Carnegie Learning Nabs Market Veteran Joseph Goins as Vice President of Sales.PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Learning Carnegie Learning, Inc. is a publisher of math curriculum for middle school, high school, and post-secondary students. The company uses a blended approach, with a textbook and software (called Cognitive Tutor) for each subject. , creators of the Cognitive Tutor mathematics curricula, named Joseph L. Goins Vice President of Sales. Former Vice President of Strategic Sales at Plato Learning Inc., Goins brings over twelve years of experience in instructional software to Carnegie Learning. Prior to serving in several different sales roles in his ten years with Plato Learning, Goins began his career as a vocational educator where he developed a statewide mathematics curriculum. He earned his Masters of Science degree in Administration and Supervision from the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. and, upon completion, served on a state wide basic skills committee that adopted guidelines, which the Tennessee Board of Regents The Tennessee Board of Regents as currently constituted is authorized by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly passed in 1972. It supervises all public institutions of higher education in Tennessee not governed by the University of Tennessee system, including four-year subsequently used. Joseph is a member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, or ASCD, is a membership-based nonprofit organization founded in 1943. It has more than 175,000 members in 135 countries, including superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and and serves as a Board Member of the Christian Education Network. "I am excited to have the opportunity to work with Carnegie Learning. The products and services that they have developed through their researched-based models continue to prove they make a difference with students, teachers, and administrators," commented Goins. He continued, "This offers tremendous opportunities for the company to grow and expand in the market place. I look forward to working with a staff that already has created and developed such an impressive solution for educators." About Carnegie Learning Carnegie Learning is the developer of the Cognitive Tutor(R) comprehensive curricula for secondary mathematics. Established in 1998 by researchers, teachers and scholars from Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). , Carnegie Learning was founded to apply and extend more than 20 years of award-winning research in cognitive science to mathematics instruction. Headquartered in Pittsburgh and operating with a full-time staff of more than 60 educators, researchers, management, technical, marketing and support staff members, Carnegie Learning's mathematics courses now serve more than 150,000 students in nearly 100 of the nation's school districts, including Alaska State Department of Education Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Miami-Dade, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco and the Department of Defense Education Activity The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is a civilian agency of the United States Department of Defense. It is headed by a director who oversees all agency functions from DoDEA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. . Available courses currently include Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and Integrated Math. |
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