Nominations from top K-12 leaders led to the selection of products that enhance learning across the country
(Minneapolis, MN) December 8, 2015 — myON, a business of Capstone and leading provider of personalized literacy solutions in the K-12 marketplace, has been recognized for making a positive difference in education by K-12 leaders who named it to District Administration magazine’s “Readers’ Choice Top Products for 2015.”
The winners were compiled from 2,100-plus nominations from the magazine’s readers over the past year. The Readers’ Choice Top Products have been announced online and in the December 2015 issue of District Administration.
District Administration’s Readers’ Choice Top Products awards program informs superintendents and other senior school district leaders about products their colleagues around the country are using to help their districts excel in a variety of areas, such as technology, sustainability, and curriculum instruction.
“It is a tremendous honor to be recognized by our District Administration as a top-ranked tool to help students increase literacy, and we extend gratitude to our loyal educators and administrators who took the time to share their myON stories,” said Todd Brekhus, president of myON. “With millions of students reading on myON, we are proud to help foster a love for reading and promote literacy. We are proud of the work we do, and this award is a true testament of the nationwide commitment our myON and our district partners have made to improve literacy. This award is for them, and we cannot thank them enough.”
“It was inspiring to learn about the products being used in today’s schools and classrooms that are helping districts succeed,” said JD Solomon, District Administration’s editorial director. “All of our 2015 honorees should be very proud of this achievement.”
About myON
myON, a business unit of Capstone, is a personalized digital literacy platform that creates collaborative learning opportunities. myON expands the classroom for teachers and students by providing unlimited access to a collection of more than 10,000 enhanced digital books with multimedia supports, real-time assessments, and close reading tools. myON empowers students and teachers with real-time, actionable data—number and type of books opened and read, time spent reading, results of regular benchmark assessments, and more—based on embedded Lexile® assessments that measure student reading growth. With myON, every student experiences the benefits of personalized literacy instruction. For more information, please visit www.myON.com.
About District Administration
District Administration provides K-12 leaders with critical news and information for school district management, through its monthly magazine, website, e-newsletters and the District Administration Leadership Institute Superintendent Summits. For more information, visit www.DistrictAdministration.com.
