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The D.C. EdTech Nonprofit Growing at The Same Rate as Facebook
DC Inno
Michelle Brown, CEO and founder of CommonLit, says the company hit its 1 millionth registered user in 11 months, the same amount of time it took Facebook to land its 1 millionth user. And today, CommonLit is gaining 20,000 users daily, and they have 100,000 daily active users.
November 27, 2017
Read moreLibrary Announces Winners of 2017 Literacy Awards
Library of Congress
The Literacy Awards honor organizations working to promote literacy and reading in the United States and worldwide. The awards recognize groups doing exemplary, innovative and replicable work, and they spotlight the need for the global community to unite in striving for universal literacy. “Literacy is the first line of defense against so many problems—unemployment, hunger, poor health—and gives people a foundation for a brighter future,” Hayden said.
September 1, 2017
Read moreConsider These Six Digital Resources for Your Classroom
The Tech Edvocate
Educators are always looking for ways to bring a lesson to life. Before re-writing your next lesson plan, check out these six, user-friendly digital resources that could appropriately challenge student mindset and inspire growth in your learners.
August 29, 2017
Read moreA Tech Startup by Teachers, for Teachers (and their students)
Free Enterprise Presented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
She thought to herself, “How do I share this? How do I make these resources available for all schools and teachers?” And the answer soon became clear: put it online. CommonLit has since connected with schools across the country, allowing teachers to have more, do more, and learn more.
August 21, 2017
Read moreTool of the Month for Language Learners: CommonLit
American TESOL Institute
Welcome to a new series where we feature our favorite free web tools and apps for language learners and teachers. This month we are highlighting CommonLit, a website with free reading passages and progress tracking tools for grades 5-12.
August 7, 2017
Read moreHow Tech Can Maximize Social Impact
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Have you heard about the tech entrepreneur who is signing up 50,000 users a week and is on track to reach 1 million faster than Facebook did? Learn from CommonLit's experience of hiring strong technical talent to launch a suite of new features that would better meet the needs of struggling readers.
July 6, 2017
Read moreAASL announces 2017 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning
Knowledge Quest: Journal of the American Association of School Librarians
[CommonLit] is considered the “best of the best” by AASL. Sites named as Best Websites for Teaching & Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation and collaboration.
June 27, 2017
Read moreThe Hidden Power Of A Nonprofit Business Model
Forbes
Many smart people discouraged me from starting a nonprofit. The established tech startup community seemed to view nonprofit corporations as outmoded and foolish. In retrospect, I'm glad I ignored these people and trusted my gut. In the end, my goal wasn’t to make money; it was to do good in the world.
May 23, 2017
Read moreBuilding Reading Units Just Got Easier With CommonLit
TeachThought
Edtech nonprofit CommonLit announced recently the launch of a new free feature which allows teachers to browse its entire digital library by 50 commonly-taught book titles. The new “Browse by Book” tool helps teachers find reading passages to supplement book units.
May 15, 2017
Read moreCommonLit Introduces a New Book Pairing Feature
Free Technology for Teachers
This week CommonLit introduced a new feature that they call Book Pairings. Book Pairings provides teachers with a collection of short articles to supplement the books that their students are reading.
May 4, 2017
Read moreUp Your Reading Game with @commonlit
The Paperless Trail
Reading is fundamental. We know this, the challenge is finding resources to use to help teach fundamental skills to our students. We like a variety of resources/tools to use to help engage students. Some of them hit the mark, some of them miss, and some you wonder if they are worth the effort. Commonlit.org is one that certainly hits the mark.
March 27, 2017
Read moreThe Classy Awards Finalists 2017
Classy.org
The Classy Awards exist to put a spotlight on the most remarkable changemakers of our generation. The Winners & Finalists recognized are addressing the incredibly complex and equally severe problems we face today. Their efforts span global poverty and hunger, disease, education, climate change, disaster response and preparedness, and health care accessibility.
March 13, 2017
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