Education dashboard · October 2026

The Education Frontier

135 schools260 tools60 studies50 voices69 countries

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New schools

AI-native school 6

Alpha School

AI-native school · Austin, TX · since 2014

Campuses: 47 listed (46 open or waitlisted) across 17 states plus Puerto Rico ^{self-reported}
Tuition: $10,000 (Brownsville) to $75,000 (San Francisco, Palo Alto) per year
Growth: 27 new campuses opened for 2026-27 ^{self-reported}
Claimed result: Students grow 2.6x faster than peers on MAP tests ^{self-reported}

alpha.school · sources: en.wikipedia.org · alpha.school · pr.davisjournal.com · newsweek.com · liveinthefuture.org · futureofeducation.substack.com

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GT School

AI-native school · Georgetown, TX

Tuition: $25,000 per year
Claimed result: Students grow about 3x faster than matched peers on MAP ^{self-reported}
Formats: GT Georgetown (K-8 in person) and GT Anywhere (online, grades 3-8)

gt.school · sources: gt.school · communityimpact.com · niche.com · en.wikipedia.org · wilcosun.com

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NextGen Academy

AI-native school · Austin, TX · since 2024

Tuition: $25,000 per year
Students at launch: Opened August 2024 with four students in grades 5-8
Add-ons: Competitive esports team $300-$500/month; 2 Hour Learning tutoring $50/hour

nextgenacademy.school · sources: nextgenacademy.school · communityimpact.com

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Nova Academy

AI-native school · Austin, TX

Tuition: $15,000/year ^{self-reported}
Grades: K-6
Model: Listed as a 2 Hour Learning school

novaacademy.school · sources: novaacademy.school · 2hourlearning.com · novaacademy.school

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Texas Sports Academy

AI-native school · Austin, TX · since 2024

Tuition: $15,000/year
Campuses: Round Rock and Houston opened Aug 2025; Pearland, Houston and San Antonio planned Jan 2026
Locations listed on site: Carrollton, Houston, Plano, plus an online program

sportsacademy.school · sources: sportsacademy.school · communityimpact.com

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Unbound Academy

AI-native school · Goodyear, AZ · since 2025

Tuition: $0 (public charter, Arizona residents)
Enrollment cap: 200 students at launch, up to 800 over time
Claimed result: Students learn 2.8x faster on MAP Growth ^{self-reported}
Proficiency (board slides): 10% math, 28% ELA, per the school's board slides

unbound.school · sources: unbound.school · govtech.com · joannejacobs.com · kold.com · en.wikipedia.org

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Acton Academy

Microschool network · Austin, TX · since 2009

Network: 300+ schools in 30 countries and 42 U.S. states ^{self-reported}
Affiliate cost: $20,000 one-time fee plus network dues of 3% of revenue
Leadership: Founders handed the network to Jake Thompson in 2024

actonacademy.org · sources: actonacademy.org · launch.actonacademy.org

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Chesterton Schools Network

Microschool network · Hopkins, MN · since 2013

Schools: Over 80 schools in the network worldwide ^{self-reported}
Award: 2025 Yass Prize winner ($1M)
Goal: 1,000 schools and 100,000 students by 2040 ^{self-reported}

chestertonschoolsnetwork.org · sources: chestertonschoolsnetwork.org · chestertonschoolsnetwork.org · yassprize.org · projects.propublica.org

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Classical Conversations

Microschool network · Southern Pines, NC · since 1997 · incumbent

Students: Over 140,000 students enrolled across 50 countries ^{self-reported}
Start: Began with 11 students in 1997

classicalconversations.com · sources: carolinajournal.com

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KaiPod Learning

Microschool network · Boston, MA · since 2021

Network: 150+ microschool founders in 30+ states ^{self-reported}
Catalyst: 500+ founders enrolled across cohorts ^{self-reported}
Seed: $1.5M from Y Combinator, GSV and others

kaipodlearning.com · sources: ycombinator.com · kaipodlearning.com · christenseninstitute.org · cbinsights.com · kaipodlearning.com

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Prenda

Microschool network · Mesa, AZ · since 2018

Students served: About 10,000 K-8 students since 2018 ^{self-reported}
Guides: 1,000+, about half certified teachers ^{self-reported}
Platform fee: $2,199/yr for scholarship students; $219.90/mo direct pay
Funding: About $46M incl. $20M Series B led by Seven Seven Six

prenda.com · sources: techcrunch.com · standtogether.org · prenda.com · networkforpubliceducation.org

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Primer

Microschool network · Miami, FL · since 2019

Scale: About 48 schools (classrooms) across about 20 locations
States: Florida, Arizona, Alabama; three San Antonio campuses for 2026-27
Funding: $18.7M (Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sam Altman and others)

primer.com · sources: miaminewtimes.com · sanantonioreport.org · research.contrary.com · primer.com

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Wildflower Schools

Microschool network · Minneapolis, MN · since 2014

Schools: 80+ in 22 states, DC and Puerto Rico ^{self-reported}
Charters: Charter schools in CO, MI, MN, NY and DC; new ones authorized in NV and OH ^{self-reported}
Support: Startup grants, low-interest loans, coaching

wildflowerschools.org · sources: wildflowerschools.org · wildflowerschools.org · the74million.org

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All-Ukrainian Online School

Online school · Kyiv, Ukraine · since 2020

Launched: 11 December 2020
Registered users: 900,000+ since 2020 ^{self-reported}
Content: 2,255 new lessons for grades 5-11 since 2022; 23 subjects
Price: Free

lms.e-school.net.ua · sources: osvitoria.org · kmu.gov.ua · hundred.org · lms.e-school.net.ua · osvitoria.org

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Alpha Anywhere

Online school · Austin, TX

Operator: 2HR Learning Global Inc.; Texas law, Austin venue
Enrollment: New enrollments temporarily paused
Claimed result: Alpha homeschool students showed 2.3x academic growth (as of May 2025) ^{self-reported}

alphaanywhere.co · sources: alphaanywhere.co · alphaanywhere.co · futureofeducation.substack.com

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Astra Nova School

Online school · Los Angeles, CA · since 2020

Students: 315 from 45 countries ^{self-reported}
Tuition: $24,000/yr for 8-11 class hours a week; need-blind, meets full need
High school: 3-4 year graduation track opened August 2026

astranova.org · sources: astranova.org · en.wikipedia.org · projects.propublica.org

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Connections Academy (Pearson)

Online school · Baltimore, MD · since 2001 · acquired · incumbent

Students: Over 100,000 students ^{self-reported}
Reach: Schools in 31 states; over one million students served in 20 years ^{self-reported}
Parent revenue line: Pearson Virtual Learning sales £511M in 2025

connectionsacademy.com · sources: connectionsacademy.com · pearson.com · plc.pearson.com · plc.pearson.com · en.wikipedia.org · connectionsacademy.com

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Crimson Global Academy

Online school · Auckland, New Zealand · since 2019

Students: 3,000+ from 72 countries ^{self-reported}
Fees: $15,500-$25,500 per year (2025/26)
AP results: 33.8% of AP scores are 5s ^{self-reported}
Parent revenue: Crimson Education FY2024 revenue over US$100M

crimsonglobalacademy.school · sources: en.wikipedia.org · crimsonglobalacademy.school · spears500.com

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Florida Virtual School (FLVS)

Online school · Orlando, FL · since 1997 · incumbent

Students: More than 242,000 Florida students enrolled in FLVS Flex in 2025-26 ^{self-reported}
Course completions: More than 706,000 semester courses completed in 2025-26 ^{self-reported}

flvs.net · sources: en.wikipedia.org · flvs.net

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Khan World School @ ASU Prep

Online school · Tempe, AZ

Tuition: Arizona: free, or $8,250 with ESA/scholarship; $10,500 other U.S.; $13,700 international
Structure: Seminar Houses of 15-20 students, squads of 4-8, at least an hour live daily
College credit: Two ASU courses per semester included

asuprep.asu.edu · sources: asuprep.asu.edu

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MyEdSpace

Online school · London, UK · since 2022

Funding: $15M (GBP 11.15M) Series A led by White Star Capital, Sep 2025
Students: 16,000+ students in 2025 so far ^{self-reported}
Families: 26,000+ families ^{self-reported}
Trial price: 10 days of live lessons for GBP 10

myedspace.co.uk · sources: myedspace.co.uk · tech.eu · uktech.news

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Outschool

Online school · San Francisco, CA · since 2015

Catalog: 140,000+ subjects, ages 3-18 ^{self-reported}
Valuation: $3B after $110M Series D led by Tiger Global (Oct 2021)
Accelerator: Y Combinator Winter 2016

outschool.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · outschool.com · ycombinator.com

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Outsmart

Online school · San Francisco, CA · since 2024

Seed funding: $13M seed led by Khosla Ventures (Nov 2024)
Team: 11-50 employees on LinkedIn ^{self-reported}

joinoutsmart.com · sources: joinoutsmart.com · linkedin.com · techcrunch.com

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Prisma

Online school · Palo Alto, CA · since 2020

Tuition: $11,190 (grades 4-8, coach program); $12,490 (high school)
Reach: Learners from 43 countries ^{self-reported}
Daily format: 2-3 hours of live workshops plus independent projects

joinprisma.com · sources: joinprisma.com · joinprisma.com · cbinsights.com · finance.yahoo.com

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Recess Academy

Online school · San Francisco, CA

Tuition: $18,000 per 10-month school year ($17,100 upfront)
Families: 300+ ^{self-reported}
Growth: 'Thousands of homeschool families' served; grew 2-3x a year for three years ^{self-reported}

recess.gg · on X: @ben_m_somers (Ben Somers) · sources: recess.gg · linkedin.com · recess.gg · asugsvsummit.com · teachyourkids.substack.com · recess.gg

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Sora Schools

Online school · Atlanta, GA · since 2018

Tuition: $17,900/yr list; flexible tuition $7,500-$16,000
Aid: $3M+ in need-based grants a year ^{self-reported}
Funding: $18M Series A co-led by General Catalyst (Nov 2021)
Students: 351 (Niche listing)

soraschools.com · sources: builtin.com · soraschools.com · niche.com

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Stride (formerly K12 Inc.)

Online school · Reston, VA · incumbent

Revenue: $2,518.1M in fiscal 2026 (year to June 30, 2026)
Enrollments: 243.9K average enrollments in fiscal 2026
Career Learning: 109.7K of those enrollments were Career Learning

stridelearning.com · sources: s26.q4cdn.com · en.wikipedia.org

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The Novatio School

Online school · Phoenix, AZ · since 2025

Tuition: $7,500/year in Arizona (covered by ESA); $10,000/year elsewhere
Grades: 2-8

novatio.school · sources: novatio.school · novatio.school

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Time4Learning

Online school · Dallas, TX · since 2004 · incumbent

Students: 175,000 students using the platform (Nov 2021)
Owner: Acquired by Cambium Learning Group in 2018

time4learning.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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Units

Online school · San Francisco, CA · since 2025

Claim: Graduate high school in 1 year instead of 4 with accredited diploma credits ^{self-reported}
Course length: Finish a course in 4 weeks and get it added to your transcript ^{self-reported}
Backing: Y Combinator Spring 2025; team size 1

units.school · on X: @coderpr0grammer (Daniel Martinez) · sources: units.school · ycombinator.com

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Valenture Institute

Online school · Cape Town, South Africa · since 2019

Price (UCT Online High School): R2,095/month, grades 8-12
Micro school result: Learners jumped three grade levels in Maths, Science and English in 2020 (average) ^{self-reported}
Founded: 2019

valentureinstitute.com · sources: news.uct.ac.za · news.uct.ac.za · valentureinstitute.com

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Big Picture Learning

Personalized in-person · Providence, RI · since 1995

Network: 275+ schools, fellows and other places of learning worldwide ^{self-reported}
Revenue: $12.9M (FY ending June 2025)
Founded: 1995 by Dennis Littky and Elliot Washor

bigpicture.org · sources: projects.propublica.org · bigpicture.org · gettingsmart.com

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Boundless Life

Personalized in-person · Montreal, Canada · since 2021

Locations: 9 listed incl. Sintra, Syros, Tuscany, Bali, Kamakura, La Barra, Barcelona
Accreditation: WASC accredited for four European centers ^{self-reported}
Funding: $2.0M seed (Apr 2022)

boundless.life · sources: fundediq.co · boundless.life · pr.taosnews.com · seedtable.com · boundless.life

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Forge Prep

Personalized in-person · Livingston, NJ · since 2025

Opened: Fall 2026 with grades 5-8; 9th grade added 2027
Size: 50 students per grade cap
Campus: $5M renovation of former Aquinas Academy ^{self-reported}
Graduate option: Will invest $200k in a graduate's venture if they 'go pro' ^{self-reported}

forgeprep.org · sources: forgeprep.org · anandsanwal-newsletter.beehiiv.com

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Fusion Academy

Personalized in-person · Grand Rapids, MI · since 1989

Campuses: 80+ U.S. locations ^{self-reported}
Grades: 4-12
Owner: Private equity; Leeds Equity Partners bought in 2017 (43 schools then)

fusionacademy.com · sources: cbinsights.com · pr.westlinntidings.com · privateequitywire.co.uk

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Galileo Education

Personalized in-person · Franklin, TN

Schools: 5 schools listed
2026 deals: Bought Putnam Classical Academy and New Generation Christian School (FL), Jan 2026
Backer: Millpond Equity Partners growth investment, Feb 2024

galileoeducation.com · sources: galileoeducation.com · galileoeducation.com · privsource.com · privsource.com · eschoolnews.com

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Guidepost Montessori (Higher Ground Education)

