Newark Public Schools Expands Use of Lexia Core5 and PowerUp to All of its Elementary Schools
November 19 2020 - 9:00AM
Newark Public Schools (NPS) has approved expanding implementation
of Lexia Learning’s Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5)
and Lexia® PowerUp Literacy® (PowerUp) throughout its K-5
and K-8 schools. This decision comes after the district’s trial
subscription successfully helped teachers both within their
classrooms before the pandemic and with remote
learning that began in March. In all, the strong ESSA
rated literacy solutions will now be serving almost
20,000 students in 41 schools. The district has also decided to
support their educators through this critical time by ensuring
strong, ongoing implementations of Core5 and
PowerUp via yearlong Success Partnerships with Lexia.
“We were using Core5 in just six of our elementary
schools prior to the pandemic,” said Dr. Mary Ann Reilly, assistant
superintendent for Teaching and Learning. “When COVID-19 hit and
our schools transitioned to remote learning, we were able to
quickly expand Core5 to all our elementary schools. The program was
flexible enough to enable us to provide continuity of instruction
to students remotely, targeting literacy gaps and even accelerating
learning. We’ve been impressed with the programs and how helpful
Lexia has been with the transition. We’re confident that our
students will continue to make gains with good teaching and
Lexia.”
The district’s purchase also includes Lexia
Academy, the company’s eLearning platform offering on-demand
professional learning courses. The academy gives the
district’s educators access to “anytime,
anywhere” support that helps them develop best
practices for meaningful instruction when using Lexia
products. Newark educators have embraced courses on topics
like Structured Literacy, remote teaching strategies, and effective
reading instruction for students with dyslexia.
“We use Lexia Academy to help the teachers
understand the ‘why’ behind our use of the programs,” said Theresa
Finkelstein, the vice principal at Franklin School, a pre-K-6
school within the district. “Teachers also really like how
user-friendly the educator platform is. The reports make it easy to
see which skills the students need to work on, and provides the
instructional materials to reinforce them.”
“We are proud to be furthering our partnership
with Newark Public Schools in so many ways,” said Lexia President
Nick Gaehde. “The district has already seen value in Lexia Academy
and the Science of Reading online courses we offer, and we’re
looking forward to helping them successfully navigate this school
year both while they’re out of the classroom and when students and
teachers are back in their normal settings.”
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About Lexia
LearningLexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company,
empowers educators through adaptive assessment and personalized
instruction. For more than 30 years, the company has been on the
leading edge of research and product development as it relates to
student reading skills. With a robust offering that includes
solutions for differentiated instruction, personalized learning,
and assessment, Lexia Learning provides educators with the tools to
intensify and accelerate literacy skills development for students
of all abilities. For more information,
visit www.lexialearning.com.
About Cambium Learning Group, Inc.Cambium
Learning® Group is the education essentials company, providing
award-winning education technology and services for K-12 markets.
With an intentionally curated portfolio of respected global brands,
Cambium serves as a leader in the education space, helping millions
of educators and students feel more universally valued each and
every day. In everything it does, the company focuses on the
elements that are most essential to the success of education,
delivering simpler, more certain solutions that make a meaningful
difference right now. To learn more,
visit www.cambiumlearning.com or follow Cambium
on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Medium. The
Cambium family of companies includes: Cambium Assessment, Rosetta
Stone®, Lexia® Learning, Learning A-Z®, Voyager Sopris Learning®,
ExploreLearning®, Time4Learning®, and Kurzweil Education®.
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