[October 06, 2011] Wireless Generation office to create 60 jobs [The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C.] Tweet (Herald-Sun (Durham, NC) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 06--DURHAM -- The New York-based company Wireless Generation, an educational software provider, plans to hire 60 workers locally for a new office that the company is opening in Durham. The company is opening a 65-person office in a 12,600-square-foot space in the Crowe Building of the American Tobacco campus, according to a news release. The campus, located off Blackwell Street in downtown Durham near the Durham Performing Arts Center and Durham Bulls Athletic Park, is a mix of office and retail space redeveloped from former tobacco warehouses. The 10-year-old company's software development team in Durham will work on educational products, including on a project to build a system for multiple states to help teachers and administrators work together. North Carolina is one of five states piloting the national initiative, called the Shared Learning Collaborative. The project is funded with philanthropic support, according to a news release distributed Wednesday, and is monitored by a national group of school administrators. In addition, there is also a Wireless Generation early literacy assessment tool that's being piloted in North Carolina. The program is designed to provide instruction to improve the reading levels of elementary school students at different reading levels. "These tools for teachers are helping North Carolina's young people to compete in a global economy by working to ensure that all kids can read on grade level by the time they finish third grade," said Gov. Beverly Perdue in a prepared statement. In New York, Wireless Generation's offices are in a former warehouse in a historic neighborhood in Brooklyn, the release states, that became a creative center. The company's new team in Durham will move into the fifth floor of the Crowe Building later in the fall. "The talent in the Triangle area makes it the right place for Wireless Generation to grow," says Larry Berger, co-founder and CEO of Wireless Generation. "As a national company on a course toward expansion, we're grateful for the support from Gov. Perdue and from the local chamber in helping us find the right community in a state committed to education innovation." For more information about the job opportunities, go to the website http://www.wirelessgeneration.com/careers/overview. ___ (c)2011 The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) Visit The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) at www.heraldsun.com Distributed by MCT Information Services [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]