Personalized in-person · Austin, TX · acquired

Money raised: $335M from investors
Losses: About $440M
Bankruptcy: Chapter 11 in June 2025; about 60 schools closed, 80+ sold to Guidepost Global Education
Since: New owner partnered with 2 Hour Learning; some elementary programs replaced by Alpha

guidepostmontessori.com · sources: dnyuz.com · law360.com · raygirn.substack.com

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Innova Schools

Personalized in-person · Lima, Peru

Campuses: 60+ in Peru ^{self-reported}
Graduates: 20,000+ ^{self-reported}
Other markets: Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador ^{self-reported}

innovaschools.edu.pe · sources: innovaschools.edu.pe

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Khan Lab School

Personalized in-person · Mountain View, CA · since 2014

Students: 280+ ^{self-reported}
Tuition 2026-27: $34,750 (TK-5); $38,850 (6-12)
Network: Khan Schools Network (2023) launching KLS Wichita

khanlabschool.org · sources: khanschoolsnetwork.org · khanlabschool.org · khanlabschool.org

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Kunskapsskolan

Personalized in-person · Stockholm, Sweden · since 2000

Schools: 100+ KED and KED-inspired schools ^{self-reported}
Countries: Sweden, UK, Netherlands, India, USA, Middle East ^{self-reported}
Sweden: 36 of 80 group schools in Sweden

kunskapsskolan.com · sources: kunskapsskolan.com · en.wikipedia.org · sv.wikipedia.org

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Kūlia Academy

Personalized in-person · Honolulu, HI · since 2024

Tuition: $0 (public charter)
Proficiency: 87% math, 84% ELA (2025-26 Strive HI state results, via Star-Advertiser)
Students: 153 (2025-26) ^{self-reported}

kuliaacademy.org · sources: kuliaacademy.org · everything-pr.com

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SPARK Schools

Personalized in-person · Johannesburg, South Africa · since 2012

Scale: 26 schools, 16,000-17,000 students ^{self-reported}
Fees: R36,000/yr primary; R46,560/yr high school (2025)
Backers: Omidyar Network, Pearson Affordable Learning Fund, Finnfund

sparkschools.co.za · sources: sparkschools.co.za · sparkschools.co.za · sparkschools.co.za · en.wikipedia.org · cbinsights.com

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Summit Public Schools (Summit Learning)

Personalized in-person · Redwood City, CA · since 2003

First school: Summit Prep opened in Redwood City in 2003 ^{self-reported}
Mentoring: Every student meets one-on-one with a dedicated mentor ^{self-reported}
College completion: Alumni complete college at nearly twice the national average ^{self-reported}

summitps.org · sources: summitps.org · educationnext.org

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THINK Global School

Personalized in-person · New York, NY

Model: 4 countries per year; 8 countries over the 2-year program ^{self-reported}
Tuition: $94,050 a year; 75% of families pay less than full tuition ^{self-reported}

thinkglobalschool.org · sources: thinkglobalschool.org · thinkglobalschool.org · en.wikipedia.org

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TUMO Center for Creative Technologies

Personalized in-person · Yerevan, Armenia · since 2011

Cost: Free of charge
Centres: Hubs in Yerevan, Dilijan, Koghb, Gyumri, Yeghegnadzor, Kapan; 31 TUMO Boxes; 12 centres abroad ^{self-reported}
Students: About 15,000 students actively attend the Yerevan centre
Award: Tools Competition winner (TUMO Learning Coach)

tumo.org · sources: tumo.org · tumo.org · en.wikipedia.org · tools-competition.org

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Valiant Cross Academy

Personalized in-person · Montgomery, AL · since 2015

Award: $1M 2023 Yass Prize
Tuition: $10,500 (K-2, 6-8); $12,500 (9-12)
Grades: K-3 and 6-12; first graduating class 2022

valiantcross.org · sources: valiantcross.org · alreporter.com · valiantcross.org · valiantcross.org

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Achievement First

School networks · New Haven, CT · since 1999 · incumbent

Students: 15,000 students ^{self-reported}
Schools: 41 schools in five communities ^{self-reported}

achievementfirst.org · sources: achievementfirst.org · achievementfirst.org

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Ark Schools

School networks · London, UK · since 2002 · incumbent

Schools: 48 schools in Birmingham, Hastings, London, Pontefract and Portsmouth ^{self-reported}
Students: 34,000 students ^{self-reported}

arkonline.org · sources: arkonline.org · tes.com · en.wikipedia.org

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Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)

School networks · Amsterdam, Netherlands · since 1929 · incumbent

Training network: Over a hundred AMI training organisations ^{self-reported}
Reach: AMI courses offered in over 40 countries ^{self-reported}

montessori-ami.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · montessori-ami.org · journals.ku.edu

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Avenues: The World School

School networks · New York, NY · since 2012 · acquired

Ownership: Avenues New York and Sao Paulo joined Nord Anglia Education in November 2023 ^{self-reported}
Graduates: More than 1,000 graduates across New York and Sao Paulo since 2012 ^{self-reported}

avenues.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · avenues.org

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BASIS Charter Schools (BASIS Ed)

School networks · Scottsdale, AZ · since 1998 · incumbent

States: Campuses in Arizona, Louisiana, Texas and Washington, D.C. ^{self-reported}
BASIS Ed: Educational management organization founded in 2009 ^{self-reported}
Revenue: $176M (BASIS Charter Schools Inc, nonprofit, 2024)

basised.com · sources: basised.com · enrollbasis.com · projects.propublica.org · en.wikipedia.org

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Cognita

School networks · London, UK · since 2004 · incumbent

Schools: Over 100 schools across 20 countries ^{self-reported}
Students: More than 100,000 students; 22,000 staff ^{self-reported}

cognita.com · sources: cognita.com · cognita.com · en.wikipedia.org

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Cristo Rey Network

School networks · Chicago, IL · since 2000 · incumbent

Schools: 41 schools across 24 states ^{self-reported}
Students: 13,000 students ^{self-reported}

cristoreynetwork.org · sources: cristoreynetwork.org · cristoreynetwork.org · en.wikipedia.org

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Dulwich College International (Education in Motion)

School networks · Shanghai, China · since 2003

Students: More than 10,000 students aged 2-18 in seven cities ^{self-reported}
Group: Education in Motion: over 11,500 students across 15 schools ^{self-reported}

dulwich.org · sources: dulwich.org · eimglobal.com · eimglobal.com

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GEMS Education

School networks · Dubai, UAE · since 2000 · incumbent

Schools: 52 schools across the UAE, Qatar and Egypt ^{self-reported}
Students: 200K+ students ^{self-reported}
Roots: Family school business began in Dubai in 1959 ^{self-reported}

gemseducation.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · gemseducation.com

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Great Hearts Academies

School networks · Phoenix, AZ · since 2003 · incumbent

Students: Over 30,000 students ^{self-reported}
Schools: 50 schools; brick-and-mortar in three states, online in four ^{self-reported}

greatheartsamerica.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · greatheartsamerica.org

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Harmony Public Schools

School networks · Houston, TX · since 2000 · incumbent

Students: About 50,000 students in 2025-26 ^{self-reported}
Schools: 60 schools across Texas; 30 rated A in 2025 ^{self-reported}

harmonytx.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · hsasa.harmonytx.org

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High Tech High

School networks · San Diego, CA · since 2000

Schools: Sixteen charter schools across four campuses
Students: About 6,350 students in grades K-12

hightechhigh.org · sources: hightechhigh.org · thestarnews.com · ashoka.org

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IDEA Public Schools

School networks · Weslaco, TX · since 2000 · incumbent

Schools: 127 schools (NCES directory, 2025-26)
Students: 79,430 students (NCES, 2024-25)

ideapublicschools.org · sources: nces.ed.gov · the74million.org · en.wikipedia.org

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Inspired Education Group

School networks · London, UK · since 2013 · incumbent

Students: Over 95,000 students ^{self-reported}
Schools: 125 schools across 30 countries ^{self-reported}
Online school: Bought InterHigh in May 2021 and merged it with King's College Online as King's InterHigh

inspirededu.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · inspirededu.com · internationalschoolsearch.com

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KIPP Public Schools

School networks · San Francisco, CA · since 1994 · incumbent

Students: 122,945 students in 2025-26 ^{self-reported}
Schools: 271 schools, PreK-12 ^{self-reported}
KIPP Foundation revenue: $145.5M (2024-25)

kipp.org · sources: projects.propublica.org · kipp.org · en.wikipedia.org

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Nord Anglia Education

School networks · London, UK · since 1972 · incumbent

Schools: Over 80 schools in 33 countries ^{self-reported}
Students: More than 90,000 students aged 2-18 ^{self-reported}
Valuation: USD 14.5B in EQT-led consortium buyout, completed March 2025

nordangliaeducation.com · sources: nordangliaeducation.com · eqtgroup.com · en.wikipedia.org

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Success Academy Charter Schools

School networks · New York, NY · since 2006 · incumbent

Schools: 59 Success Academy schools ^{self-reported}
Students: Has educated 22,000 students in New York City
Expansion: $50M gift from Ken Griffin; first Miami schools open 2027-28

successacademies.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · successacademies.org · wlrn.org

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Uncommon Schools

School networks · New York, NY · since 1997 · incumbent

Schools: 53 schools ^{self-reported}
Students: More than 21,000 students each year ^{self-reported}

uncommonschools.org · sources: uncommonschools.org · uncommonschools.org · en.wikipedia.org

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United Learning

School networks · Peterborough, UK · since 2002 · incumbent

Pupils: More than 66,000 pupils (DfE data)
Rank: About 1.5 times the size of the next-largest trust (Harris Federation)

unitedlearning.org.uk · sources: unitedlearning.org.uk · educationuncovered.co.uk · en.wikipedia.org

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Waldorf / Steiner schools

School networks · Stuttgart, Germany · since 1919 · incumbent

Schools: 1,092 Waldorf and Steiner schools in 64 countries (Waldorf World List)
Kindergartens: 1,857 Waldorf kindergartens in more than 70 countries

freunde-waldorf.de · sources: en.wikipedia.org · freunde-waldorf.de

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Bright Horizons

Early childhood centres · Newton, MA · since 1986 · incumbent

Centers: 1,010 early education and child care centers, capacity about 115,000 children
Revenue: $2.9B in 2025, up 9%
Employers: More than 1,450 employer clients

brighthorizons.com · sources: sec.gov · en.wikipedia.org

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KinderCare Learning Companies

Early childhood centres · Lake Oswego, OR · incumbent

Centers: 1,555 KinderCare centers, capacity about 200,000 children
School-age sites: 1,153 Champions before- and after-school sites
Revenue: $2,733.3M in fiscal 2025

kindercare.com · sources: sec.gov

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Primrose Schools

Early childhood centres · Atlanta, GA · since 1982 · incumbent

Schools: About 530 franchised schools in 34 states and DC
Owner: Roark Capital Group (since 2008)

primroseschools.com · sources: primroseschools.com · en.wikipedia.org

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The Goddard School

Early childhood centres · King of Prussia, PA · since 1988 · incumbent

Schools: More than 660 schools in 37 states and DC ^{self-reported}
Children: Nearly 100,000 children ^{self-reported}

goddardschool.com · sources: goddardschool.com

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42 (École 42 network)

Higher ed + alternatives · Paris, France · since 2013 · incumbent

Network: Over 50 campuses in more than 30 countries ^{self-reported}
Tuition: Free
Paris campus: 2,550 students
Churn: 42 Québec closed Jan 2025 when public funding was not renewed; Hive Helsinki left the curriculum in 2025

42network.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · 42network.org

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African Leadership University

Higher ed + alternatives · Kigali, Rwanda · since 2015

Campuses: Two campuses (Rwanda, Mauritius) plus seven learning hubs ^{self-reported}
Outcomes: 73% of graduates employed or running a business six months after graduation ^{self-reported}
Intake: More than 200 new students in Sep 2026 intake ^{self-reported}

alueducation.com · sources: alueducation.com · en.wikipedia.org

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ALX

Higher ed + alternatives · Trianon, MU · since 2021 · incumbent

Graduates: About 347,100 ^{self-reported}
In work: 257,900 youth in work ^{self-reported}
Hub markets: Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa

alxafrica.com · sources: alxafrica.com · alxafrica.com · mastercardfdn.org

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ASU Online (Arizona State University)

Higher ed + alternatives · Scottsdale, AZ · since 1885 · incumbent

Online students: 119,300+ enrolled online ^{self-reported}
Programs: 400+ online degree programs ^{self-reported}
Employer deal: Starbucks covers full tuition for eligible staff since 2014

asuonline.asu.edu · sources: en.wikipedia.org · asuonline.asu.edu

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Campus

Higher ed + alternatives · Sacramento, CA

Tuition: $7,200 per year (online programs)
Students: About 1,200 enrolled ^{self-reported}
Funding: $46M round led by General Catalyst; about $101M raised in total
Aid: Over 80% of online degree students have paid no out-of-pocket tuition ^{self-reported}

campus.edu · sources: campus.edu · govtech.com

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Cogna Educação

Higher ed + alternatives · Belo Horizonte, Brazil · since 1966 · incumbent

Undergraduates: More than 1.1 million ^{self-reported}
Institutions: 114 higher-ed institutions and 2,000+ digital education hubs ^{self-reported}
K-12 content: Somos to supply core content to about 1.5 million students in the 2026 sales cycle ^{self-reported}

cogna.com.br · sources: api.mziq.com · cogna.com.br

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Coursera

Higher ed + alternatives · Mountain View, CA · since 2012 · incumbent

Revenue: $757M (2025)
Registered learners: 197M (Dec 31, 2025) ^{self-reported}
Udemy merger: Completed May 11, 2026; combined reach over 290M learners ^{self-reported}

coursera.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · s27.q4cdn.com · blog.coursera.org

