy Denty said.
  • The Rollins Center – a program of the Atlanta Speech School – develops expertise with educators, system leaders, families, and advocates in the sciences of healthy brain development, language, and literacy.
  • View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gadoe-partnering-with-rollins-c...
    SOURCE Rollins Center for Language & Literacy; Georgia Department of Education

Cox Campus Provided $15 Million in Free Evidence-Based Literacy Resources to Teachers Across the U.S. in 2021 and is on Track to Invest $30 Million in 2022

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Thursday, April 28, 2022
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In 2021, Cox Campus surpassed 200,000 members and provided $15 million of the highest-quality professional development coursework to educators across early education and kindergarten through third grade.

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  • In 2021, Cox Campus surpassed 200,000 members and provided $15 million of the highest-quality professional development coursework to educators across early education and kindergarten through third grade.
  • Cox Campus courses are free, which allows school systems' funds to remain in their school communities.
  • By joining the Cox Campus, districts and schools can reallocate that spending toward compensating their underpaid and over-worked educators."
  • The vast majority of teachers have been denied access to the evidence-based methods for teaching literacy that work most effectively.

CES 2021 PenguinSmart's intelligent and individualized rehab therapy helps children improve speech and language delays

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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Medical specialties, Health sciences, Health, Applied linguistics, Rehabilitation medicine, Communication disorders, Language delay, Speech-language pathology, Therapy, Rehabilitation, Occupational therapist, Atlanta Speech School

PenguinSmart is a digital healthcare startup that enables intelligent, individualized rehab therapy for all.

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  • PenguinSmart is a digital healthcare startup that enables intelligent, individualized rehab therapy for all.
  • Currently, there are not enough rehab professionals to meet the need because rehab therapy requires intensive and customized care.
  • First, their voice-based speech detection can identify speech and language delays in children in just 2 minutes.
  • Last, their online home intervention support services with licensed speech therapists allow parents to follow specialized learning plans for their children to improve their speech and language delays.

Foundations, Inc Leads Project to Connect Two Websites

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Articles, Education, Educational software, Atlanta Speech School, Educational technology, Literacy, Virtual learning environment

Foundations, Inc is thrilled to share an exciting new tool which does just that.

Key Points: 
  • Foundations, Inc is thrilled to share an exciting new tool which does just that.
  • CLIP, the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading's online learning community, which provides access to successfully implemented insights, strategies, and tools from CGLR communities, users can directly connect to Cox Campus.
  • This connection makes the full suite of Cox Campus offerings available to every CLIP user with the click of a mouse.
  • Cox Campus is the learning platform of the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy, a program of the Atlanta Speech School dedicated to eradicating illiteracy.