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Boston, MA, April 24, 2024 – AllHere, a leading developer of artificial intelligence solutions for K-12 education, has been recognized as one of the top 75 edtech companies globally in the inaugural edition of the World’s Top EdTech Companies 2024. This prestigious award, presented by TIME and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider, recognizes companies focused on developing and providing educational technologies, products, or services. Founded in 2016 at the Harvard Innovation Labs, AllHere is an industry leader in delivering award-winning, research-proven artificial intelligence solutions reaching more than 9,100 schools across 36 states. Building on these accomplishments, the company recently released Ed, a first-of-its-kind learning acceleration platform rooted in research, innovation, and engagement, through a public-private partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District. Ed is designed to create personalized action plans uniquely tailored to each student and provide them and their family with an ecosystem of valuable resources and support for fast-tracking learning in and beyond the school day. AllHere's solutions are built by educators, researchers, and learning designers and are backed by a robust body of ESSA-aligned studies validating their impact on stakeholder communication, family engagement, and student success. “We are honored to receive recognition from TIME for our innovative use of AI to enhance learning and connections between students, families, and school districts,” said Joanna Smith-Griffin. “At AllHere, our team is dedicated to driving student success by designing advanced educational tools that complement the vital work of great teachers.” More than 7,000 companies were evaluated for consideration on TIME’s World’s Top EdTech Companies 2024 list. Data was gathered from annual reports, media monitoring, and other public sources to support the research. Additionally, Statista worked with specialized data partners HolonIQ and LexisNexis PatentSight to further strengthen the data quality. Companies were judged based on a thorough review of the following criteria: Financial Strength: Revenue, funding data, and company disclosures. Industry impact: Quality and impact of product or service portfolio, as well as the quality and value of the company’s intellectual property. The final rankings were determined by combining scores from these criteria, recognizing the top 250 companies for their extraordinary impact on the industry and strong financial performance. To learn more about AllHere, visit www.AllHere.com. About AllHere AllHere is an award-winning developer of artificial intelligence solutions for K-12 education, including Ed, a next-generation learning acceleration platform. Founded in 2016 by a Harvard graduate and former teacher, AllHere is dedicated to creating opportunity-rich lives for every child in America by providing customized assistance to help students and their families navigate education. Supported by the Harvard Innovation Lab, AllHere's solutions are trusted by over 9,100 schools across 36 states, supporting millions of students and families on their path to academic success. To learn more about AllHere, visit www.AllHere.com.

AllHere Explained #2 One of the ways an edtech company adds value for the school or district they are partnering with is by ensuring their product or tool can be easily integrated into the district’s existing systems. In order to do this in a truly meaningful way to support outcomes it requires going beyond basic integrations like Single Sign-On (SSO) and instead focusing on next-generation interoperability. This post, the second in the “AllHere Explained” series, delves deeper into the issue of Next Generation interoperability and describes how AllHere achieves this with Ed™, a pioneering AI-fueled, learning acceleration platform created in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District. The challenge of interoperability Interoperability refers to the ability of two or more systems to be able to work together to exchange information meaningfully and accurately in order to produce useful results. Interoperability is always a fundamental consideration in AllHere’s work. AllHere’s customers typically use many different systems for instruction and operations – including some that contain critical or sensitive data. Decision-makers at these organizations require students and families to accomplish multiple tasks across these systems to make a meaningful – or even a mission-critical – impact on student outcomes a reality. For example, to manage learning recovery, school districts have needed to rapidly ensure adherence to plans for digital tool usage. This may look like 15 minutes of daily usage in one tool, 45 minutes of weekly usage in another, and daily 5-to-10 question skills-practice drills in yet another. The plan may give hundreds of thousands of users, from students to families, access to different learning