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Descomplica

Higher ed + alternatives · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · since 2011 · struggling · incumbent

Funding: R$450M round co-led by SoftBank and Invus (Feb 2021), billed as LatAm's largest edtech round
Reach: 5M students a month across its products (2021) ^{self-reported}
Sale: Put up for sale at about its revenue, ~R$90M; no buyer yet (Sep 2025)

descomplica.com.br · sources: exame.com · startupi.com.br · braziljournal.com · medialinkblog.wordpress.com

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edX

Higher ed + alternatives · Lanham, MD · since 2012 · acquired · incumbent

Learners: Network reaches more than 100M people ^{self-reported}
Ownership: Sold by Harvard and MIT to 2U for $800M (2021); 2U filed Chapter 11 July 2024 and emerged Sep 13, 2024 as a private company
Leadership: Adrian Norman appointed executive director (May 2026)

edx.org · sources: edx.org · press.edx.org · en.wikipedia.org · 2u.com

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Fractal Tech

Higher ed + alternatives · New York, NY

Price: $18,000
Class size: 20 students
Outcomes: Cohort 2 average salary over $115k/yr ^{self-reported}
Placement: Claims 100% placement but has not shared alumni outcomes (Course Report) ^{self-reported}

fractalbootcamp.com · on X: @__drewface (Andrew Rose) · @Prigoose (Priya Rose) · sources: fractalbootcamp.com · coursereport.com

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Gauntlet AI

Higher ed + alternatives · Austin, TX · since 2023

Price: Free to engineers; housing, food and compute covered; hiring partners pay ^{self-reported}
Job offer: Guaranteed offer of at least $200,000/year ^{self-reported}
Selectivity: About 2% of applicants accepted (founder quote) ^{self-reported}
Applicants: 20,000+ to date; 5,000+ per cohort ^{self-reported}

gauntletai.com · sources: gauntletai.com · gauntletai.com · foxsanantonio.com

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London Interdisciplinary School

Higher ed + alternatives · London, UK · since 2017

Students: 65 (2022/23, HESA)
Degree powers: Time-limited full taught degree awarding powers granted Jan 2025, to end of 2028
Ownership: emlyon took a minority stake (Sept 2023); LIS joined emlyon's Global Management Tech University (Oct 2026)

lis.ac.uk · sources: lis.ac.uk · en.wikipedia.org

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Maestro

Higher ed + alternatives · Salt Lake City, UT

Accreditation: Nationally accredited by DEAC (ex-Bottega University, renamed Dec 2025)
Students: 7,000 to 8,000 at sister school Maestro College (Dallas, ex-Peloton College), per Maestro officials ^{self-reported}
Faculty: Maestro says more than 140 faculty answer academic questions within 48 hours ^{self-reported}

maestro.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · newamerica.org

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Make School

Higher ed + alternatives · San Francisco, CA · since 2012 · closed

Degree: BS in Applied Computer Science via Dominican University (WSCUC-approved Nov 2018)
Closure: Stopped operating independently Aug 2021; absorbed into Dominican University

makeschool.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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Masters' Union

Higher ed + alternatives · Gurugram, India · since 2020

Placement: Average CTC 33.39 LPA in PGP cohort ^{self-reported}
Cohort: About 233 students in PGP-TBM 2025 cohort
Status: Haryana assembly passed bill for Masters' Union University (Sep 2026)

mastersunion.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · mastersunion.org

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Minerva University

Higher ed + alternatives · San Francisco, CA · since 2012

Students: 637 undergraduates and 12 graduate students (Jan 2025)
Accreditation: WSCUC accredited in 2021
Selectivity: Acceptance rate below 4% in 2024
Funding: Reed Hastings pledged $100M over 10 years (2023)

minerva.edu · sources: minerva.edu · en.wikipedia.org

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Multiverse

Higher ed + alternatives · London, UK · since 2016 · incumbent

Funding: $70M at $2.1B valuation, led by Schroders Capital (May 2026)
Revenue: £79.6M, loss £63.3M (year to March 2025)
Reach: More than 22,000 people placed into apprenticeships with 1,500+ companies ^{self-reported}

multiverse.io · sources: en.wikipedia.org · dealroom.co

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Outlier.org

Higher ed + alternatives · Brooklyn, NY · since 2019 · acquired

Credit: 3 transferable credits per course ^{self-reported}
Ownership: Acquired by Savvas Learning Company, Feb 2024
Credit partners: University of Pittsburgh; Golden Gate University for associate degrees

outlier.org · sources: builtinnyc.com · outlier.org · govtech.com

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Peterson Academy

Higher ed + alternatives · Miami, FL · since 2024

Price: $500 per year (annual plan)
Students: 64,018 current students ^{self-reported}
Courses: 113 courses, 875 lectures ^{self-reported}
Accreditation: Not accredited; says it is pursuing accreditation

petersonacademy.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · petersonacademy.com

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Quantic School of Business and Technology

Higher ed + alternatives · Washington, DC · since 2013

Accreditation: Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC)
Acceptance rate: 12% (MBA and EMBA blended) ^{self-reported}
Network: 17,000+ students and alumni from over 150 countries ^{self-reported}

quantic.edu · sources: quantic.edu · quantic.edu · support.quantic.edu

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Ralston College

Higher ed + alternatives · Savannah, GA · since 2010

Program: One-year MA in the Humanities, first term in Greece, then Savannah
Accreditation: Candidate for accreditation with NECHE (Apr 2025); Georgia-authorised to grant degrees
Students: 24 (fall 2022)

ralston.ac · sources: ralston.ac · en.wikipedia.org

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Southern New Hampshire University (online)

Higher ed + alternatives · Manchester, NH · since 1932 · incumbent

Online students: Over 200,000 ^{self-reported}
Staff cuts: 180 jobs cut in 2023, 52 more in 2024

snhu.edu · sources: snhu.edu · en.wikipedia.org

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Tetr College of Business

Higher ed + alternatives · Dubai, UAE · since 2024

Structure: Bachelor's terms across India, Dubai, China, Ghana, the US, Argentina and Europe ^{self-reported}
Students: Inaugural cohort 110; second intake 200 from 50 countries
Funding: $18M round co-led by Owl Ventures and Bertelsmann India Investments

tetr.com · sources: news.careers360.com · tetr.com · europeanbusinessmagazine.com

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The Horowitz Andreessen Academy

Higher ed + alternatives · San Francisco, CA · since 2026

Funding: $42M raised (for-profit)
First class: About 50 students, Sept 2027 to Aug 2028, tuition-free
Leadership: CEO Gagan Biyani (co-founder of Udemy and Maven); board: Marc Andreessen, Erik Torenberg

theacademysf.com · sources: builtin.com · techcrunch.com · theacademysf.com · theacademysf.com

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The Open University

Higher ed + alternatives · Milton Keynes, UK · since 1969 · incumbent

Students: Almost 200,000 ^{self-reported}
Since 1969: More than 2.3 million learners ^{self-reported}
Access: 76% of undergraduates had no prior higher education qualification ^{self-reported}

open.ac.uk · sources: en.wikipedia.org · about.open.ac.uk

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Tomorrow University

Higher ed + alternatives · Frankfurt am Main, Germany · since 2021

Accreditation: State-recognized university since 2022
Seed round: €3.4M led by Mediahuis Ventures
Series A: €9.3M led by EduCapital
Students: 1,000+ from 60+ countries ^{self-reported}

tomorrow.university · sources: tomorrow.university · tomorrow.university · tomorrow.university · startbase.com · en.wikipedia.org · tomorrow.university

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Udacity

Higher ed + alternatives · Mountain View, CA · since 2011 · acquired · incumbent

Ownership: Acquired by Accenture, closed May 20, 2024
Learners: More than 21M registered in 195 countries ^{self-reported}

udacity.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · newsroom.accenture.com

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Udemy

Higher ed + alternatives · San Francisco, CA · since 2010 · acquired · incumbent

Revenue: $786.6M (2024)
Users: About 81M (2025) ^{self-reported}
Ownership: Became wholly owned subsidiary of Coursera, May 11, 2026

udemy.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · blog.coursera.org

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University of Austin (UATX)

Higher ed + alternatives · Austin, TX · since 2021

Tuition: Free for all students (donor-funded) ^{self-reported}
Students: 150 across two classes (fall 2025)
Accreditation: Candidate for accreditation, Middle States Commission (Aug 2025); full accreditation expected by 2028 ^{self-reported}
Funding: $200M raised before first class; $100M gift from Jeff Yass (Nov 2025)

uaustin.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · uaustin.org

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University of Phoenix

Higher ed + alternatives · Phoenix, AZ · since 1976 · incumbent

Students: 78,900 (2024), down from over 470,000 at 2010 peak
IPO: Phoenix Education Partners (PXED) IPO 2025, raised $136M at $1.48B value
Idaho deal: University of Idaho purchase abandoned June 2025

phoenix.edu · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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University of the People

Higher ed + alternatives · Pasadena, CA · since 2009 · incumbent

Students: More than 270,000 from 200+ countries ^{self-reported}
Fees: $120 per course assessment (undergraduate); no tuition
Accreditation: WSCUC accredited Feb 2025

uopeople.edu · sources: en.wikipedia.org · uopeople.edu

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Verto Education

Higher ed + alternatives · Denver, CO · since 2018

Students: 3,000+ have done a Verto first-year abroad ^{self-reported}
Partner colleges: 75+ U.S. partner colleges ^{self-reported}
Locations: Buenos Aires, Prague, London, Florence, Seville

vertoeducation.org · sources: vertoeducation.org · vertoeducation.org · hanover.edu

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Western Governors University

Higher ed + alternatives · Millcreek, UT · since 1997 · incumbent

Students: 192,613 enrolled (June 30, 2025)
Tuition: Flat rate per six-month term; about $8,300/yr undergraduate (2025)
Degrees: More than 445,000 degrees awarded

wgu.edu · sources: en.wikipedia.org · wgu.edu

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Year Up United

Higher ed + alternatives · Boston, MA · since 2000 · incumbent

Served: More than 52,000 young adults ^{self-reported}
Starting pay: Graduates average $55K per year ^{self-reported}
RCT: Quarterly earnings 28% higher than control group about six years out

yearup.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · yearup.org · acf.gov

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1517 Fund

Talent funds + fellowships · Telluride, CO · since 2015

Capital: $175M+ committed across 4 flagship funds and 15+ SPVs ^{self-reported}
Checks: $50,000 to $1,000,000; average pre-seed check $400,000 ^{self-reported}
Grants: 200+ $1,000 grants a year (Medici program, minimum $1K each) ^{self-reported}
Community: 6,000+ members ^{self-reported}

1517fund.com · sources: 1517fund.com · 1517fund.com · linkedin.com

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776 Fellowship (776 Foundation)

Talent funds + fellowships · Jupiter, FL · since 2022

Grant: $100,000 over two years, ages 18-24 ^{self-reported}
Cohort size: 20 fellows; 5th cohort selected May 2026 ^{self-reported}
Community: 80 Climate Fellows ^{self-reported}
Grants paid (IRS 990-PF): $2.24M charitable disbursements in 2024

776.org · sources: 776.org · 776.org · projects.propublica.org

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Anzisha Prize

Talent funds + fellowships · Johannesburg, South Africa · since 2011

Ages: 15-22
Fellows: 300+ from 36 African countries ^{self-reported}
Stipends: $1.5M+ distributed ^{self-reported}
Jobs: 8,000+ jobs created by fellows ^{self-reported}

anzisha.org · sources: anzisha.org · anzisha.org · anzisha.org · anzisha.org

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Atlas Fellowship

Talent funds + fellowships · Berkeley, CA · since 2022 · closed

Scholarship: $50,000 per fellow ($12,000 for Atlas India)
Status: Announced Nov 2023 it will not run future programs
Revenue (IRS 990): $4.9M in 2023; $0.64M in 2024

atlasfellowship.org · sources: atlasfellowship.org · atlasfellowship.org · atlasfellowship.org · projects.propublica.org · forum.effectivealtruism.org

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Breakthrough Junior Challenge

Talent funds + fellowships · Menlo Park, CA · since 2015

Prizes: $250,000 scholarship, $50,000 to the winner's teacher, $100,000 science lab for the school
Ages: 13-18, worldwide

breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org · sources: breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org · breakthroughjuniorchallenge.org · linkedin.com

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Buildspace

Talent funds + fellowships · San Francisco, CA · since 2019 · closed

Participants: 30,000+ joined Nights & Weekends in 2023 ^{self-reported}
Funding: $10M round led by a16z, Nov 2022
Closed: Founder's final letter, Aug 23, 2024; said it had 2+ years of runway ^{self-reported}

buildspace.so · sources: buildspace.so · buildspace.so · ycombinator.com · thefounderspack.beehiiv.com

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Conception X

Talent funds + fellowships · London, UK · since 2018

Founders launched: 700+ founders, 205 startups, 92 universities ^{self-reported}
Cohort: ~100 PhD founders a year ^{self-reported}
Conversion: 34% of supported researchers start companies vs 1.7% without ^{self-reported}

conceptionx.org · sources: conceptionx.org · conceptionx.org · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · globalventuring.com

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Davidson Fellows Scholarship

