Two Learning A-Z Websites Earn Finalist Honors From Software & Information Industry Association
TUCSON, Ariz., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning A-Z, a business unit of Voyager Learning Company (OTC: VLCY), announced today that its Raz-Kids (www.raz-kids.com) and Writing A-Z (www.writinga-z.com) websites have earned finalist honors from the Software and Information Industry Association. This is the second consecutive year that Raz-Kids has been nominated and the first year for Writing A-Z. Raz-Kids is nominated for Best Educational Use of a Technology Device and Writing A-Z is nominated for Best Reading/English Instructional Solution.
Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards are given each year by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), utilizing both journalist and peer-company reviews to identify the leaders and innovators in over 70 categories across the software, digital content and education technology industries.
"We are extremely pleased to have our student-centered Raz-Kids website recognized as a CODiE finalist for the second consecutive year. We were also very happy to have Writing A-Z named as a finalist," says Bob Holl, founder and publisher of Learning A-Z. "These awards are particularly meaningful coming from SIIA."
Recipients of the 2009 CODiE Awards will be announced at a gala event on May 5, 2009, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA. To view a complete list of CODiE Award Education category finalists visit: http://www.siia.net/codies/2009/finalist_list.asp.
About Learning A-Z
The Learning A-Z family of websites began in 2002 at the hands of two talented entrepreneurs with years of experience in the education industry, Robert Holl and Francis Morgan. Holl and Morgan believed every child should have developmentally appropriate books and activities to learn to read -- at school and at home. The company, with the support of a handful of staff, many still holding key positions today, started with Learning Page, which provides free printable activities, and Reading A-Z, a reading resource subscription website. Learning A-Z, whose parent company is Voyager Learning Company, now provides a number of dynamic curriculum delivery websites with hundreds of thousands of teaching and learning resources for PreK-6 educators and students. A substantial percentage of classrooms in the United States and worldwide are benefiting from Learning A-Z's comprehensive collections of high-quality educational resources offered at a low cost and available 24/7 via the Internet.
About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 800 leading software and information companies. For more information, visit www.siia.net.