paths that take the recommendations of these tools and the student’s current assessment and academic progress data into account. This creates an acute challenge for instructional and technology governance teams. Tracking which student is using which tools and how often, and whether the work that they are doing in each tool meets the student at their level of proficiency in each skill; and tracking this across thousands (2,500, on average) of tools and thousands of users becomes an exceptionally complex problem. In order to facilitate learning acceleration, instructional and technology governance teams must ensure that users have access to precision-paths within the tools they’re working with, that are adapting at the student’s level of proficiency, and that those experiences are threaded between tools to relieve the cognitive load caused by navigating so many different digital tools, environments, and interfaces. This challenge grows exceptionally with organizational scale. As the number of digital tools grows, so does the number of potential failures - underutilization of certain tools, poor matches between student asset/strength/need and the tools they are using, and extremely variable levels of quality. Ed was created through a public-private partnership between AllHere and the Los Angeles Unified School District. During the development process, unique tools were incorporated within the platform specifically designed to help instructional and data teams solve the challenges noted above. Ed’s Next Generation interoperability When developing Ed, AllHere created a “Next Generation Interoperability” framework which tightly integrates the skills-to-proficient process across top-tier digital tools (those with independent evidence of efficacy, engaging experiences that are multi-modal for different grade levels, and that are able to be used across multiple devices and mapped to skill levels). When designing Ed’s approach to interoperability, there were three objectives: Introduce innovation to interoperability beyond Single Sign-On Capture missing context across tools and make it available to better orchestrate students’ learning experiences Build intuitive, engaging tools for students to meet prescribed adherence/utilization goals. Instead of defining interoperability as being able to log into an individual tool, AllHere created Next Generation interoperability in which a potential user in Ed accesses an environment of tools. These tools have been mapped to a student’s specific skill levels and re-mapped into adaptive experiences, guiding the student to precision levels of next-step remediation or acceleration on a single screen - no more, no less. Every student’s experience with the tools is orchestrated in a single environment. The justifications that undergird each next-prompted action within the environment are individualized and impact-focused, creating a “school of one” which is constantly being refined by metadata on how completion of those activities move the student closer to their best levels of performance. Recording these justifications and the impact that individual learning activities in this environment are having on students’ learning outcomes prompts instructional and technology governance teams to continually consider the necessity and proportionality of their procurement decisions. They can achieve consolidation by considering the utilization of tools in the environment and the relationship between utilization and student outcomes. The output of that approach to next-generation interoperability is captured in the Ed Dashboard, making it available to instructional and technology governance teams for review. With Ed, at any point, a decision maker can understand not just who has access to what tools, but also why a student received ultra-personalized skill practice activities - with all of the context that went into the decision. This is advantageous because students have access to thousands of tools each day. By understanding why students received certain activities, and the impact those activities had on the student’s progress – and having this data for each of those thousands of tools – decision-makers can better understand which tools are having the greatest impact on student success. AllHere believes purposeful interoperability is a necessity. Purposefully focusing on how the thousands of tools and thousands of pieces of data available within a school or district learning system can be used together to achieve the best outcomes for each individual student helps students accelerate their learning. It is one of the many ways in which AllHere is able to provide an ecosystem of support to schools, districts, and their students. About this Series: This blog post is the second in a series called “AllHere Explained.” The series will explore a range of topics, including AllHere’s approach to security, privacy, AI/ML safety, education innovation, digital transformation, and more. We hope you find these blogs useful and informative; and we welcome feedback.