Talent funds + fellowships · Reno, NV · since 2001

Awards: $100,000, $50,000 or $25,000 scholarships ^{self-reported}
Eligibility: 18 or younger; U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Running since: Fellows listed 2001-2025

davidsongifted.org · sources: davidsongifted.org · davidsongifted.org · davidsongifted.org · davidsongifted.org

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Dorm Room Fund

Talent funds + fellowships · Cambridge, MA · since 2012

Companies backed: 339+ ^{self-reported}
Follow-on capital: $14B+ raised by portfolio ^{self-reported}
Independence: Spun out of First Round Capital in 2022 and raised its own first fund ^{self-reported}

dormroomfund.com · sources: dormroomfund.com · dormroomfund.com · linkedin.com · en.wikipedia.org

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Dropout Fund (Masters' Union Ventures)

Talent funds + fellowships · Gurugram, India

Capital: Up to ₹15 lakh over 12 months, released by milestone ^{self-reported}
Eligibility: Under 25

ventures.mastersunion.org · sources: ventures.mastersunion.org · startupgrantsindia.com

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Emergent Ventures (Mercatus Center)

Talent funds + fellowships · Arlington, VA · since 2018

Launch funding: $1 million grant from the Thiel Foundation
Cohorts: 59th cohort of winners announced Sept 7, 2026, including recipients aged 15 and 16
Minimum age: 13

mercatus.org · sources: mercatus.org · gwern.net · marginalrevolution.com

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Hack Club

Talent funds + fellowships · Burlington, VT · since 2014

Ages: 13-18
Hackathons listed: 915 high school hackathons listed in its directory, in 31 states and 26 countries
Founder: Zach Latta founded it after dropping out of high school; Thiel Fellow

hackclub.com · sources: hackclub.com · hackclub.com · hackathons.hackclub.com · hackclub.com · en.wikipedia.org

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Hult Prize

Talent funds + fellowships · Cambridge, MA · since 2010

Prize: $1M annual seed funding ^{self-reported}
Reach: 200K+ annual participants in 130+ countries ^{self-reported}

hultprize.org · sources: hultprize.org · hultprize.org · en.wikipedia.org

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Kleiner Perkins Fellows

Talent funds + fellowships · Menlo Park, CA · since 2012

Alumni: 1000+ ^{self-reported}
2021 class: 102 Fellows from 38 universities at 41 companies ^{self-reported}
Notable alumni: Figma CEO Dylan Field ^{self-reported}

kleinerperkins.com · sources: kleinerperkins.com · kleinerperkins.com · en.wikipedia.org

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Neo Scholars

Talent funds + fellowships · San Francisco, CA · since 2017

2025 class: 18 students ^{self-reported}
Grant: $25k equity-free grant for Semester in SF ^{self-reported}
Notable alumni: Cursor cofounder Michael Truell attended before cofounding Cursor

neo.com · sources: neo.com · neo.substack.com · neo.substack.com · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org

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NEXT 36 (NEXT Canada)

Talent funds + fellowships · Toronto, Canada · since 2010

Cohort: 36 undergrads and recent grads a year
Equity: 2.5% equity requirement removed as of Sept 2025

nextcanada.com · sources: nextcanada.com · agrawal.ca · en.wikipedia.org

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Regeneron Science Talent Search (Society for Science)

Talent funds + fellowships · Washington, DC · since 1942

Awards: $3.1 million a year; first prize $250,000
Finalists: Top 40 finalists each year
Alumni honors: 13 Nobel Prizes, 2 Fields Medals, 18 MacArthur Fellowships ^{self-reported}

societyforscience.org · sources: societyforscience.org · societyforscience.org

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Rise (Schmidt Futures + Rhodes Trust)

Talent funds + fellowships · New York, NY · since 2020

Fellows: 400 Rise Fellows from 103 nationalities ^{self-reported}
University: 333 Fellows at 134 universities in 21 countries; 85 first in family to pursue a bachelor's ^{self-reported}
Backing: Anchor program of a $1 billion commitment from Eric and Wendy Schmidt

risefortheworld.org · sources: risefortheworld.org · risefortheworld.org · risefortheworld.org · risefortheworld.org

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The Residency

Talent funds + fellowships · San Francisco, CA · since 2022

First unicorn: Prime Intellect, after a $130M round ^{self-reported}
Acceptance rate: 3% ^{self-reported}
Format: Housing plus coworking; cohorts 3-6 months; homes outside SF incl. Bangalore ^{self-reported}

livetheresidency.com · sources: livetheresidency.com · livetheresidency.com · redbud.vc · redbud.vc · webdisclosure.com

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Thiel Fellowship

Talent funds + fellowships · Miami, FL · since 2011

Grant: $250,000 over two years
2026 class: 12 fellows
Unicorns: Website counts 26 unicorns founded by fellows ^{self-reported}

thielfellowship.org · sources: startuphub.ai · thielfellowship.org · en.wikipedia.org · projects.propublica.org

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Z Fellows

Talent funds + fellowships · San Francisco, CA

Check: $10,000 investment at a $1B valuation cap, optional ^{self-reported}
Length: 1 week, mostly virtual, last day in person in SF or NYC ^{self-reported}
Eligibility: No age restriction; fellows have included high school dropouts and college students ^{self-reported}

zfellows.com · sources: zfellows.com

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ClassWallet

Rails & platforms · Miami, FL

Recent contracts: Ohio scholarships (Oct 2025), Indiana ESA (Jul 2025), Arkansas LEARNS, Idaho
Scale: $7.5B+ in public funds, 1.3M+ users, 15,000+ vendors ^{self-reported}

classwallet.com · sources: classwallet.com · classwallet.com

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NewGlobe (Bridge)

Rails & platforms · Cambridge, MA · since 2008

Reach: 4M+ students, 100,000+ teachers ^{self-reported}
Programs: EKOEXCEL, KwaraLEARN, EdoBEST, BayelsaPRIME, JigawaUNITE (Nigeria), RwandaEQUIP, Liberia national
Kenya RCT: 0.89 (primary) and 1.48 (pre-primary) extra equivalent years of schooling in a lottery-based trial by Kremer and coauthors; restated as 0.81 and 1.35 SD
2026: Launched seven AI tools for ministers, teacher coaching and home learning

newglobe.education · sources: newglobe.education · newglobe.education · en.wikipedia.org · marginalrevolution.com

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Odyssey

Rails & platforms · New York, NY · since 2021

Reach: 10 states; 200,000+ students; $2B+ distributed ^{self-reported}
Texas: Picked to help run Texas Education Freedom Accounts (about $1B program) from 2026-27; $26M contract for 2026-27
Funding: $10M Series A led by Tusk Venture Partners, with a16z (Katherine Boyle)

withodyssey.com · sources: withodyssey.com · gazette.com · trysignalbase.com · techcrunch.com · sacurrent.com

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Rising Academies

Rails & platforms · Freetown, Sierra Leone · since 2014

Reach: 1,400 schools, 400,000+ students ^{self-reported}
Government: 1,000+ public schools via 5 government partnerships ^{self-reported}
Rori AI tutor: 0.37 effect size on math growth in Ghana (8 months, two 30-min sessions a week)
Sierra Leone program: 0.38 SD math, 0.29 SD English (Oxford Policy Management)

risingacademies.com · sources: risingacademies.com · risingacademies.com · arxiv.org · risingacademies.com · directory.onpurpose.org

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Step Up For Students

Rails & platforms · Jacksonville, FL · since 2002

Scholarships: 1M+ funded to date ^{self-reported}
Programs: Family Empowerment, Personalized Education Program (PEP), Unique Abilities, Hope
Overhead: 98.9% of funds go to scholarships ^{self-reported}

stepupforstudents.org · sources: stepupforstudents.org · en.wikipedia.org

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Student First Technologies

Rails & platforms · Bloomington, IN · struggling

Funds administered: $1.3B in education funds ^{self-reported}
Reach: 300,000+ students and families; 15+ state implementations ^{self-reported}
Arkansas: Fined over $500,000 for delays; $15M EFA contract cancelled Oct 8, 2024

studentfirsttech.com · sources: bidopportunities.iowa.gov · studentfirsttech.com · yahoo.com

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Subject

Rails & platforms · Beverly Hills, CA

Students: 200k+ active in 2026 ^{self-reported}
Schools: 1k+ schools across 38 states ^{self-reported}
Funding: $28M round led by Vistara Growth (Feb 2026)

subject.com · sources: builtinla.com · subject.com

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Timeback (2 Hour Learning)

Rails & platforms · Austin, TX

Licensees named: GT School, NextGen Academy, Novatio, Unbound Academy
First university affiliate: The Drew School, Madison NJ: $30,000/yr, 10-12 founding families, fall 2026
Virtual licensee price: Novatio: $7,500/yr (covered by Arizona ESA), $10,000 out of state

timeback.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · njbiz.com · novatio.school · nepc.colorado.edu · runtimewire.com

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XQ Institute

Rails & platforms · Oakland, CA · since 2015 · incumbent

Prize: Ten 'super schools' each awarded $10 million in 2016
Total pot: About $102 million across winners and runners-up, from roughly 700 applicants

xqsuperschool.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · edsurge.com

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Zum

School operations · Redwood City, CA · since 2015

Schools: 7,500+ served across 19 states ^{self-reported}
Funding: $100M from TPG; investors include SoftBank, GIC, Spark Capital and Sequoia
Electric: Oakland Unified's fleet fully electric; electric rollout in San Francisco ^{self-reported}
Kansas City: 95% on-time, 86% fewer transportation-related absences (district case study) ^{self-reported}

ridezum.com · sources: ridezum.com · ridezum.com · linkedin.com · news.crunchbase.com · en.wikipedia.org · cnbc.com

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AI Hay

AI tutors · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · since 2021

Funding: $10M Series A led by Argor Capital; over $18M raised in total (Jul 2025)
Recognition: HolonIQ 2026 Southeast Asia EdTech 50 (K-12 Support)

ai-hay.vn · sources: aiworld.eu · holoniq.com · cbinsights.com

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Aristotle

AI tutors · San Francisco, CA · since 2025

Price: Free (3 sessions); $49/month for 8 sessions; $199/month unlimited
Funding: $5M from True Ventures, Wicklow and angels
Sessions tutored: 5,639+ ^{self-reported}

heyaristotle.com · sources: heyaristotle.com · linkedin.com · heyaristotle.com · heyaristotle.com

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Arivihan

AI tutors · Indore, India · since 2022

Funding: $10.2M Series A co-led by Accel and Prosus; $15M+ total
Who uses it: 80% of subscribers from tier-3 towns and rural areas ^{self-reported}
Languages: Lectures and practice in 6 Indian languages ^{self-reported}

arivihan.com · sources: arivihan.com · inc42.com

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Beaj Education

AI tutors · Islamabad, Pakistan · since 2022

Cost: About $1 per learner per month ^{self-reported}
Learners: 6,000+ active learners; active in Pakistan and Madagascar ^{self-reported}
RCT: 2026 randomized trial with 2,400 grade 1-4 students, led by US-based researchers (results pending)

beaj.org · sources: beaj.org · beaj.org · linkedin.com

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ChatGPT Study Mode (OpenAI)

AI tutors · San Francisco, CA · since 2025

Launch: 29 July 2025, for Free, Plus, Pro and Team users
National deals: 'Education for Countries' first cohort (Jan 2026): Estonia, Greece, Italy (via CRUI), Jordan, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Trinidad & Tobago, UAE

chatgpt.com · sources: maginative.com · the-decoder.com · openai.com · en.wikipedia.org · openai.com

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Claude for Education, Learning mode (Anthropic)

AI tutors · San Francisco, CA · since 2025

Launch: April 2025
Campus deals: Full-campus access at Northeastern, LSE and Champlain College
Ed builders: Rising Academies built its Rori tutor and Tari teacher tool on Claude

anthropic.com · sources: maginative.com · infoq.com · claude.com · en.wikipedia.org

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Coursemojo

AI tutors · Washington, DC

Curricula: Works with 13 ELA curricula incl. Amplify, EL Education, Wit & Wisdom
Claimed results: Partners saw 6-10 point state-test gains in a year (CEO) ^{self-reported}
Team: 37 employees on LinkedIn ^{self-reported}

coursemojo.com · sources: coursemojo.com · linkedin.com · the74million.org

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Darsel

AI tutors · Stanford, CA · since 2021

Reach: 400,000+ students in 3 countries ^{self-reported}
Price: Free
Accelerator: Y Combinator Winter 2022

darsel.tech · sources: darsel.tech · linkedin.com · darsel.tech · ycombinator.com · socialscienceregistry.org

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Edumentors

AI tutors · London, UK · since 2022

Funding: £1.5M seed led by Magna Investments (Aug 2025); other reports say $2M
Sessions: 100,000+ tutoring sessions to students in 35 countries ^{self-reported}

edumentors.co.uk · sources: businesscloud.co.uk · edumentors.co.uk

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Excellence

AI tutors · San Francisco, CA · since 2025

Backing: Y Combinator Winter 2025; team of 4
Price: Free trial; no public price

excellence-ai.com · sources: excellence-ai.com · ycombinator.com

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Flint

AI tutors · New York, NY · since 2023

Funding: $15M Series A co-led by Basis Set Ventures and Patron, Nov 2025
Users: 400,000+ users at hundreds of independent schools ^{self-reported}
Total funding: $16.7M
Backing: Y Combinator Summer 2023

flintk12.com · on X: @hungrysohan (Sohan Choudhury) · sources: flintk12.com · ycombinator.com · k12dive.com · alleywatch.com · basisset.com

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Gauth (ByteDance)

