Education and Technology Awards and Accolades

The American Consortium for Equity in Education Excellence Awards

Winner and finalist in multiple categories:

• Best New Product of the Year for Brain-Based Literacy Instruction
• Best Author or Speaker - Dr. Molly Ness and Dr. Terrie Noland
• Best Early Childhood Education Solution for Excite Reading^TM
• Finalist for Nonprofit of the Year and Leader of the Year - Andrew Friedman, CEO Learning Ally
• Finalist for Learning Ally Audiobook Solution

Brain-Based Literacy Instruction: Best Literacy App or Tool

Judges include edtech thought leaders, PreK-12 teachers, K-12 administrators, and PreK-12 parents.

Excite Reading: Best Early Childhood Education App or Tool

Tech Edvocate Awards recognizes outstanding companies, people, and educational products.

Excite Reading: Best Pre-K-2 Early Literacy Supplemental Reading Curriculum

EdTech Digest recognizes outstanding contributions in transforming education through technology to enrich learners’ lives everywhere.

CMX Community Industry Award

Learning Ally's thriving Educator Community won the 2023 CMX Community Industry Award for Best Growth Marketing Community. The CMX Community Industry Awards celebrates the achievements of the best in the community space. This category recognizes exceptional efforts in innovative strategies used to drive growth and engagement among members. Elizabeth Zwerg, Learning Ally’s Educator Community Manager, was also a finalist for “Best Executive Leader” for her work building an internal, employee-driven “Sunshine Committee” that empowers champions for the Educator Community.

Tech & Learning Award of Excellence

Our PreK-6 Professional Learning Courseware, “Brain-Based Literacy Instruction,” has won the T&L Award of Excellence. This award celebrates edtech that has excelled in supporting teachers, students, and education professionals in the classroom, for professional development, or general management of education resources and learning.

American Consortium for Equity in Education
Excellence in Equity - Winner

Excite ReadingTM has won the Excellence in Equity Award for Best Early Childhood Education Solution by The American Consortium for Equity in Education (ACE-Ed). The early literacy program supports PreK-2 teachers who want to equip emergent learners with the language skills essential for reading success based on the science of reading. The program’s e-library is filled with themed text sets of authentic children’s literature to ensure every emergent reader receives early decoding and language development skills, while widening their curiosity and reading enjoyment.

American Consortium for Equity in Education
Excellence in Equity - Nominee

The American Consortium for Equity in Education named Learning Ally a nominee in its “Excellence in Equity K-12 Changemakers” Award. This award acknowledges the invaluable contributions of educators and industry to improve opportunities and outcomes for all students.

Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence
Excite Reading™

Tech and Learning awards Excite Reading™ acknowledging Excellence in Primary Education for its holistic design to help early childhood educators teach critical pre-reading skills, while encouraging curiosity and wonder in young and emerging readers. Through a library of vibrant, culturally diverse e-books with human narration, Excite Reading™ is a versatile reading supplement. It gives early learners in (PreK to 2nd grade) a head start in learning foundational skills in phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, and background knowledge to ensure future progress in academic achievement.

2022 CODiE Awards by SIIA

Learning Ally Audiobook Solution for Best Learning Recovery Tool

Education product that provides resources to help close learning gaps for students in fun and engaging ways. Multiple judges panel evaluated the Audiobook Solution for: boosting skill development and learning confidence; adaptability to diverse learning styles; flexibility to meet students at-on-or above grade-level; learning independence; intuitive user interface and ease of use functionality; learning engagement; data and reporting capabilities; innovation; research-backed; curriculum alignment; and support.

2022 Readers Choice Awards By SmartBrief On EdTech

Excite Reading™ was recognized for changing the education landscape for the better through innovative solutions, the latest technology or pioneering problem-solving.

EdTech Digest: Cool Tool Award

Audiobook Solution is a finalist in the literacy/reading category as an outstanding product that transforms education through technology based on pedagogical workability, efficacy, and value for students and teachers.

EdTech Digest Global Leadership Award Finalist

Dr. Terrie Noland named finalist in the EdTech Author/Speaker/Podcast category for the Learning Ally Literacy Leadership podcast.

Tech & Learning Award of Excellence

Best Back to School Tool for Secondary Education by Tech & Learning Award of Excellence. Products receiving this award provide a high-level of versatility, compatibility, and value to U.S. schools and support teachers' efforts to ensure continuity of instruction and to solve immediate learning challenges for diverse student populations with reading deficits.

SIIA Codie 2021

The SIIA Codie awards recognize transformative products in education technology. The Learning Ally Audiobook Solution is one of seven finalists as “Best Virtual Learning Solution".

Fast Company World Changing Ideas Award

Learning Ally receives Honorable Mention in the education category and joins the ranks of trailblazing organizations at the forefront of world-changing innovation for the good of our society.

EdTech Digest: Cool Tool Award Finalist

The Learning Ally Audiobook Solution is a finalist in the general education literacy/reading category. This award recognizes outstanding products that transform education through technology. Judging criteria includes pedagogical workability, product efficacy and results, support, clarity, value for students and teachers and learning potential.

T&L Excellence Award for Best Remote and Blended Learning Tool for Secondary Education

Celebrates the work of technology providers who stepped up to support educators, students and parents in diverse learning environments and that focus on student learning and continuity of instruction.

Common Sense Media Education

4 Star Product Review of The Learning Ally Audiobook Solution for Reading Engagement.

NJ Biz Finalist

Learning Ally is proud to be named a Finalist in the NJ Business of the Year program for our outstanding contributions in education to the Garden State and beyond.

all digital school: editor's pick

All Digital School, an online education resource platform, selected The Learning Ally Audiobook Solution as its top editors’ pick. ADS shines a spotlight on quality edtech products and services that can help teachers and parents deliver an effective distance learning experience for students.

EdTech Digest: Cool Tool Award Finalist

Learning Ally's mobile app is a finalist in the 2020 EdTech "Cool Tool" Awards! This award focuses on tools and resources that transform education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere. The annual program shines a spotlight on cool tools, inspiring leaders, and innovative trendsetters.

Academics Choice Award Winner: Smart Media

The Academics' Choice Awards brings recognition to the best thinking-based educational products for parents and educators. This award represents the best brain-boosting material on the market and helps parents and teachers distinguish between "class-time fillers" and genuinely effective learning tools that stimulate the mind, to provide potential for the student to fully develop higher order thinking skills.

mom's choice award: honoring excellence

The Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA) evaluates products and services created for children, families and educators. The program is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services.

Tech Edvocate Finalist for Best AT App

In the spirit of change and innovation in America’s education system, Learning Ally was selected as a top finalist in the 2019 Tech Edvocate Awards for Best AT App or Tool in support of students with learning disabilities and special needs.

Society Of Voice Arts And Sciences (SOVAS) Award Winner

Learning Ally Celebrates a 2019 SOVAS Award for Dave Fennoy’s ‘Best Voiceover Audiobook Narration-History’ of “March Book III” by Congressman John Lewis.