AllHere Explained #3 As edtech companies continue to integrate AI into their offerings, it is important for them to ensure it is being used responsibly. There are various concerns surrounding AI’s use in education, including student data and privacy, inappropriate content, spreading misinformation, and bias amplification. This post, the third in the “AllHere Explained” series, helps shed light on responsible AI and describes how AllHere ensures this with Ed™, a pioneering AI-fueled, learning acceleration platform created in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District. What is responsible AI? Responsible AI is the idea of ethical and accountable AI. It is one of The Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) policy priorities in 2024.  The organization supports “policies designed to foster trustworthy and responsible AI practices, including the mitigation of unintentional bias in algorithms and training data,” as well as “industry-led efforts to raise the bar on responsible AI development and use.” AllHere’s programs were developed using research and consultations with diverse communities, stakeholders and domain experts. They follow strict processes and controls to protect student data privacy. When AllHere creates an AI-fueled chatbot for a school or district, it undergoes pre-deployment testing, risk identification and mitigation, and ongoing monitoring to demonstrate that it is safe and effective based on its intended use. Ed™’s safe and effective system Built on AllHere’s award-winning platform, Ed™ was created using an approach where AI capabilities such as prediction quality and the machine learning process were prioritized from the outset. Instead of treating AI as an add-on or enhancement, AllHere focused on leveraging AI technologies as the primary driver of innovation for Ed™ from the conception phase. All along the development phases, AllHere has followed the strictest guidelines for responsible innovation and relentlessly tested Ed™. Here are 10 examples on how AllHere ensured Ed™ demonstrates responsible AI. ●       Activate and control AI in a “walled garden”: Ed™ offers a secure, real-time, multi-modal data foundation that integrates structured, unstructured, real-time/streaming, and other data into a single data lake. This data lake prioritizes data protection and long-term sustainable solutions. ●       Tested scenarios: AllHere examined and evaluated AI-driven activity and its consequences before enacting it. ●       Researched and evidence-based tools: Ed™ incorporates only the highest-quality, research, evidence-based, and district-approved tools that have been proven to be effective in meeting the needs of students, including diverse learners such as English learners and students with special needs. As the foundation for Ed™’s instruction, this carefully curated cohort of industry-leading tools goes beyond a repository approach to focusing on accelerating learning by targeting individual students’ needs, and they represent the best in engaging, interactive lessons that promote critical thinking and personalized learning and practice in the critical areas of literacy, numeracy, and science. ●       Emphasize and employ a rigorous human-in-the loop governance framework: AllHere can pinpoint when and how humans are embedded in decision-making. We conduct frequent, structured reviews and audits to assess Ed™’s systems impact, fairness, and safety, ensuring that it meets the highest standards of responsibility and transparency. Our dynamic governance model allows us to swiftly adapt to new insights, societal expectations and regulatory changes. ●       Human-centered: Ed™ amplifies what people do; it does not replace them. It enhances and assists educational practices at every level. AI does not replace teachers, it helps them provide personalized support to students at scale. ●       Built with strict processes and controls: This includes protecting student data, security against adversarial attacks, and the masking of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data throughout model development and the deployment life cycle. Additionally, Ed™ is compliant with FERPA and other data protection regulations. ●       Built with a focus on equity and mitigating bias: AllHere believes it’s important for AI to reflect the communities it serves. Ed™ is built by a diverse group of individuals with different backgrounds, experiences, races, languages and cultures to be representative of the way school districts look. ●       Informed and involved educators, families, and students: We’ve prioritized informing and involving educational constituents so they are prepared to use AI to fit specific teaching, learning, and family engagement needs. ●       Developed from consultation: Ed™ was evaluated by diverse communities, stakeholders, and domain experts to identify concerns, risks, and potential impacts of the system. AllHere believes responsible AI is vital as a lot of research and development of Ed™ focused on addressing context and enhancing trust and safety. We’ve done deep research that focuses Ed™ in on always adapting to context (the individual learner, variabilities in instructional approaches, what assets and differences families and students have). Ed™ operates as a ‘school of one,’ making it flexible and extendable to the district to meet each student’s, family’s, and educator’s particular needs. About this Series: This blog post is the third in a series called “AllHere Explained.” The series will explore a range of topics, including AllHere’s approach to security, privacy, AI/ML safety, education innovation, digital transformation, and more. We hope you find these blogs useful and informative; and we welcome feedback.