AI tutors · Singapore · since 2020

Users: 200M (claimed on its website, 2024) ^{self-reported}
Peak daily users: 2M+ in 2024
Live tutor: Added 'AI Live Tutor' voice tutoring with an interactive whiteboard

gauthmath.com · sources: axios.com · chinatalk.media · amp.scmp.com · foxdata.com · axios.com

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Gemini Guided Learning / LearnLM (Google)

AI tutors · Mountain View, CA · since 2024

Launch: LearnLM announced May 2024 (Google I/O); Guided Learning announced 6 Aug 2025
Student offer: Free year of Gemini Pro for students in "key countries" (countries not named)
Classroom test: LearnLM tutor supervised by humans in Eedi's UK pilot; US RCT with Imagine Learning planned for 2026

gemini.google.com · sources: blog.google · maginative.com · campustechnology.com · eedi.com · en.wikipedia.org

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General Learning (RevisionDojo)

AI tutors · Hong Kong · since 2023

Funding: $3.4M seed (RevisionDojo), Mar 2025
Reach: 140k+ community, 2,000+ paying customers in 180 countries and 2,400 schools ^{self-reported}
Backing: Y Combinator Fall 2024; team of 35

generallearning.com · on X: @michaelytong (Michael Tong) · sources: generallearning.com · revisiondojo.com · revisiondojo.com · ycombinator.com

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Goblins

AI tutors · New York, NY · since 2023

Users: 16,000 student users; over a quarter in New York City ^{self-reported}
Pricing: Free for teachers to try
Recognition: 2026 GSV Cup 50

goblins.com · sources: tally.so · the74million.org · goblins.com · asugsvsummit.com

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Khanmigo (Khan Academy)

AI tutors · Mountain View, CA · since 2023

Users: 2.0M total Khanmigo users with access in SY24-25 (no student/educator/parent split given) ^{self-reported}
Price: $4/month for families; free for US teachers (Microsoft-funded since May 2024)
RCT effect: +0.04 SD per term pooled (1.3 percentile ranks); +0.084 SD in year two (Tennessee, 18 schools)
Cost in trial: About $15 per student per year

khanmigo.ai · sources: nber.org · winssolutions.org · annualreport.khanacademy.org · 2023-2024.annualreport.khanacademy.org · blog.khanacademy.org · en.wikipedia.org

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Kira

AI tutors · Palo Alto, CA · since 2021

Series A: $15M from NEA and AI Fund
State deal: Tennessee STEM Innovation Network chose Kira to supply intro CS to all public middle and high schools
Staff: 51-200 employees ^{self-reported}

kira-learning.com · sources: kira-learning.com · linkedin.com · pulse2.com

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Kollegio

AI tutors · New York, NY

Users: More than 300,000 students ^{self-reported}
Funding: $5.3M+ pre-Series A, after $3.6M earlier incl. a $2.8M seed (Reach Capital)
Price: Free for students

kollegio.ai · sources: dealroom.co · kollegio.ai

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Kunduz

AI tutors · Istanbul, Turkey · since 2016

Tutors: 35,000 in network ^{self-reported}
Schools: 1,400+ institutions; 300K+ students subscribed ^{self-reported}
Markets: Turkey and India

kunduz.com · on X: @basarx2an (Basar Basaran) · sources: ycombinator.com · kunduz.com

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Kytabu

AI tutors · Nairobi, Kenya

Stage: Running pilot projects with schools ^{self-reported}
Award: Founder won the 2015 African Entrepreneurship Award (Education) to scale Kytabu

kytabu.africa · sources: kytabu.africa · kytabu.africa · kenyans.co.ke

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Mathos AI

AI tutors · Santa Clara, CA · since 2023

Usage: 50M+ questions asked by users in 200+ countries ^{self-reported}
Accelerator: Y Combinator Winter 2024

info.mathos.ai · on X: @VyvyenYue (Tianwei Yue) · sources: info.mathos.ai · linkedin.com · ycombinator.com

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Medly AI

AI tutors · London, UK · since 2025

Users: 400,000+ UK users since February 2025 launch ^{self-reported}
Funding: $8M seed led by Felix Capital
Government contract: One of 8 suppliers (from 53 bids) in England's AI Tutoring Tools Pioneers Programme, £300,000

medlyai.com · sources: tech.eu · dealroom.co · thenextweb.com

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Miyagi Labs

AI tutors · New York, NY · since 2025

Users: 125K+ students ^{self-reported}
Backing: Y Combinator, Winter 2025

miyagilabs.ai · on X: @tyronedavisiii (Tyrone Davis III) · sources: ycombinator.com · miyagilabs.ai

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Numerade

AI tutors · Pasadena, CA · since 2019

Price: $29.95/month or $95.90/year
Funding: $26M at a $100M valuation (IDG, General Catalyst, others)
Educators: 60,000+ educators made its video solutions ^{self-reported}

numerade.com · sources: numerade.com · techcrunch.com · numerade.com

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Oboe

AI tutors · New York, NY

Funding: $16M Series A led by a16z (Dec 2025), after $4M seed
Price: Free course generation; $15/month or $40/month Pro
Launch: Product launched September 2025

oboe.com · sources: podcastnewsdaily.com · techcrunch.com · a16z.com · homebrew.co

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OKO Labs

AI tutors · New York, NY

Federal grant: $1M IES SBIR Phase II, Jul 2024-Jun 2026
Partners: Districts shown include NYC DOE, Hamilton County, KIPP Metro Atlanta ^{self-reported}

okolabs.ai · sources: okolabs.ai · linkedin.com · ies.ed.gov · asugsvsummit.com

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Photomath (Google)

AI tutors · San Mateo, CA · since 2014 · acquired

Downloads: 220M+ (2021) ^{self-reported}
Acquired: By Google; announced May 2022, closed 2023 after EU approval

photomath.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · techcrunch.com · androidauthority.com

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QANDA (Mathpresso)

AI tutors · Seoul, South Korea · since 2015

Users: 9.8M monthly users in 50+ countries ^{self-reported}
Funding: $50M Series C; $105M total at the time

qanda.ai · sources: qanda.ai · frontier-enterprise.com

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Riiid

AI tutors · Seoul, South Korea · since 2014 · incumbent

Funding: $175M from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (May 2021); ~$253M raised since 2014
Users: Santa TOEIC claimed 900,000 users (2019) ^{self-reported}

riiid.com · sources: edsurge.com · kedglobal.com

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Rori (Rising Academies)

AI tutors · Freetown, Sierra Leone · since 2014

Effect size: 0.37 SD on math growth (Ghana, 11 schools, 2 x 30 min/week)
Reach: 150,000+ students across Rising's AI tools, with Rori used in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda ^{self-reported}
Channel: Runs on WhatsApp on low-cost phones

risingacademies.com · sources: arxiv.org · scale.stanford.edu · povertyactionlab.org · claude.com · briter.co · greaterwrong.com

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Schoolhouse.world

AI tutors · Palo Alto, CA · since 2020

Learners: 229k+ learners, 563k+ sessions ^{self-reported}
Cost: 100% free; nonprofit (501(c)(3) per IRS data)
Revenue: $6.6M total revenue (2023 Form 990)
Partnership: Official free SAT tutoring partnership with College Board (Jan 2026)

schoolhouse.world · sources: projects.propublica.org · schoolhouse.world

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SigIQ.ai

AI tutors · Berkeley, CA · since 2023

Funding: $9.5M seed co-led by The House Fund and GSV Ventures; Duolingo participated (Apr 2025)
Users: PadhAI 200K+ users ^{self-reported}

sigiq.ai · sources: thesaasnews.com · sigiq.ai · india.entrepreneur.com · sigiq.ai

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Sizzle

AI tutors · New York, NY · acquired

Users: 1.7 million+ ^{self-reported}
Acquired: Bought by Campus (online two-year college), Oct 2025; Pesenti became Campus CTO
Claimed accuracy: 90% ^{self-reported}

web.szl.ai · sources: web.szl.ai · techcrunch.com · techcrunch.com · pulse2.com

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Skye (Third Space Learning)

AI tutors · London, UK · since 2013

Price: From £3,500/year primary, £5,000/year secondary, unlimited sessions
Scale (all tutoring): 4,200+ schools, 196,000+ students taught ^{self-reported}
Trial underway: Accelerate-funded year-long evaluation, 500+ students alternating Skye and human tutors

thirdspacelearning.com · sources: thirdspacelearning.com · thirdspacelearning.com · thirdspacelearning.com · thirdspacelearning.com · startups.co.uk · starterstory.com

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Sparkli

AI tutors · Zurich, Switzerland · since 2025

Funding: $5M pre-seed led by Founderful (Jan 2026)
Pilot: With a school group network of 100+ international schools, 100,000+ students ^{self-reported}

sparkli.ai · sources: trendingtopics.eu

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Studdy

AI tutors · San Francisco, CA · since 2023

Accelerator: Y Combinator Summer 2023
Savings claim: Students saved over $1.2M in tutoring costs ^{self-reported}
Pricing: First lesson free

studdyai.com · on X: @mike_lamma (Michael Lam) · @chad_syntax (Alex Lanzoni) · sources: ycombinator.com · studdyai.com

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SuperKalam

AI tutors · Bengaluru, India · since 2023

Price: SUPER plan ₹7,499 till Mains; free trial
Backing: Y Combinator Winter 2023; team of 20
Grading speed: Mains answers evaluated in under 60 seconds ^{self-reported}

superkalam.com · on X: @vimal8rathore (Vimal Singh Rathore) · @aseemgupta_ (Aseem Gupta) · sources: superkalam.com · ycombinator.com

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Synthesis Tutor

AI tutors · West Hollywood, CA · since 2020

Price: $45/month individual; family annual plan shown at both $119 and $400/year (page inconsistent)
Families: 25,000-35,000 families (page states both) ^{self-reported}
Origin: Co-founder Josh Dahn created Ad Astra, the SpaceX lab school, at Elon Musk's request; Chrisman Frank was inspired by visiting it

synthesis.com · sources: synthesis.com · newfoundingpodcast.podbean.com · cbinsights.com · info.synthesis.com · thehustle.co

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Tegore

AI tutors · San Francisco, CA · since 2025

Accelerator: Y Combinator Spring 2025
Pilot claim: 85% of students mastered polynomial division in one 20-minute session (San Mateo County pilot, Spring 2025) ^{self-reported}

tegore.ai · sources: tegore.ai · ycombinator.com

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Vimi

AI tutors · Ra'anana, Israel · since 2025

Funding: $12M seed led by Viola and BRM
Price: $20 a month ^{self-reported}
Grades: 1st to 9th grade

vimi.com · sources: vimi.com · ynetnews.com · preqin.com · viola-group.com

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Wild Zebra

AI tutors · Seattle, WA · since 2024

Funding: $6M seed led by Trilogy Equity Partners; $8M total
Usage: 100,000+ learning conversations ^{self-reported}
Partner: Built with ERB and mapped to ERB standards

wildzebra.com · sources: thesaasnews.com · wildzebra.com

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YoLearn.ai

AI tutors · Noida, India · since 2025

Users: 100K+ students ^{self-reported}
Investor: ABP Education investment (Sep 2026); amount not disclosed
Languages: English, Hindi and up to 22 Indian languages ^{self-reported}

yolearn.ai · sources: theprint.in · yolearn.ai

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Yuanfudao

AI tutors · Beijing, China · since 2012

Valuation: $15.5B after $2.2B raised in two rounds (Tencent, DST Global), Oct 2020
Users: 400 million+ users ^{self-reported}
Products: Suyang courses, Zebra AI Learning, Xiaoyuan Kousuan, Yuan Programming, Dolphin AI Learning

yuanfudao.com · sources: yuanfudao.com · caixinglobal.com · technode.com · technode.com

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Zuoyebang

AI tutors · Beijing, China · since 2015

Funding: US$1.6B+ Series E+ (Alibaba, Tiger Global, SoftBank Vision Fund, Sequoia)
Users: 170M monthly active users ^{self-reported}

zuoyebang.com · sources: zuoyebang.com · linkedin.com · kyodonewsprwire.jp

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Abwaab

Mastery & adaptive practice · Amman, Jordan · since 2019

Funding: $20M Series A led by BECO Capital, Nov 2021
Acquisitions: Bought Egypt's Apex Education (earlier in 2026) and Eduact (Sep 2026)
Price: About $50 per full academic year ^{self-reported}

abwaab.com · sources: abwaab.com · wamda.com · wamda.com · jordannews.jo · coresignal.com

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Acely

Mastery & adaptive practice · San Francisco, CA · since 2017

Price: $49/month annual; $99/month quarterly; $149 monthly
Revenue: $10M ARR ^{self-reported}
YC batch: Winter 2018

acely.com · on X: @vivianmshen (Vivian Midha Shen) · sources: ycombinator.com · acely.com

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Alef Education

Mastery & adaptive practice · Abu Dhabi, UAE · since 2016

Students: Nearly 2 million registered across 19,000 schools ^{self-reported}
Revenue: AED361.6m in H1 2026
Ranking: 13th globally, 1st in MEA, TIME World's Top EdTech Companies 2026

alefeducation.com · sources: alefeducation.com · linkedin.com

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ALEKS (McGraw Hill)

Mastery & adaptive practice · Irvine, CA · since 1996 · acquired

Students served: Used by over 25-30 million students since 1996 ^{self-reported}
Acquired: By McGraw-Hill Education, 2013
New course: ALEKS for Calculus released 2025

aleks.com · sources: innovation.uci.edu · socsci.uci.edu · arxiv.org · s205.q4cdn.com · mheducation.com

