Educate Products Names Jinny Goldstein Vice President of Education and Strategy
04 March 2006 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
E-Learning Pioneer Will Join Leading Provider of Educational
Services and Products BALTIMORE, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Educate, Inc., a leading pre- K-12 education services company,
today named Jinny Goldstein as Vice President of Education and
Strategy of its Educate Products division, where she will help
identify, define and execute opportunities to provide valuable
educational programs, products and services that inspire in
children a lifelong love of learning. Goldstein will also create
and strengthen relationships with government agencies and education
organizations that share Educate Products' mission to help all
children become successful learners. Formerly Senior Vice President
for Education of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and
President of PBS The Business Channel, Goldstein is a national
leader in finding new and exciting ways to increase children's
access to quality educational programming and services. "Jinny
Goldstein has always been at the forefront of ground-breaking
educational trends and is a champion of innovative children's
learning initiatives," says Chip Paucek, president of Educate
Products. "As Educate Products continues to expand our offering of
quality products, programs and services, we are extremely excited
to have such an innovative individual join our efforts. Her
enthusiasm, credibility and industry knowledge will undoubtedly
contribute to the overall success of the company." Most recently,
Goldstein headed the Goldstein Education Group, a company offering
strategic services for educational organizations, institutions and
companies, including distance learning, telecommunications and
media, planning, marketing, product development and fundraising.
Before that, during her more than 20-year tenure with PBS, she
created PBS Education, a new corporate division that consolidated
and expanded PBS' formal lifelong learning services and activities,
expanded its Ready To Learn early childhood education service,
launched TeacherLine, an innovative teacher professional
development service and played a key role in creating and growing
the Adult Learning Service, the first nationally-coordinated
distance learning service. Goldstein also secured major government
and private grants, strengthened public television's relationships
with national education organizations and federal agencies and
supported local PBS stations in providing educational services to
their communities. Goldstein holds a master's degree in politics of
education from Teachers College, Columbia University and a
bachelor's degree in political science from New York University. "I
deeply believe in the importance of instilling in children a
lifelong love of learning through the use of fun, stimulating and
educationally-sound methods," says Goldstein. "I am excited to join
Educate Products to find new ways to successfully engage children
in rewarding learning experiences that will serve them well
throughout their lives." About Educate, Inc. Educate, Inc.
(NASDAQ:EEEE) is a leading pre-K-12 education services company
delivering education services and products to students and their
families. It has a portfolio of highly acclaimed brands including
Sylvan Learning Centers, North America's largest and most trusted
network of tutoring centers, providing supplemental, remedial and
enrichment instruction; Hooked on Phonics, delivering highly
regarded early reading, math and study skills programs; and
Catapult Learning, a leading provider of educational services to
public and non-public schools. More information on Educate, Inc.
can be found at http://www.educate-inc.com/. Forward-looking
Statements This release includes information about Educate, Inc.
that could constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to
the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. The words "believe," "anticipate," "intend,"
"estimate," "expect," "will," "should," "may" and similar
expressions, or the negative of such words and expressions, are
intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all
forward- looking statements contain such words or expressions. Such
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.
Although Educate, Inc. believes that the expectations reflected in
such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, Educate, Inc.'s actual results could differ materially
from those described in the forward-looking statements. The
following factors might cause such a difference: the development
and expansion of the Sylvan Learning Center franchise system;
changes in the relationships among Sylvan Learning Center and its
franchisees; Educate, Inc.'s ability to effectively manage business
growth; increased competition from other educational service
providers; changes in laws and government policies and programs;
changes in the acceptance of Educate, Inc.'s services and products
by institutional customers and consumers; changes in customer
relationships acceptance of new programs, services and products by
institutional customers and consumers; the seasonality of operating
results; global economic conditions, including interest and
currency rate fluctuations, and inflation rates. Additional
information regarding these and other risk factors and
uncertainties are set forth from time to time in Educate, Inc.'s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available for
viewing on Educate, Inc.'s website http://www.educate-inc.com/. (To
access this information on Educate, Inc.'s website, click on
"Investor Relations" and then "SEC Filings".) All forward-looking
statements are based on information available to Educate, Inc. on
the date of this Release. Educate, Inc. undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. HOOKED
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