And The Winner Is ... Lightspan!The Lightspan Network Wins Highest Award From Technology & Learning Magazine
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightspan, Inc. (Nasdaq: LSPN), a leading provider of quality curriculum-based software and Internet products and services used in schools and homes, has taken top honors with an Award of Excellence from Technology and Learning magazine, one of the education industry's leading trade publications. The Lightspan Network, the premier online educational resource for teachers, students, and families, beat hundreds of worldwide competitors when it received the industry's coveted award for providing the best teaching tools in the K-12 educational market.
The Lightspan Network integrates K-8 standards-based content, assessment, professional development, and instructional tools into a commercial-free Internet solution that's focused on one thing: helping improve academic achievement.
"We are thrilled to receive this award, particularly since it comes from the country's leading educators," noted John Kernan, Chairman and CEO of Lightspan, Inc. "This represents an industry-wide recognition of the impact Lightspan is making in successfully developing and implementing new techniques and methods to improve student achievement."
The Awards of Excellence program is now in its 19th year and recognizes the best K-12 educational software and Web sites. The judges are primarily K-12 educators and evaluate products according to established criteria, including instructional design, appropriateness of content, creative use of computer technology, documentation, and suitability for the classroom.
Lightspan is recognized as a leader in K-12 education with its breakthrough development of award-winning interactive software, educator-approved online tools, and take-home resources that can be used on a PlayStation(R) game console or a PC. This comprehensive strategy creates a home-school connection between students, educators and parents which has been proven in thousands of published studies to increase student motivation, improve academic achievement and increase time devoted to learning. |
