Carnegie Learning Names James B. Nye As CEO.Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2002 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. , Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has named James B. Nye as the company's new President and Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Nye brings to Carnegie Learning more than 30 years of experience in both publishing and technology, including sales, management and marketing. "After a very extensive search I'm very pleased to have Jim Nye join Carnegie Learning as President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ," said Bill Hadley, Vice President, Educational Services, and Chief Academic Officer. "Jim's strong sales and marketing experience combined with his leadership and vision are great additions to the Carnegie Learning team. With Jim leading the team, I'm confident we will be successful in taking Carnegie Learning to the next level." "Carnegie Learning is a best-case example of educational research being applied to the real needs of our educational system. The company has built an effective, demonstrable and measurable method of teaching and learning mathematics," says Nye. "Cognitive Tutor A cognitive tutor is an intelligent tutoring system which develops a cognitive model of a student as he or she interacts with the program, providing problems and individualized instruction based on this model. (R) software, developed at 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). , is central to the curricula and greatly enhances the learning experience by integrating technology into Carnegie Learning's courses. Students, working independently and in groups, gain confidence as they track their own progress through the lessons. This creates a positive environment for both students and their teachers." "This is a very exciting time in mathematics education and Carnegie Learning is in the forefront of content providers, offering innovative curricular solutions. We will be creating more applications of the Cognitive Tutor and will aggressively build on our customer base of more than 1,000 schools." About Carnegie Learning Carnegie Learning, Inc., a leading educational company, develops and markets Cognitive Tutor curricula, the only solutions that truly integrate print and technology to enhance learning and achievement in mathematics. The Company's core products, Cognitive Tutor Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and Integrated Math, are supported by research that began in 1983. The Cognitive Tutor curricula are being used in 35 of the 100 largest school districts in the country, including Chicago, Clark County Clark County is the name of twelve counties in the United States of America:
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, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , and San Francisco. Unlike supplemental educational software, Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor products are the first comprehensive curricula for mathematics uniting technology and text into results-based courses built around cognitive learning models that enable personalized learning paths. Cognitive Tutor curricula are appropriate for students in middle school through four-year institutions of higher education. For more information, visit Carnegie Learning at www.carnegielearning.com. |
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