First school to use the Alef Platform in New York City will be on 1st Oct 2018
New York, USA – Alef Education, creator of the world’s first artificial intelligence-powered, transformational technology-enabled education solution, and the USA-based NexGen Education, signed a distribution agreement for the implementation of Alef’s revolutionary education system across the United States of America. It is envisaged that the first two schools will be part of The Harlem Children’s Zone schools in New York, and they will use the Alef platform on 1st of October 2018. The agreement was signed in New York, by Geoffrey Alphonso, CEO of Alef Education and Hanut Singh, CEO of NexGen Education, in the presence of Jassim Alseddiqi board director of Alef Education, Dr. Saleh Al Hashemi CEO of Algorythma, and Geoffrey Canada, the Founder and President of the Harlem Children’s Zone in Harlem, New York.
Alef’s large and diverse team of international experts designed a complete end-to-end content that carefully interweaves skills, character and knowledge. The content is grounded in the latest learning science research and is outlined in such a way that it encourages students to be explorative, creative and focus on self-learning and independent thinking, all by making creative thought the most important goal. Students will be enabled to progressively develop more responsibility for their learning and can offer an environment that is relatively judgment-free.
The agreement signals the importance of closer collaboration in education to effectively exploit joint synergies to enhance efficiency for the benefit of the students. The partnership is also in keeping with Alef’s objective to overhaul the status quo to usher in a new paradigm in education by means of a holistic technology based and AI-powered educational model. It is the culmination of an extensive process of collaborative curriculum planning and design by Alef Education to create a digital education delivered through advanced technology. The educational design uses concepts such as thematic interdisciplinary learning, which encourages learning through experience and experiment. Its design adopts natural language processing, advanced data science, and technology-enhanced content, to deliver a system that engages students and encourages self-learning, with the aim of equipping them with the skills necessary to successfully navigate the world of the future.
Commenting on the agreement, Geoffrey Alphonso said: “We are excited that NexGen Education has chosen to join hands with us in this unique initiative to leverage our collective resources and strategies to the benefit of students. At Alef, we strive to leverage transformational technology and artificial intelligence as tools to achieve the goals of learning. We intend to work closely with The Harlem Children’s Zone schools and other schools in the USA to provide the students with best-in-class education system. The introduction of our innovative educational system in the USA is a significant development in Alef’s long-term vision to become a global leader in AI-powered transformational technology-enabled education solutions. Through this partnership between our two organizations, Alef will apply its pioneering system based on the integration of technology into classrooms, enabling data-informed roadmaps for learners at every level and a return to dynamic relationships between teachers and students. We look forward to further extend the implementation of our holistic technology-based system into other grades and classes at The Harlem Children’s Zone schools, and beyond into the USA market”.
Hanut Singh said: “NexGen Education is thrilled to announce its partnership with Alef Education and Harlem Children's Zone. We believe the integration of Alef’s K-12 innovative technology with Harlem Children's Zone's thoughtful practicum will transform the future of education. NexGen will partner with Alef Education to support our vision of transforming education within the US market space”.
NexGen is a ed-tech startup, headquartered in New York and backed by QBS Learning, which has a strong pedigree in K-12 content delivery. With a workforce of over 500 employees, it has a proven track record with 33 years of experience serving clients across the world with a focus in US, UK, Middle Eastern, and Asian markets. The NexGen Education leadership team includes chairperson Geoffrey Canada, CEO Hanut Singh, and Ambassador (retired) Harry K. Thomas Jr.
Geoffrey Canada said: “We are honored to welcome this opportunity to strengthen our collaboration with Alef Education. This relationship marks the beginning of a strategic partnership between our two leading organizations to benefit our students and parents in Harlem schools and beyond. Our intention is to be an active partner that constantly provides valuable feedback that insures that Alef’s team has the opportunity to incorporate our considerable expertise in educating inner-city students of color into their planning and commitment to continual improvement. Together we think we can make what is already a world class technology-enabled education system, even better”.
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About Alef Education
Alef Education is a privately-held education technology company, with a team of more than 300 leading technology and education experts who have joined forces to reimagine K-12 education and address the shortcoming of current models, to prepare students for the world and workplace of tomorrow.
Driven by a notion that each student across the world has an innate curiosity to learn, the team at Alef has developed a transformational technology-enabled education solution that recognizes that every student deserves a customized learning journey – moving from the traditional teacher-centered model to a new, learner-centered model.
Alef is the world’s first, transformational technology-enabled education solution which is a complete end-to-end mainstream form of formal classroom-based academic learning. Alef enhances the learning experience of K-12 students, by taking existing curricula and reshaping it for the 21st century.
Using an innovative and immersive multi-lingual learning-science framework, with in-house hypermedia content powered by cutting-edge technology and artificial intelligence, the Alef technology and can carefully synchronize with a school’s curriculum to deliver a custom-made learning experience that enables each student to learn at their own pace.
With anytime, anywhere access, each student is supported by a community of teachers who can make individualized decisions to ensure that they are meeting their short and long-term goals.
About NexGen Education
NexGen is a ed-tech startup, headquartered in New York and backed by QBS Learning, which has a strong pedigree in K-12 content delivery. With a workforce of over 500 employees, it has a proven track record with 33 years of experience serving clients across the world with a focus in US, UK, Middle Eastern, and Asian markets.
The NexGen Education leadership team includes chairperson Geoffrey Canada, CEO Hanut Singh, and Ambassador (retired) Harry K. Thomas Jr.
About The Harlem Children’s Zone®
The Harlem Children’s Zone® has always been driven by the belief that the success of our children and the strength of the community go hand in hand. Their needs are inseparable and must be addressed together in order to break the cycle of generational poverty and give our kids a real shot at the American dream.
Aimed at providing comprehensive, critical support to children and families and reweaving the very fabric of community life, the HCZ® Project began as a one-block pilot in the 1990s. With bold ambition, careful planning, and a strong infrastructure, we set out to address not just some but all of the issues children and families were facing within a finite geographic area: crumbling apartments, rampant drug use, failing schools, violent crime, and chronic health problems.
Building on the success of this early initiative, we launched a 10-year strategic plan in 2000, steadily and systematically expanding the depth and breadth of our programming to encompass 24 blocks, then 60 blocks, and ultimately 97 blocks. Today, the Children’s Zone® serves more than 10,000 youth and nearly 10,000 adults and our organization as a whole serve over 12,509 youth and 12,498 adults.
With thousands of young people well on their way to achieving the ultimate goal of college graduation, we have not only reached the tipping point, but also have become a national model and thought leader in the fields of education, youth and community development, and the fight against poverty.
© Press Release 2018
