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UNITED\ue000 STATES
SECURITIES\ue000 AND\ue000 EXCHANGE\ue000 COMMISSION
Washington,\ue000 D.C.\ue000 20549

FORM\ue000 8-K
CURRENT\ue000 REPORT
Pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Section\ue000 13\ue000 or\ue000 15(d)\ue000 of\ue000 the

Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934
Date\ue000 of\ue000 Report\ue000 (Date\ue000 of\ue000 earliest\ue000 event\ue000 reported):\ue000 \ue000 February\ue000 18,\ue000 2009
SCIENTIFIC\ue000 LEARNING\ue000 CORPORATION
(Exact\ue000 name\ue000 of\ue000 registrant\ue000 as\ue000 specified\ue000 in\ue000 its\ue000 charter)
Delaware
(State\ue000 or\ue000 other\ue000 jurisdiction\ue000 of\ue000 incorporation)
000-24547
94-3234458
(Commission\ue000 File\ue000 No.)
(IRS\ue000 Employer\ue000 Identification\ue000 No.)
300\ue000 Frank\ue000 Ogawa\ue000 Plaza,\ue000 Suite\ue000 600
Oakland,\ue000 CA\ue000 \ue000 94612
(Address\ue000 of\ue000 principal\ue000 executive\ue000 offices\ue000 and\ue000 zip\ue000 code)
Registrant\u2019s\ue000 telephone\ue000 number,\ue000 including\ue000 area\ue000 code:\ue000 (510)\ue000 444-3500
Check\ue000 the\ue000 appropriate\ue000 box\ue000 below\ue000 if\ue000 the\ue000 Form\ue000 8-K\ue000 filing\ue000 is\ue000 intended\ue000 to\ue000 simultaneously\ue000 satisfy\ue000 the\ue000 filing\ue000 obligation\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 registrant\ue000 under\ue000 any\ue000 of

the\ue000 following\ue000 provisions\ue000 (see\ue000 General\ue000 Instruction\ue000 A.2.\ue000 below):
\ue000 Written\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 425\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 230.425)
\ue000 Soliciting\ue000 material\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 14a-12\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.14a-12)
\ue000 Pre-commencement\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 14d-2(b)\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.14d-2(b))
\ue000 Pre-commencement\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 13e-4(c)\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.13e-4(c))

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Item\ue000 5.02\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000 Departure\ue000 of\ue000 Directors\ue000 or\ue000 Certain\ue000 Officers;\ue000 Election\ue000 of\ue000 Directors;\ue000 Appointment\ue000 of\ue000 Certain\ue000 Officers;\ue000 Compensatory
Arrangements\ue000 of\ue000 Certain\ue000 Officers
(d)
At\ue000 its\ue000 February\ue000 18,\ue000 2009\ue000 meeting,\ue000 the\ue000 Board\ue000 of\ue000 Directors\ue000 increased\ue000 the\ue000 authorized\ue000 number\ue000 of\ue000 directors\ue000 to\ue000 nine\ue000 and\ue000 appointed\ue000 D.\ue000 Andrew\ue000 Myers,
the\ue000 Company\u2019s\ue000 President\ue000 and\ue000 Chief\ue000 Executive\ue000 Officer,\ue000 to\ue000 fill\ue000 the\ue000 vacancy\ue000 caused\ue000 by\ue000 that\ue000 expansion.\ue000 \ue000
The\ue000 Company\u2019s\ue000 February\ue000 24,\ue000 2009\ue000 press\ue000 release,\ue000 which\ue000 is\ue000 filed\ue000 with\ue000 this\ue000 report\ue000 as\ue000 Exhibit\ue000 99.1,\ue000 announced\ue000 Mr.\ue000 Myers\u2019\ue000 appointment\ue000 to\ue000 the
Board.