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Apprendemos

Mastery & adaptive practice · Lima, Peru · since 2020

Users: 140,000+ students and 10,000 teachers in 2024 ^{self-reported}
Price: Free
Award: HundrED Global Collection 2026

apprendemos.com · sources: apprendemos.com · hundred.org · grade.org.pe

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atama+

Mastery & adaptive practice · Tokyo, Japan · since 2017

Classrooms: 3,100+ cram-school classrooms (Apr 2022) ^{self-reported}
Funding: ¥5.1B Series B (Jul 2021); ¥8.2B raised in total

atama.plus · sources: atama.plus · corp.atama.plus · resemom.jp · thebridge.jp

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Benesse (Shinkenzemi, Kodomo Challenge)

Mastery & adaptive practice · Okayama, Japan · since 1955 · incumbent

Take-private: EQT and the founding family took it private in a ~$1.78B (¥270B) deal; 70.1% stake bought Mar 3, 2024
Revenue: ¥430.1B revenue (2017)
Kodomo Challenge: Preschool program with Shimajiro mascot running since Apr 1988

benesse-hd.co.jp · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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Bloomy

Mastery & adaptive practice · San Francisco, CA · since 2026

Mastery gate: Students advance only after 90% proficiency on a skill ^{self-reported}
Backing: Y Combinator Summer 2026; team of 1

bloomylearning.com · on X: @alexsouthmayd (Alex Southmayd) · sources: bloomylearning.com · ycombinator.com

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Brilliant

Mastery & adaptive practice · San Francisco, CA · since 2012

Learners: 10M+ ^{self-reported}
Courses: 90+ guided courses in math, computer science and science

brilliant.org · sources: brilliant.org · en.wikipedia.org · builtin.com · yespress.io

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Cerebry

Mastery & adaptive practice · Singapore · since 2016

Schools: 16k+ schools; 15+ countries ^{self-reported}
Funding: $1M seed led by Ascend Vietnam Ventures

cerebry.co · sources: cerebry.co · technode.global

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Chiron

Mastery & adaptive practice · London, UK · since 2023

Backing: Y Combinator Spring 2025; team of 2
Platform: iPad app on the App Store; schools and tutors on request

projectchiron.org · on X: @J4mesBooth (James Booth) · @MaxB00th (Max Booth) · sources: projectchiron.org · ycombinator.com

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CoLearn

Mastery & adaptive practice · Jakarta, Indonesia · since 2020

Price: Rp90.000/month for one math class a week
Funding: $10M Series A co-led by Alpha Wave Incubation and GSV Ventures, Apr 2021
Users: 3.5M downloads, about 1M active users ^{self-reported}

colearn.id · sources: colearn.id · techcrunch.com · linkedin.com

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DreamBox Math (Discovery Education)

Mastery & adaptive practice · Bellevue, WA · since 2006 · acquired

Reach: 6M+ students, 600,000 educators at acquisition ^{self-reported}
Acquired: By Clearlake-backed Discovery Education, 2023; terms undisclosed

dreambox.com · sources: k12dive.com · geekwire.com · cepr.harvard.edu · edsurge.com

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Edmentum (Exact Path, Apex Learning, Study Island)

Mastery & adaptive practice · Bloomington, MN · since 2000 · incumbent

Reach: ~5M students in 6,200+ US public school districts ^{self-reported}
Acquisition: Bought Apex Learning (closed Jul 28, 2021)
GSV 150: Named to the 2025 and 2026 GSV 150

edmentum.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · edmentum.com · newswire.com · edmentum.com · asugsvsummit.com

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Eedi

Mastery & adaptive practice · London, UK

RCT result: About 2 extra months' maths progress; ~4 months at 10-15 min/week (2,901 Year 7 students, 20 schools)
AI tutoring pilot: Human-supervised Google LearnLM tutor: 66% vs 60% for human tutors on short-term transfer questions (5 classrooms, 165 students) ^{self-reported}

eedi.com · sources: eedi.com · eedi.com · businesswire.com · lboro.ac.uk · podcast.mrbartonmaths.com

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EIDU

Mastery & adaptive practice · Berlin, Germany · since 2015

Learners: 790,000 learners with 39 governments in 2025; 1M+ since 2020 ^{self-reported}
RCT: External year-long RCT: effect of 0.53 SD on literacy and numeracy
Origin: Founded in Nairobi, Kenya in 2015; first county government partner 2017

eidu.com · sources: eidu.com · eidu.com · eidu.com · eidu.com · eidu.com · linkedin.com

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Evolytes

Mastery & adaptive practice · Reykjavík, Iceland

Funding: $520,000 round led by NSA Ventures (Dec 2021)
Funding: $1.4M seed (Apr 2025)
Recognition: 2026 GSV Cup 50

evolytes.com · sources: vcbacked.co · northstack.is · asugsvsummit.com

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evulpo

Mastery & adaptive practice · Zurich, Switzerland

Funding: CHF 8.8M Series A
Schools: ~100 schools using it ^{self-reported}

evulpo.com · sources: evulpo.com · walderwyss.com · evulpo.com · evulpo.com

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Geekie

Mastery & adaptive practice · São Paulo, Brazil · since 2011 · acquired

Students reached: 12M+ students (cumulative) ^{self-reported}
Partner schools: 630 partner schools; 130,000 active students ^{self-reported}
Award: Prêmio Top Educação, 'IA para escolas' (2025)

geekie.com.br · sources: cbinsights.com · geekie.com.br · startupi.com.br · lemanncenter.stanford.edu · americasquarterly.org

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Graspable Math

Mastery & adaptive practice · Bloomington, IN · since 2016

Grant: $900K IES SBIR Phase II (2019-2021)
Founders: David Landy, Erik Weitnauer, Erin Ottmar

activities.graspablemath.com · sources: cbinsights.com · ies.ed.gov · graspablemath.com

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Imagine Learning (Edgenuity, Imagine Math)

Mastery & adaptive practice · Tempe, AZ · incumbent

Reach: 18M+ students in over half of US districts ^{self-reported}
Merger: Edgenuity and Imagine Learning merged into Weld North Education, renamed Imagine Learning (effective Jan 1, 2022)

imaginelearning.com · sources: businesswire.com · imaginelearning.com · schoolboard.kgbsd.org

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Innovamat

Mastery & adaptive practice · Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain · since 2017

Reach: 22,000 teachers, 2,600+ schools, 560,000+ students in 9 countries ^{self-reported}
Funding: $21M Series A led by Reach Capital (Apr 2023)

innovamat.com · sources: careers.innovamat.com · techcrunch.com

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IXL Learning

Mastery & adaptive practice · San Mateo, CA · since 1998

Students: 18M+ ^{self-reported}
Acquisitions: Bought Evan-Moor (PreK-8 workbooks), announced 2 Oct 2025
RCT: Johns Hopkins CRRE trial, one Michigan district, grades 3-5: +10 points on Star Math

ixl.com · sources: ixl.com · similarweb.com · ixl.com · eschoolnews.com · sri.com · ixl.com

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Khan Academy

Mastery & adaptive practice · Mountain View, CA · since 2008 · incumbent

Registered users: 189.6M registered users, 104.9M yearly active learners (SY24-25) ^{self-reported}
Revenue: $117.5M total revenue (fiscal year to June 2025) on IRS Form 990; mostly donor-funded

khanacademy.org · sources: donate.khanacademy.org · annualreport.khanacademy.org · en.wikipedia.org · projects.propublica.org

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Kinnu

Mastery & adaptive practice · London, UK · since 2021

Users: 1.2 million ^{self-reported}
Funding: $9M total; $6.5M seed (LocalGlobe, Cavalry) in 2023
Founders: Christopher Kahler and Abraham Müller, joined by Hanna Celina

kinnu.xyz · sources: kinnu.xyz · uktech.news

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Kolibri (Learning Equality)

Mastery & adaptive practice · La Jolla, CA · since 2013

Reach: Installed in 220+ countries and territories ^{self-reported}
Price: Free, open source
Founded: Nonprofit incorporated April 2013

learningequality.org · sources: learningequality.org · learningequality.org · learningequality.org · learningequality.org

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Luca

Mastery & adaptive practice · Mexico City, Mexico · since 2020

Funding: $8M Series A led by 6 Degrees Capital; $13M+ total
Students: 30,000+ active students in Mexico ^{self-reported}
Claimed result: 20% gain in academic performance per Tec de Monterrey study ^{self-reported}

lucaedu.com · sources: lucaedu.com · mx.linkedin.com · mexicobusiness.news

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Magma Math

Mastery & adaptive practice · Stockholm, Sweden · since 2015

Funding: $40M Series A from Five Elms Capital
Reach (Sweden): About one in two Swedish compulsory-school students use it ^{self-reported}
Grant: SEK 7.6M from the Gates Foundation
US: District partnerships in 30+ states ^{self-reported}

magmamath.com · sources: magmamath.com · osborneclarke.com · efn.se

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Math Academy

Mastery & adaptive practice · Pasadena, CA · since 2013

Price: $49/month per student
Origin: Began as a Pasadena USD gifted-math program (pilot 2016-17); online platform opened to outside students in 2021
Pass rate: Students pass lessons 93% of the time on first try, 98% on second ^{self-reported}
Courses: 4th grade math through AP Calculus BC, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, Math for Machine Learning

mathacademy.com · sources: mathacademy.com · mathacademy.com · mathacademy.com · mathacademy.com · justinmath.com · justinmath.com

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MATHia (Carnegie Learning)

Mastery & adaptive practice · Pittsburgh, PA · since 1998

RAND RCT: 17,000+ students, 147 schools in seven states; ~8 percentile points in year two, none in year one
Evidence for ESSA: Weighted effect +0.04 across three high school studies; rated 'strong'
Owner: CIP Capital (since 2018)

carnegielearning.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · edweek.org · edweek.org · evidenceforessa.org · carnegielearning.com

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McGraw Hill

Mastery & adaptive practice · Columbus, OH · since 1888 · incumbent

Revenue (FY ended Mar 2026): $2,102.8 million
Licenses: Over 100 million active student and educator curriculum licenses ^{self-reported}
Reach: Content in more than 100 countries and more than 80 languages ^{self-reported}

mheducation.com · sources: sec.gov · en.wikipedia.org

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Modern Classrooms Project

Mastery & adaptive practice · Washington, DC · since 2018

Teachers trained: 65,000 in free online courses ^{self-reported}
Schools: 6,100 using the methods, in 1,900+ districts ^{self-reported}
Revenue (FY ended Sep 2025): $13,826,909
Evaluation: Five-year federal EIR-funded evaluation of math outcomes by American Institutes for Research, underway ^{self-reported}

modernclassrooms.org · sources: projects.propublica.org · modernclassrooms.org · blendedlearning.org · modernclassrooms.org · jscholarship.library.jhu.edu

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NoRILLA

Mastery & adaptive practice · Pittsburgh, PA · since 2014

Award: Tools Competition winner (AI-enhanced hands-on science)
Reach: Used in formal and informal settings reaching millions of children and families ^{self-reported}

norilla.com · sources: bouncewatch.com · tools-competition.org · cmu.edu · norilla.com

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OATutor

Mastery & adaptive practice · Berkeley, CA

Award: Growth Award, Tools Competition (Aug 2024)
Award: Selected for California Learning Lab AI FAST Challenge (May 2025)
License: Open source; CC-licensed problem library

oatutor.io · sources: oatutor.io

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Pandai

Mastery & adaptive practice · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · since 2020

Students: 1,007,763+ ^{self-reported}
Accelerator: Y Combinator Summer 2021; team of 32

pandai.org · on X: @akmalakhpah (Akmal Akhpah) · sources: pandai.org · my.pandai.org · ycombinator.com

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Podsie

Mastery & adaptive practice · Oakland, CA · since 2020

Price: Free
Funding: Grants incl. National Science Foundation and Tools Competition
Content: 72,000 teacher-created questions (2023) ^{self-reported}

podsie.org · sources: podsie.org · linkedin.com · learningscientists.org

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Qubena (COMPASS)

Mastery & adaptive practice · Tokyo, Japan · since 2012

Schools: 3,300+ elementary and junior high schools; 220+ municipalities ^{self-reported}
Funding: ¥600M round (Apr 2018)

qubena.com · sources: initial.inc · qubena.com

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Simply (JoyTunes, Simply Piano)

Mastery & adaptive practice · Tel Aviv, Israel · since 2011 · incumbent

Valuation: $50M round led by GV at $1B valuation (Jun 2021)
Revenue: ~$100M revenue in 2020, up ~150%
Downloads: ~10M downloads of Simply Piano and Simply Guitar since the pandemic began (2021) ^{self-reported}

hellosimply.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · calcalistech.com · holoniq.com · en.globes.co.il

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Siyavula

Mastery & adaptive practice · Cape Town, South Africa · since 2012

Practice: About 299 million questions completed in the last year (live counter) ^{self-reported}
Textbooks: 10,000,000 on desks ^{self-reported}
Data cost: Zero-rated (no data charges) on mobile networks

siyavula.com · sources: siyavula.com · linkedin.com · itweb.co.za

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Sparx Maths

Mastery & adaptive practice · Exeter, UK · since 2010

Schools: 2,600+ ^{self-reported}
Completion: 92% of students in partner schools complete 30+ minutes of homework ^{self-reported}
Study: 3,956 Year 7-8 students, 14 schools (RAND Europe / Cambridge)

sparxmaths.com · sources: rand.org · educ.cam.ac.uk · educ.cam.ac.uk · sparxmaths.com · yespress.io · craft.co