Discover the power of AllHere, the AI-driven digital application designed by educators to enhance stakeholder communication, boost family engagement, and improve student achievement. Experience proven results today! Transforming Education with AI-Powered Personalized Learning AllHere is the award-winning developer of AI solutions, including Ed, a next-generation learning acceleration platform. Trusted by over 9,100 schools nationwide, AllHere assists students and families to navigate their educational journey and achieve success. Learn More What is it? AllHere is a 24/7 text messaging system that facilitates two-way communication between families and school districts. Why is it used? To improve school attendance and foster students’ academic success and personal growth. What does it do? It provides a fast, easy way for families to receive answers to frequently asked questions about attendance, transportation, schedules, calendars, and more. How does it work? The real-time, two-way texting solution engages families through proactive messaging in their preferred language. Who benefits? The customer service support not only benefits students and families but allows educators more time to focus on hands-on instruction. Student success starts with engaging every single family We foster family engagement in support of student success using mobile messaging powered by artificial intelligence. AllHere communicates 24/7 via automated two-way texting, proactively sending nudges and drawing upon a customized knowledge base to ensure each family and student receives the right support at the right time. Through an innovative platform and an intuitive chatbot, families receive personalized, real-time, two-way communication and support in their preferred language. Guide Families at Each Stage of their Journey to and Through School Our innovative, novel, and evidence-based solution provides proactive messages and on-demand resources tailored to your educational community. By sending out helpful information and “nudges” to encourage action, queries to determine where families need assistance, as well as automatically responding to questions, AllHere offers an accessible, reliable communication option as part of your whole-child support system. See all the ways AllHere can help you > Mobile Messaging Powered by AI Personalized, two-way conversational support at scale 24/7. Evidence-Based Solutions Proven technology to increase student success in school, reduce the dropout rate, and build engagement. Actionable Insights and Analysis Data-driven intervention strategies with actionable insights, reporting, and analysis. How does it work? The interactive system operates entirely over SMS text messaging without the need for a smartphone or app. The platform utilizes data from the student information system to identify and manage the root causes of student absenteeism. The chatbot responds in less than 2 seconds to inquiries and provides resources to a nearly limitless number of families and students. When the system identifies a “priority” topic or doesn’t have the answer, questions are sent to an AllHere team member. The responses become part of the automated knowledge base. How Effective SMS Texting Open Rate Messages opened within 15 minutes of receipt Prefer SMS Communications Higher Engagement than Email District Administration names AllHere "Top EdTech Product of 2023" in the Learning Support category Proven Results Weekly, automated alerts to families about missed assignments, grades, and absences positively impacted student attendance and outcomes. Research on engaging parents through technology showed academic outcomes. Increase in class attendance Decrease in course failure Increase in GPA (points) Transforming engagement through messaging and artificial intelligence AI-powered system streamlines routine communications so teachers and school administrators can focus on the highest-impact engagement and education activities. Learn more >

Discover the power of AllHere, the AI-driven digital application designed by educators to enhance stakeholder communication, boost family engagement, and improve student achievement. Experience proven results today! Top of Page What is Ed? What does the Platform do? How does Ed Work? What is responsible AI? Chatbot Safeguards LAUSD Launches Ed What is Ed? How it Works Responsible AI FAQ News Contact Us Powered by Next Generation of Personalized Learning A first-of-its-kind learning acceleration platform that leverages advanced artificial intelligence to create personalized action plans to address each student’s unique learning needs. Ed represents a significant shift in how students and families are educated and engaged. Learn More "Ed serves as a trusted co-pilot, leveraging advanced AI and student data to guide students and families through their educational journey. By providing personalized support and resources, Ed removes some of the challenges that often impede students from achieving academic success." Joanna Smith-Griffin Founder and CEO of AllHere What is Ed? Ed is a learning acceleration platform designed to promote continuity of learning and improve student achievement. Rooted in the teaching and learning that happens in the classroom, Ed provides additional resources to students, and it helps parents understand how their children are individually progressing and how they can be supported throughout their schooling. Ed communicates with families about a student's progress and serves as a guide though their education journey. Ed's Key Features include: Academic Progress Monitoring: Updates about a student’s progress on grades, test scores, attendance, and graduation readiness to ensure families are always up-to-date about the student’s academic performance. Personalized Learning Activities: Interactive learning activities based on a student’s testing data including reading, math, and other academic skill practice exercises to meet the student’s individual needs. Timely Support and Guidance: Notifications about resources and support, with real-time feedback and guidance to assist a student’s continuous improvement. More Key Features: High-Quality Content Support: District-approved content from curriculum providers. Personalized Alerts and Messages: Actionable steps to support a student’s academic journey with customized alerts and messages for clear actions you can take to help guide their progress. Multilingual Capabilities: The ability to communicate in multiple languages ensures users can access all resources in their preferred language. 