Mr.\ue000 Myers,\ue000 age\ue000 37,\ue000 became\ue000 the\ue000 Company\u2019s\ue000 Chief\ue000 Executive\ue000 Officer\ue000 on\ue000 January\ue000 1,\ue000 2009.\ue000 Mr.\ue000 Myers\ue000 joined\ue000 the\ue000 Company\ue000 in\ue000 January\ue000 2008\ue000 as
President\ue000 and\ue000 Chief\ue000 Operating\ue000 Officer.\ue000 \ue000 Prior\ue000 to\ue000 joining\ue000 the\ue000 Company,\ue000 he\ue000 served\ue000 in\ue000 positions\ue000 of\ue000 increasing\ue000 responsibility\ue000 at\ue000 Pearson\ue000 Education
since\ue000 1997.\ue000 \ue000 From\ue000 March\ue000 2007\ue000 to\ue000 December\ue000 2007,\ue000 he\ue000 served\ue000 as\ue000 Senior\ue000 Vice\ue000 President,\ue000 Digital\ue000 Product\ue000 Development\ue000 for\ue000 Pearson\ue000 Curriculum,
where\ue000 he\ue000 was\ue000 responsible\ue000 for\ue000 integrating\ue000 the\ue000 technology\ue000 teams\ue000 from\ue000 six\ue000 preceding\ue000 businesses\ue000 into\ue000 a\ue000 digital\ue000 development\ue000 group\ue000 of\ue000 275
employees.\ue000 \ue000 From\ue000 August\ue000 2004\ue000 to\ue000 March\ue000 2007,\ue000 Mr.\ue000 Myers\ue000 was\ue000 the\ue000 Chief\ue000 Operations\ue000 Officer\ue000 for\ue000 Pearson\ue000 Digital\ue000 Learning,\ue000 where\ue000 he\ue000 was
responsible\ue000 for\ue000 setting\ue000 product,\ue000 financial,\ue000 technical\ue000 and\ue000 operational\ue000 strategies\ue000 for\ue000 that\ue000 580-employee\ue000 business\ue000 unit.\ue000 \ue000 From\ue000 2002\ue000 to\ue000 2004,\ue000 Mr.
Myers\ue000 served\ue000 as\ue000 Vice\ue000 President\ue000 Sales\ue000 for\ue000 Pearson\ue000 Digital\ue000 Learning.\ue000 \ue000 Pearson\ue000 Education\ue000 is\ue000 the\ue000 education\ue000 division\ue000 of\ue000 Pearson\ue000 PLC,\ue000 an
international\ue000 media\ue000 company.\ue000 \ue000 Mr.\ue000 Myers\ue000 holds\ue000 an\ue000 MBA\ue000 from\ue000 the\ue000 Haas\ue000 School\ue000 of\ue000 Business\ue000 at\ue000 the\ue000 University\ue000 of\ue000 California\ue000 Berkeley\ue000 and\ue000 a\ue000 BA
in\ue000 finance\ue000 from\ue000 the\ue000 University\ue000 of\ue000 Utah.

There\ue000 are\ue000 no\ue000 family\ue000 relationships\ue000 between\ue000 Mr.\ue000 Myers\ue000 and\ue000 any\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Company\u2019s\ue000 executive\ue000 officers\ue000 or\ue000 directors.\ue000 \ue000 There\ue000 were\ue000 no\ue000 changes\ue000 in\ue000 Mr.
Myers\u2019\ue000 compensation\ue000 as\ue000 a\ue000 result\ue000 of\ue000 his\ue000 appointment\ue000 to\ue000 the\ue000 Board.
Item\ue000 9.01\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000 Financial\ue000 Statements\ue000 and\ue000 Exhibits
(d)\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000 Exhibits
99.1\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000 Press\ue000 Release
SIGNATURES
Pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 the\ue000 requirements\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934,\ue000 the\ue000 registrant\ue000 has\ue000 duly\ue000 caused\ue000 this\ue000 report\ue000 to\ue000 be\ue000 signed\ue000 on\ue000 its\ue000 behalf
by\ue000 the\ue000 undersigned,\ue000 hereunto\ue000 duly\ue000 authorized.
SCIENTIFIC\ue000 LEARNING\ue000 CORPORATION
\ue000
\ue000
Date: February\ue000 24,\ue000 2009
By:
/s/\ue000 Linda\ue000 L.\ue000 Carloni
Title: Vice\ue000 President\ue000 and\ue000 General\ue000 Counsel
Exhibit\ue000 99.1
Scientific\ue000 Learning\ue000 Announces\ue000 Election\ue000 of\ue000 CEO\ue000 to\ue000 Board\ue000 of\ue000 Directors

