Learning Upgrade

Posted on July 20, 2018 by kblavatt
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San Diego firm named a finalist in the $7 million Adult Literacy XPrize contest
Mike Freeman Contact Reporter
Excerpt: The San Diego Union Tribune: A San Diego education technology company is one of five finalists for the $7 million Barbara Bush Foundation “Adult Literacy XPrize”, which aims to improve reading skills via smartphone apps.

Learning Upgrade, a family-owned firm that produces reading and math lessons with music and animation reminiscent of the Schoolhouse Rock TV series, was named an XPrize finalist from an original pool of 109 teams from 15 countries.

The 10-employee firm will square off against the four other finalists in an ongoing 12,000-person field test being conducted in Los Angeles, Dallas and Philadelphia. Then a panel of judges will analyze which mobile app achieved the best results among adult learners. The winner will be announced in early 2019. See full The San Diego Union Tribune article:  SD Firm Named Finalist

2017-2018- “Learning Upgrade”  ARE XPRIZE SEMIFINALIST FOR ADULT LITERACY!
Only two teams are from the US West Coast, and only “Learning Upgrade” has Ocean Beach Animator Ray Blavatt! You’ve may have seen Ray’s cartoon drawings at the local OB coffee houses, but didn’t know he has been the animator for Learning Upgrade creating their titles that have taught millions of students. We are one step closer to eliminating the barriers to literacy learning for the over 36 million low literate adults living in the United States. See: https://adultliteracy.xprize.org/
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