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Cell-Ed
Cell-Ed has been acquired.
Delivering essential skills training in three-minute lessons on any mobile phone — learners simply call, text, or click to access a world of learning.
Notable Achievements
- Multiple third-party validated studies to prove efficacy and impact
- Working with over 900+ partners, touched the lives of 10M users
- CEO an expert in mobile learning with 30 years experience
Press Mentions
December 4, 2025
Press Release: Workforce Learning Leaders Join Forces to Expand Language, Literacy, and Digital Skills for Working Adults — EnGen - Language upskilling platform
EnGen today announced its acquisition of Cell-Ed, a low-barrier learning solution for employers and education providers to reach, retain, and upskill millions of frontline, entry-level workers.
Read on EnGen - Language upskilling platform »
March 26, 2020
What Happens When People Are Unable to Work Online?
Restaurant and hospitality jobs cannot be done from a computer at home, and workers in those sectors are struggling during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Read on Digital Trends »
April 9, 2019
Cell-Ed Works and EMPath Selected as JFF's $1 Billion Wage Gain Challenge Winners at ASU GSV Summit
SAN DIEGO and BOSTON, April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- JFF, a national nonprofit that drives transformation in the American workforce and education systems, today ...
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January 9, 2019
New partnership between Wizenoze and Cell-Ed to reduce low literacy amongst adults
Wizenoze has become the happy recipient of the Pearson Project Literacy Lab Fund to work together with Palo Alto based Cell-Ed, supporting low literate adults worldwide. Improving work and life...
Read on LinkedInEditors »
October 31, 2018
This mobile learning platform aims to combat the “hidden epidemic” of adult illiteracy.
It’s an easily overlooked problem: A huge part of the American labor force is illiterate (about one in seven adults can’t read at all). Cell-Ed’s mobile learning platform is targeted at these...
Read on Fast Company »
October 18, 2018
As Alternative Higher-Ed Pathways Take Off, We’re Still Forgetting Parent Learners
Cell-Ed, a mobile-first adult education provider, is partners with businesses and community-based organizations to deliver micro-courses in English literacy, basic education, and workforce skills...
Read on EdSurge »More Ventures in Education
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