OAKLAND,\ue000 Calif.--(BUSINESS\ue000 WIRE)--February\ue000 24,\ue000 2009--Scientific\ue000 Learning\ue000 Corporation\ue000 (NASDAQ:SCIL)\ue000 announced\ue000 today\ue000 that\ue000 D.\ue000 Andrew Myers,\ue000 Chief\ue000 Executive\ue000 Officer\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Company,\ue000 has\ue000 been\ue000 elected\ue000 to\ue000 serve\ue000 on\ue000 the\ue000 Board\ue000 of\ue000 Directors.\ue000 Mr.\ue000 Myers\ue000 joined\ue000 Scientific\ue000 Learning\ue000 in January\ue000 2008\ue000 as\ue000 President\ue000 and\ue000 Chief\ue000 Operating\ue000 Officer\ue000 and\ue000 became\ue000 Chief\ue000 Executive\ue000 Officer\ue000 on\ue000 January\ue000 1,\ue000 2009.

Robert\ue000 Bowen,\ue000 the\ue000 Company\u2019s\ue000 Executive\ue000 Chairman\ue000 stated,\ue000 \u201cIt\ue000 is\ue000 a\ue000 pleasure\ue000 to\ue000 have\ue000 Andy\ue000 officially\ue000 join\ue000 the\ue000 Board\ue000 of\ue000 Directors\ue000 as\ue000 we\ue000 complete this\ue000 important\ue000 leadership\ue000 transition.\ue000 We\ue000 have\ue000 confidence\ue000 in\ue000 Andy\u2019s\ue000 demonstrated\ue000 leadership,\ue000 his\ue000 management\ue000 skills,\ue000 and\ue000 the\ue000 exceptional\ue000 team he\ue000 has\ue000 assembled.\u201d

About\ue000 Scientific\ue000 Learning\ue000 Corporation

Scientific\ue000 Learning\ue000 creates\ue000 educational\ue000 software\ue000 that\ue000 accelerates\ue000 learning\ue000 by\ue000 improving\ue000 the\ue000 processing\ue000 efficiency\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 brain.\ue000 Based\ue000 on\ue000 more
than\ue000 30\ue000 years\ue000 of\ue000 neuroscience\ue000 and\ue000 cognitive\ue000 research,\ue000 the\ue000 Fast\ue000 ForWord\u00ae\ue000 family\ue000 of\ue000 products\ue000 provides\ue000 struggling\ue000 readers\ue000 with\ue000 computer-
delivered\ue000 exercises\ue000 that\ue000 build\ue000 the\ue000 cognitive\ue000 skills\ue000 required\ue000 to\ue000 read\ue000 and\ue000 learn\ue000 effectively.\ue000 Scientific\ue000 Learning\ue000 Reading\ue000 Assistant\u2122\ue000 combines
advanced\ue000 speech\ue000 recognition\ue000 technology\ue000 with\ue000 scientifically-based\ue000 courseware\ue000 to\ue000 help\ue000 students\ue000 strengthen\ue000 fluency,\ue000 vocabulary\ue000 and
comprehension\ue000 to\ue000 become\ue000 proficient,\ue000 lifelong\ue000 readers.\ue000 The\ue000 efficacy\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 products\ue000 has\ue000 been\ue000 established\ue000 by\ue000 more\ue000 than\ue000 550\ue000 research\ue000 studies

and\ue000 publications.\ue000 For\ue000 more\ue000 information,\ue000 visit\ue000 www.scientificlearning.com\ue000 or\ue000 call\ue000 toll-free\ue000 888-452-7323.
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