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Speak Agent

Mastery & adaptive practice · Rockville, MD · since 2015

Claimed result: 10.3% higher math scores in a top-20 district at ~4 hrs/month ^{self-reported}
Team: 11-50 employees on LinkedIn ^{self-reported}

speakagent.com · sources: speakagent.com · linkedin.com

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Squirrel AI Learning

Mastery & adaptive practice · Shanghai, China · since 2014

Learning centres: About 3,000 ^{self-reported}
Enrollments: 43M+ cumulative enrollments in China and worldwide (company figure) ^{self-reported}
Mass experiment: 1,662 grade 6-7 students from five schools in an AI vs traditional teaching experiment, Shanghai, 5 Aug 2025 (Guinness record, organised by Squirrel AI)

squirrelai.com · sources: newsweek.com · choppingblock.ai · guinnessworldrecords.com · sri.com · beta.scmp.com · technologyreview.com

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ST Math (MIND Education)

Mastery & adaptive practice · Irvine, CA · since 1998 · incumbent

Users: 1.2M+ students in 47 states (2018) ^{self-reported}
Study: WestEd study of 150,000+ students: consistent-use schools rose up to 14 percentile points in state rankings (effect size 0.36)

stmath.com · sources: 2024.mindresearch.org · mindeducation.org · 2024.mindresearch.org

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Vuihoc

Mastery & adaptive practice · Hanoi, Vietnam · since 2019

Students: 1,500,000+; 500+ teachers ^{self-reported}
Series A: $6M led by TNB Aura

vuihoc.vn · sources: vuihoc.vn · theinvestor.vn

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Youth Impact

Mastery & adaptive practice · Gaborone, Botswana

Reach: 700,000 youth served ^{self-reported}
RCT result: Phone tutoring plus texts: about 0.33 SD math gain on average across sites
Cost: About $12 per student

youth-impact.org · sources: youth-impact.org · povertyactionlab.org

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Zearn Math

Mastery & adaptive practice · New York, NY · since 2012

Reach: 25% of US elementary students and 1M+ middle schoolers (company claim, 2022) ^{self-reported}
Texas: 445,000+ Texas students ^{self-reported}
RAND RCT: Two-year experiment, 64 Texas schools: positive but not significant on STAAR; exploratory MAP effect 0.11 SD

about.zearn.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · linkedin.com · about.zearn.org · about.zearn.org · overdeck.org

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Amira Learning

Reading & phonics · San Francisco, CA · since 2018

Students: 4 million (combined with Istation, at June 2024 merger) ^{self-reported}
Merger: Merged with Istation (Dallas) in 2024; combined business runs as Amira Learning
Louisiana: Made available to every district by the state education department ^{self-reported}
Speech data: Over 10 billion minutes of reading recorded in Amira ^{self-reported}

amiralearning.com · sources: amiralearning.com · amiralearning.com · info.istation.com · blog.istation.com · amiralearning.com · amiralearning.com

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Amplify (CKLA, Boost Reading, mCLASS)

Reading & phonics · Brooklyn, NY · since 2000

Boost study: CKLA students below benchmark using Boost 30+ min/week were 18% more likely to beat national growth norms (90,000+ per group) ^{self-reported}
Origin: Began as Wireless Generation (2000); management buyout from News Corp in 2015

amplify.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · amplify.com · amplify.com

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Bookbot

Reading & phonics · Melbourne, Australia · since 2017

Award: EdTech Tulna 'Exemplary'; Mom's Choice Gold
Origin: Built to help the founder's dyslexic son; City of Melbourne business grant

bookbotkids.com · sources: bookbotkids.com · linkedin.com · bookbotkids.com · solve.mit.edu

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BookNook

Reading & phonics · Cincinnati, OH · since 2016

Badge: Stanford NSSA Tutoring Program Design Badge (reading and math)
ESSA rating: Tier 1 ^{self-reported}
Founded: 2016

booknook.com · sources: booknook.com · nssa.stanford.edu · reachcapital.com

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Ello

Reading & phonics · San Francisco, CA · since 2020

Funding: $15M Series A (Goodwater Capital lead)
Price: Daily reading and math activities free; optional paid upgrade
Library: Thousands of books at the child's level (company); K-3 phonics sequence ^{self-reported}
Recognition: No. 5 on Fortune's Change the World list

ello.com · sources: ycombinator.com · ello.com · techcrunch.com · techcrunch.com · edtech.com · eschoolnews.com

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Epic!

Reading & phonics · Palo Alto, CA · since 2013 · acquired · incumbent

Catalog: 40,000+ books, audiobooks and videos from 250+ publishers ^{self-reported}
Byju's deal: Bought by Byju's for $500M (Jul 2021)
Fire sale: Sold to TAL Education for $95M in Byju's US bankruptcy, approved May 20, 2025

getepic.com · sources: edsurge.com · kids.getepic.com · yourstory.com · entrackr.com

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Google Read Along

Reading & phonics · Mountain View, CA · since 2019

Launch: Launched as Bolo in India, March 2019
Reach: 180+ countries, 10 languages (2020)
Classroom: Teachers can generate Gemini stories in Read Along in Classroom from Sept 25, 2025

readalong.google.com · sources: services.google.com · sattva.co.in · prathamusa.org · engadget.com · engadget.com · workspaceupdates.googleblog.com

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GraphoGame

Reading & phonics · Helsinki, Finland

Downloads: Nearly 10 million ^{self-reported}
Languages: 14 languages ^{self-reported}
Award: UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2023

graphogame.com · sources: graphogame.com · educationfinland.fi

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Heggerty

Reading & phonics · Oak Park, IL

Reach: Partners with more than half of US school districts (company claim) ^{self-reported}
RCT: 13 schools, 782 first graders: phonemic awareness up (ES .65), word reading and fluency no better
Acquisition: Bought Literably (AI running-record assessment) in July 2024
Owner: Backed by private equity firm L Squared Capital

heggerty.org · sources: builtinchicago.org · builtin.com · craft.co · lsquaredcap.com · cbinsights.com · edweek.org

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Ignite Reading

Reading & phonics · San Francisco, CA · since 2021

Funding: $10M Series A led by Rethink Education
Study: Johns Hopkins study of ~1,900 first graders in 13 Massachusetts districts: about 5.5 months more DIBELS progress than comparison
Reach: Program in 19 states

ignite-reading.com · sources: ignite-reading.com · ignite-reading.com · linkedin.com · eschoolnews.com · edweek.org

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Kibeam Learning

Reading & phonics · Oakland, CA

Engagement claim: Children spend up to 5x more time reading with the wand than books alone ^{self-reported}
Recognition: 2026 GSV Cup 50; HolonIQ 2026 North America EdTech 200

kibeam.com · sources: kibeam.com · kibeam.com · asugsvsummit.com · kibeam.com · holoniq.com

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KOBI

Reading & phonics · Sežana, Slovenia

Award: OpenAI Learning Impact Prize, Tools Competition ($100K + $25K API credits)
Research: Study with 550 children under way ^{self-reported}

kobiapp.io · sources: kobiapp.io · thejournal.com · outfit7.com · kobiapp.io

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Lexia Core5 Reading

Reading & phonics · Boston, MA · since 1984

ESSA rating: Strong (Evidence for ESSA)
Peer-reviewed studies: More than 10 peer-reviewed efficacy studies in the past decade ^{self-reported}
Scale: 12,000+ US schools, 3.2M students (2017; latest national figure found) ^{self-reported}
Massachusetts: 166,600+ students in 939 schools (2022) ^{self-reported}

lexialearning.com · sources: lexialearning.com · lexialearning.com · lexialearning.com · businesswire.com · globenewswire.com · builtinboston.com

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Microsoft Reading Coach / Reading Progress

Reading & phonics · Redmond, WA · since 2024

Price: Free with any Microsoft account
Launch: Standalone app rolled out Jan 2024; generally available Dec 2024
Languages: UI in 81 languages; AI stories in 14 languages; 14 English dialects

coach.microsoft.com · sources: support.microsoft.com · microsoft.com · ianslive.in · news.microsoft.com · support.microsoft.com

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NABU

Reading & phonics · New York, NY · since 2013

Titles: 1,200+ titles published ^{self-reported}
Reach: 12M+ children served; 2.5M+ books downloaded ^{self-reported}
Countries: Works in 11 countries incl. Rwanda, Haiti, Kenya, Ukraine

nabu.org · sources: nabu.org · nabu.org · blogs.cisco.com

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Newsela

Reading & phonics · New York, NY · since 2013 · incumbent

Valuation: $100M Series D led by Franklin Templeton at $1B valuation (Feb 2021)
Reach: Says two-thirds of US public schools use it; revenue grew 81% during the pandemic ^{self-reported}

newsela.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · techcrunch.com · holoniq.com

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Pratham (Teaching at the Right Level)

Reading & phonics · Mumbai, India · since 1995

RCTs: 6 randomized evaluations by J-PAL researchers across 7 Indian states
Reach: 60M+ students across India and Africa
Africa: Adapted in 17+ African countries, nearly 7M children since 2015 ^{self-reported}
Assessment: Runs ASER, India's citizen-led household learning survey, since 2005

pratham.org · sources: povertyactionlab.org · en.wikipedia.org · every.org · prathamusa.org · povertyactionlab.org

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Read Write Inc. (Ruth Miskin Training)

Reading & phonics · London, UK · since 2002

Use: 150 trainers support 8,000+ schools worldwide (company, 2025); earlier claim of a quarter of UK primaries dates from 2015 ^{self-reported}
Validation: On England's DfE list of validated systematic synthetic phonics programmes (2022) ^{self-reported}
EEF trial: 131 schools; +1 month reading progress, low-to-moderate security

ruthmiskin.com · sources: ruthmiskin.com · tes.com · educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk · educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk · schoolsweek.co.uk · tes.com

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Teach Your Monster to Read

Reading & phonics · London, UK · since 2013

Plays: 100 million plays (2019) ^{self-reported}
Children: 11M+ children; 1-2M play each month (2019) ^{self-reported}
Price: Free on the web; paid mobile app

teachyourmonster.org · sources: teachyourmonster.org · gamesandlearning.org · journals.library.ualberta.ca · teachyourmonster.org

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ThinkZone

Reading & phonics · Cuttack, India · since 2014

Reach: 1.4M+ children and 104K+ educators in Odisha ^{self-reported}
RCT claim: 33.5% higher improvement for struggling learners in 4 months ^{self-reported}
Award: Learning Engineering Tools Competition winner

thinkzone.in · sources: thinkzone.in · thinkzone.in · cbinsights.com

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UFLI Foundations

Reading & phonics · Gainesville, FL

Pilot study: 2,700+ Florida K-1 students, 2021-22
Gains: ~8 extra months for kindergarten, ~1.5 extra years for grade 1 (outside researcher's estimate)
Arkansas: $10M federal grant for an effectiveness study across 80 elementary schools
Format: Printed manual sold via Ventris Learning; online lesson resources from UFLI

ufli.education.ufl.edu · sources: ufli.education.ufl.edu · ufli.education.ufl.edu · wested.org · edweek.org · sites.google.com · communityimpact.com

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Age of Learning (ABCmouse)

Early childhood · Glendale, CA · since 2007 · incumbent

Valuation: $300M round led by TPG at $3B valuation (Jun 2021)
Unicorn: Still on HolonIQ's edtech unicorn list at $3.0B (May 2026)
FTC: Paid $10M to settle FTC complaint over billing and cancellation practices (Sep 2020)

ageoflearning.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · holoniq.com

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Bondu

Early childhood · San Francisco, CA

Funding: $5.3M seed led by Makers Fund, with Samsung Ventures, Boost VC, Founders Inc
Price: $199.99
Data exposure: About 50,000 child chat transcripts readable by anyone with a Google account, found Jan 2026

bondu.com · sources: bondu.com · gamesbeat.com · news.crunchbase.com · malwarebytes.com

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CatnClever

Early childhood · St. Gallen, Switzerland

Recognition: HolonIQ 2026 Europe EdTech 200 (early childhood)
Award: Tools Competition winner

catnclever.com · sources: catnclever.com · holoniq.com · tools-competition.org · catnclever.com

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Curio

Early childhood · Redwood City, CA

Price: $119 per toy (list $150)
Earlier price and models: $99 each; Grem voiced by Grimes; privacy policy lists OpenAI and Perplexity as data recipients

heycurio.com · sources: heycurio.com · thenightly.com.au

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Dost Education

Early childhood · New Delhi, India · since 2017

Accelerator: Y Combinator Winter 2017 (nonprofit)
Revenue: $1.08M total revenue (2023 Form 990, US entity in San Francisco)

dosteducation.com · on X: @snehaksheth (Sneha Sheth) · @sindhujajeyabal (Sindhuja Jeyabal) · sources: dosteducation.com · ycombinator.com · projects.propublica.org · dosteducation.com

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Edurino

Early childhood · Munich, Germany · since 2021

Price: Bestseller bundle €89.99; starter sets €44.99
Families: 600,000+ families ^{self-reported}
Funding: €17M Series B led by Ravensburger Next Ventures and Summiteer (Jul 2025)

edurino.com · sources: edurino.com · edurino.com · munich-startup.de

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Enuma (Kitkit School)

Early childhood · Albany, CA · since 2012

Award: Global Learning XPRIZE co-winner (shared $10M with onebillion), May 2019
Competition field: Won out of 198 teams from 40 countries

enuma.com · sources: enuma.com · linkedin.com · learningenglish.voanews.com · go.xprize.org

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HighScope Educational Research Foundation

Early childhood · Ypsilanti, MI · incumbent

Study: Perry Preschool: 123 at-risk children randomly assigned, followed to age 40 ^{self-reported}
Age-40 outcomes: Program group more likely to graduate high school and hold jobs with higher earnings; less likely to commit crimes ^{self-reported}

highscope.org · sources: highscope.org · highscope.org

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HOMER (BEGiN / Conscious Content Media)

