This week, a young education company seeks advice on how much financial risk to take on as it pushes forward. — Dan Beyers
The Story Behind Scrambled Sentences
Outside South Lake Elementary School in mid-February, snow was still piled high atop grassy medians and street corners. Inside, kids raced, hopped, spun, and meandered around the warm cafeteria. It was pizza time! This was my first visit to Dream...
EdTech Innovation Showcase leads to Pilot Partnership with Sylvan Learning
The following is a lightly edited excerpt of an August 29, 2017 blog post made by David Cross of the Towson University Incubator. Find the original here.
Speak Agent goes live!
Speak Agent launches new online tool for teaching academic program to English Language Learners
Washington Post's Business Rx Features Speak Agent, Inc.
Language-learning company seeks help translating early success into a growing enterprise
NSF Awards Speak Agent Phase II SBIR
Last night the National Science Foundation notified us of a two-year Phase II SBIR grant award that will fund further research and development of our digital platform for academic language learning, especially for English Language Learners (ELLs)....
Speak Agent Selected as Finalist for DAI Innovation Into Action Challenge
DAI, a global development company, selected Speak Agent as a Finalist for its USAID-funded Innovation into Action Challenge. Speak Agent was among nine finalists selected from a field of nearly 300 entrants. Speak Agent is working with DAI and USAID...
NSF Phase One R&D Shows Results
In January we issued our final report to the National Science Foundation for Phase I SBIR award IIP-1448520. This NSF grant supported development of many of the features you see today with Speak Agent's academic language and vocabulary learning...
TEDCO Invests in Speak Agent's Academic Language Platform
Today the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) invested $100,000 in Speak Agent, Inc. through its Technology Commercialization Fund. TEDCO is an independent entity originally founded by the Maryland General Assembly that makes...
Speak Agent Begins Beta Testing
The Speak Agent beta program is now live with select Maryland, DC and Virginia public and private schools serving grades K to 8. The invitation-only beta test supports ESL/ESOL and dual-language academic vocabulary instruction with customizable...
Visual language can be processed like written and spoken language
A team of researchers from Dalhousie University, Georgetown University, University of Geneva and University of Rochester today published the results of the first study to directly compare how brain systems engaged by sign language differ from those...
