Apangea Learning SmartHelp Honored as a Top Education Product of 2007-2008

Apangea Learning SmartHelp is the only product to receive District Administration magazine's Reader's Choice Top 100 Educational Products of 2007-2008; Technology and Learning magazine's 2007 Award of Excellence and also be nominated as a finalist for Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 2008 CODiE Award in the same year.

Smart Help provides one-student-to-one-teacher differentiated math instruction by combining proprietary tutoring technology that emulates tutoring best practices with online instruction from live, certified teachers. It utilizes a skills-based problem solving process that teaches students how to systematically break down problems into manageable steps. SmartHelp is based on one of the world's largest bodies of cognitive research.

In each issue, District Administration magazine identifies the best education products that will serve the needs of its readers, culminating in a year's-end Top 100 Products. However this year, District Administration's Top 100 Products were chosen by its readers based on their firsthand experience. Extensively reviewing the comments, ratings and suggestions that readers posted on its Web site, District Administration magazine will present its Readers' Choice Top 100 Educational Products of 2007-2008 in a special issue of its magazine and on its Web site (www.districtadministration.com).

"As products editor, this process was similar to a blind date, not knowing what products our readership would favor," explained District Administration magazine's products editor, Ken Royal. "I enjoyed reading all the comments sent to me by our readers for our Top 100 Products this year. Apangea Learning is a perfect example of this -- the comments folder I created for their product was filled with positive praise that came from users throughout the country."

"This is a very humbling honor to accept, knowing that our customers took time from their extremely busy schedules to pass along their praise of SmartHelp to District Administration magazine," stated Apangea Learning CEO Louis Piconi. "Being recognized and honored this year by the leading educators; our peers and now our customers is an unbelievable accomplishment, but it also speaks to the growing importance of providing tutoring to every child who requires it."

About Apangea Learning: Apangea Learning is setting a new standard in the way students learn. The company's groundbreaking SmartHelp tutoring solution enables students to dramatically improve achievement, at the most cost- effective price. SmartHelp provides differentiated math instruction for every student via a multi-tiered escalation model that integrates its intelligent tutoring system and live one-on-one human tutors. It utilizes innovative Web- based technology that engages students and teaches essential problem-solving skills. Apangea Learning's solutions are based on one of the world's largest bodies of cognitive research and are aligned to both the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and with individual state math standards. Visit Apangea Learning on the Web at www.apangealearning.com.

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