24/7 Support: Around-the-clock availability allows students and families to use the resource when it is convenient. What does the Platform do? By combining advanced technology and comprehensive data, Ed provides easy-to-understand reports about a student’s progress. It also creates action plans based on a student’s strengths, weaknesses and goals. Students will be able to access relevant, District-approved, student-centered online tools and resources to support their acceleration, growth, and achievement. The platform is adaptive to meet each student’s needs. This customized approach will make a student's supplemental skills practice more engaging, effective, and aligned with their individual needs. How does Ed work? Ed is an AI platform providing updates and timely notifications to inform families about their student’s progress and to provide resources and support for their student’s learning. Ed uses computer software designed to identify trends in a student’s attendance and academic performance, and it then suggests targeted interventions and activities to support their success. What is responsible AI? Responsible AI is the practice of designing, developing, and deploying artificial intelligence systems (AI) with good intentions to empower those who use it. Ed was developed with responsible AI at its core. Ed uses a Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) model, which combines AI technology with human expertise and insight. The system utilizes advanced AI algorithms to generate recommendations for educational and support purposes. These AI-driven processes are overseen and enhanced by the expertise of background-checked human moderators who are former educators. They provide insights, context, and support to ensure that the AI algorithms align with educational objectives, adhere to best practices, and maintain ethical standards. Chatbot Safeguards Privacy, security and ethical use of data in our Chatbot system is most important. Below are the steps we take to keep your data safe. To ensure student data is kept safe, it is all kept private, processed and stored in a secure environment. Strong human involvement is a key feature, including a continuous review of the AI experience to maintain standards. Measures like guardrails and filters are in place to prevent hate speech, with clear indicators that the Chatbot, not the district, generates responses. Users are encouraged to provide feedback to continuously improve the chatbot. A commitment to fairness and equality reduces the risk of creating unjust content, supported by the cultural diversity of our moderators and AI trainers. The overarching goal is to support users and safeguard their information while helping students reach their highest potential . Los Angeles Unified Launches Ed LAUSD, the country's second-largest school district, becomes the first to launch Ed to provide students and families with an ecosystem of valuable resources and support for fast-tracking student achievement beyond the school day. Los Angeles Unified by the numbers: 563,083 Student Enrollment 1,438 Schools and Centers 4.8 Population Area Covered (in millions) Discover Ed, the next generation of personalized learning powered by AllHere Education.

Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an innovative concept that combines the power of AI technology with human expertise and insight. It represents a new approach to K-12 AI school communications that ensures a safe, secure, and effective learning environment for students and their families. Human-in-the-Loop Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an innovative concept that combines the power of AI technology with human expertise and insight. It represents a new approach to K-12 AI school communications that ensures a safe, secure, and effective learning environment for students and their families. Request a Demo Human Involvement At the heart of HITL AI is the understanding that human involvement is crucial in shaping the educational experience. Our HITL AI system is staffed by background-checked moderators who are former educators. These moderators bring a deep understanding of the teaching profession and the unique challenges faced in K-12 education. How does HITL AI work? The system utilizes advanced AI algorithms to generate recommendations for educational and support purposes. However, these AI-driven processes are overseen and enhanced by the expertise of the moderators. They provide vital insights, context, and support to ensure that the AI algorithms align with educational objectives, adhere to best practices, and maintain ethical standards. Experienced Educators The involvement of former educators as moderators adds immense value to AI-driven processes. They possess firsthand experience in the classroom, understand the diverse needs of students, and have the expertise to evaluate and validate AI-generated recommendations and content. This human touch bridges the gap between technology and education, fostering a more personalized and effective learning experience. Your child's safety is top concern To ensure the safety and well-being of students, each moderator undergoes a rigorous screening process that includes thorough background checks. This commitment to trust and accountability is essential in maintaining a secure and trustworthy educational environment. Revolutionary Communication By combining the power of AI technology with the insights and expertise of background-checked moderators, HITL AI provides a comprehensive solution for K-12 AI school communications. It revolutionizes the educational experience by leveraging the benefits of technology while upholding the highest standards of safety, security, and ethical practice. Experience the transformative potential of HITL AI in revolutionizing K-12 AI school communications. Discover how our unique approach, combining human expertise and AI technology, creates a safer, more effective, and personalized learning environment for students and their families. Embrace the future of education, where HITL AI fosters a secure and impactful educational ecosystem..