Early childhood · New York, NY · since 2008 · struggling

Series C: $50M from LEGO Ventures, Sesame Workshop, Gymboree
Bankruptcy: Parent filed Chapter 11 Dec 17, 2025 with $205M+ debt; plan cuts ~$106.5M
Plan status: Judge said he would approve plan once $20M exit financing finalised

learnwithhomer.com · sources: businesswire.com · edsurge.com · kidscreen.com · app.bondoro.com · cases.stretto.com · law360.com

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hoopooh

Early childhood · Berlin, Germany

Reach: Hundreds of schools in Germany, Egypt, Qatar and UAE ^{self-reported}
Pilot: Free 30-day pilot, no card or contract

hoopooh.com · sources: hoopooh.com · hoopooh.com · hoopooh.com

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Khan Academy Kids

Early childhood · Mountain View, CA

Price: App free, no ads or subscriptions; Kids for Schools $5/student
Users: 21M+ children ^{self-reported}
RCT: 49 low-income 4-5 year-olds, 10 weeks: emergent literacy 34th to 47th percentile

khanacademy.org · sources: khanacademy.org · blog.khanacademy.org · umass.edu · 2019.khanacademyannualreport.org · similarweb.com · khanacademy.org

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KID (Kid Company)

Early childhood · Los Altos, CA

Price: $299.99 device + $19.95/month KID+
Launch: Announced Dec 10, 2025

kidco.ai · sources: kidco.ai · newsfilecorp.com

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Lingokids

Early childhood · Madrid, Spain · since 2015

Funding: $120M round (equity + go-to-market), led by Bullhound Capital and General Catalyst CVF
Families: 185M+ downloads (release also says '185M families') ^{self-reported}

lingokids.com · sources: lingokids.com · tech.eu · dealroom.co · app.welcometothejungle.com · en.wikipedia.org · dealroom.co

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Lively Minds

Early childhood · Tamale, Ghana · since 2008

Children: 304,641 children attend parent-run Play Schemes each week ^{self-reported}
Parents: 137,528 parents in government parenting courses ^{self-reported}
Offices: Tamale and Bolga (Ghana), Jinja (Uganda), Totnes (UK)

livelyminds.org · sources: livelyminds.org · livelyminds.org · livelyminds.org · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

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onebillion (onecourse)

Early childhood · London, UK

Prize: Co-winner of the $15M Global Learning XPRIZE
Reach: 2M+ children, 6 languages, 17 countries ^{self-reported}
Malawi: Government BEFIT programme: 636,800 children since 2023 ^{self-reported}
RCTs: At least 9 RCTs of onebillion software, several in Malawi ^{self-reported}

onebillion.org · sources: onebillion.org · onebillion.org · onebillion.org · onebillion.org · vsointernational.org · imagineworldwide.org

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Paloma Learning

Early childhood · Alameda, CA

Funding: $8.83M reported on SEC Form D (filed Jun 3, 2026)
Leadership: Alejandro Gibes de Gac, executive officer and director

palomalearning.com · sources: innolope.com

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PBS KIDS

Early childhood · Arlington, VA · since 1999 · incumbent

Users: 15.5M monthly users and 345M+ monthly streams across digital platforms (Oct 2022-Sep 2023) ^{self-reported}
Trust: Parents rank PBS KIDS the #1 educational media brand for children (YouGov 2026) ^{self-reported}

pbskids.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · protectmypublicmedia.org · foundation.pbs.org · npr.org

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Pok Pok

Early childhood · Toronto, Canada

Award: Apple Design Award (Delight and Fun)
Award: App Store Award (Nov 2023)
Funding: CA$3.9M seed led by Konvoy
Price: $11.49/month or $74.99/year

playpokpok.com · sources: betakit.com · playpokpok.com

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Scribbi

Early childhood · Salt Lake City, UT

Kickstarter: $131,451 pledged by 229 backers on a $20,000 goal
Price model: One payment, no subscription; pre-orders

scribbi.com · sources: kicktraq.com · scribbi.com

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Teaching Strategies

Early childhood · Bethesda, MD · since 1988 · incumbent

Reach: Products in over 270,000 classrooms; more than 15 million children served ^{self-reported}
Owner: Acquired by KKR from Summit Partners (2021)

teachingstrategies.com · sources: teachingstrategies.com · summitpartners.com

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Waterford Upstart

Early childhood · Taylorsville, UT

Audacious grant: Audacious Project grantee, goal of 250,000+ children
North Dakota: Statewide no-cost partnership with state agencies

waterford.org · sources: builtincolorado.com · de.marketscreener.com · audaciousproject.org · waterford.org · waterford.org · waterford.org

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ACT

Assessment · Iowa City, IA · since 1959 · acquired · incumbent

Test takers: Over 1.3 million of the class of 2025 took the ACT (about 36% of graduates)
Ownership: Bought by Nexus Capital in 2024 (became for-profit); acquired by ETS, deal announced June 30, 2026
Closing: Deal closed July 1, 2026, per media reports

act.org · sources: thegazette.com · act.org · k12dive.com · ets.org · en.wikipedia.org

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Cadmus

Assessment · Melbourne, Australia · since 2015

Adoption: More than half of Australia's universities ^{self-reported}
Oral Assessment: Async video oral questions, released April/May 2026; AI-personalized prompts planned late 2026/2027 ^{self-reported}
Backers: Breakthrough Victoria ($600,000, 2023); SEEK Investments and Glitch Capital (Sep 2025)

cadmus.io · sources: cadmus.io · cadmus.io · startupdaily.net · app.welcometothejungle.com · startupdaily.net · businessnewsaustralia.com

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Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Assessment · Cambridge, UK · since 2021 · incumbent

Revenue: £1.038 billion in 2024-25; profit £205.2M
Exams: Nearly 12 million exam results delivered in 2024-25 ^{self-reported}
Reach: Operating in 170 countries ^{self-reported}

cambridge.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · cambridge.org

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Classic Learning Test (CLT)

Assessment · Annapolis, MD · since 2015

Test takers: ~24,000 (2016-23), then ~500,000 since 2023 ^{self-reported}
Colleges accepting: 300+, mostly Christian
Public adoption: Florida's 12 public universities (2023); US service academies from 2027 cycle

cltexam.com · sources: edweek.org · thebanner.com · business.maryland.gov · educationnext.org · thedailyrecord.com

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College Board digital SAT

Assessment · New York, NY · since 1899

Class of 2025 takers: 2 million+ ^{self-reported}
Share digital: 97% ^{self-reported}
Taken in school day: 68% ^{self-reported}

satsuite.collegeboard.org · sources: newsroom.collegeboard.org · en.wikipedia.org · edweek.org · k12dive.com

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Curriculum Associates i-Ready (Inform)

Assessment · North Billerica, MA · since 1969

Students: 14+ million, ~one-third of US K-8 ^{self-reported}
Diagnostic launched: Summer 2011 ^{self-reported}
Rename: i-Ready Diagnostic becomes i-Ready Inform from 2026-27

curriculumassociates.com · sources: curriculumassociates.com · curriculumassociates.com · curriculumassociates.com · testingmom.com

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DeweyLearn

Assessment · New York, NY

Funding: $5M Series A led by SJF Ventures
Scale: 20,000+ student submissions evaluated at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts ^{self-reported}

deweylearn.com · sources: thesaasnews.com · pulse2.com

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Duolingo English Test

Assessment · Pittsburgh, PA · since 2011

Institutions accepting: 6,500+ ^{self-reported}
Item writing: Large item banks generated with GPT-4, then human-reviewed for quality and bias ^{self-reported}
Score scale: 10-160

englishtest.duolingo.com · sources: mediabrief.com · arxiv.org · ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · blog.englishtest.duolingo.com · en.wikipedia.org

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Edexia

Assessment · Brisbane, Australia · since 2023

Schools: 50+ schools ^{self-reported}
Backing: Y Combinator, Winter 2025

edexia.ai · sources: ycombinator.com · edexia.ai

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Frizzle

Assessment · New York, NY · since 2025

Accelerator: Y Combinator Summer 2025
Pricing: Free for teachers (up to 50 worksheets); Pro $200/year

frizzle.com · on X: @abhaygupta_eth (Abhay Gupta) · sources: ycombinator.com · frizzle.com

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International Baccalaureate (IB)

Assessment · Geneva, Switzerland · since 1968 · incumbent

Results: More than 202,000 students received DP and CP results in May 2025
Scores: Global average DP score 30.58 of 45, drawn from 3,401 schools

ibo.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · tes.com

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Letrus

Assessment · São Paulo, Brazil · since 2015

Students: 1.2 million students served in every Brazilian state ^{self-reported}
Funding: R$36M round with Crescera, Owl Ventures, Fundação Lemann and VélezReyes+

letrus.com · sources: letrus.com · linkedin.com · startupi.com.br · bloomberglinea.com.br

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Marker Learning

Assessment · New York, NY

Funding: $15M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz
Price (2023): About $1,000 per evaluation vs up to $14,000 privately
Product status: Marker Method battery in norming study

markerlearning.com · sources: businesswire.com · builtinnyc.com · markerlearning.com · markerlearning.com

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Mastery.org (Mastery Transcript, owned by Legend.org)

Assessment · New York, NY · since 2017 · acquired

Colleges accepting: 1,007 ^{self-reported}
Students admitted with it: 3,000+ ^{self-reported}
Ownership: ETS bought it May 2024; Legend.org (Matt Sornson, Aaron Rasmussen) bought it from ETS July 2026

mastery.org · sources: mastery.org · mastery.org · ets.org · mastery.org · educationnext.org · jonesday.com

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McKinsey Solve (game-based assessment, Imbellus lineage)

Assessment · New York, NY · since 1926

Origin: Built with Imbellus starting 2016
Imbellus exit: Roblox bought Imbellus's assets Nov 30, 2020; tech valued at $11.7M

mckinsey.com · sources: mckinsey.com · mckinsey.com · sec.gov · marketbrief.edweek.org · strategycase.com · roadtooffer.com

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NWEA MAP Growth (HMH)

Assessment · Portland, OR · since 1977 · acquired

Reach: 13+ million students, 12,400+ districts, 149+ countries ^{self-reported}
Acquired: By Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, closed May 1, 2023
State use: Nebraska through-year adaptive state assessment

nwea.org · sources: nwea.org · en.wikipedia.org · districtadministration.com · nwea.org

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OECD PISA (Creative Thinking 2022, Learning in the Digital World 2025)

Assessment · Paris, France

Creative Thinking 2022: 64 systems; Singapore top at 41 points vs OECD average 33
Top performers (Level 5-6): 58% in Singapore vs 27% OECD average
PISA 2025 scale: 760,000+ students, 91 countries/economies; results out 8 Sep 2026
Learning in the Digital World: Almost two-thirds of OECD students reached proficiency in computational problem solving; full LDW report May 2027

oecd.org · sources: moe.gov.sg · oecd.org · oecd.org · oecd.org · oecd.org · info.gov.hk

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Open Creativity Scoring (Ocsai)

Assessment · Denver, CO

Agreement with human raters: Up to r = .81 ^{self-reported}
Price: Free, with API for Qualtrics and R
Key paper: Organisciak et al. 2023, Thinking Skills and Creativity 49:101356

openscoring.du.edu · sources: openscoring.du.edu · openscoring.du.edu · arxiv.org

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Pearson

Assessment · London, UK · since 1844 · incumbent

Sales: £3,577M in 2025
Assessment & Qualifications: £1,604M sales in 2025, its largest unit
Virtual Learning: £511M sales; 2025/26 fall enrolments up 13%

plc.pearson.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · plc.pearson.com

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Pearson PTE Academic

Assessment · London, UK · since 1844

Scoring: Every response AI-scored; humans double-mark content on 7 of 22 question types; pronunciation and fluency AI-only ^{self-reported}
Results: Within two days in almost all cases ^{self-reported}
2025 change: Two new speaking tasks; AI upgraded to flag copied or unoriginal responses

pearsonpte.com · sources: pearsonpte.com · news.careers360.com · en.wikipedia.org

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Renaissance (Star, Nearpod, Accelerated Reader)

Assessment · Wisconsin Rapids, WI · since 1986 · incumbent

Ownership: Bought by Hellman & Friedman for $1.1B (2014); owned by Francisco Partners since May 2018
Nearpod: Acquired Nearpod and Flocabulary in a ~$650M all-cash deal (Feb 2021)
Reach: More than 50% of US schools use its products; used in 100+ countries ^{self-reported}

renaissance.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · renaissance.com

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ROAR (Rapid Online Assessment of Reading)

Assessment · Stanford, CA

Validation: Validated with more than 20,000 K-12 students across 20 states ^{self-reported}
Cost: Free for schools through grant-funded research
Award: Tools Competition winner

roareducation.stanford.edu · sources: roareducation.stanford.edu · tools-competition.org · roar.stanford.edu

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Skills for the Future (ETS + Carnegie Foundation)

Assessment · Princeton, NJ

Pilot states: North Carolina, Indiana, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Nevada
Federal grant (NC): $3.9 million
Grant target: Skills transcripts for 6,000 students, training for 400 educators
AI scoring of student artifacts: Slated for fall 2026

ets.org · sources: ets.org · carnegiefoundation.org · carnegiefoundation.org · ednc.org · dpi.nc.gov · marketbrief.edweek.org

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Snorkl

Assessment · San Diego, CA · since 2022

Schools: 10,000+ schools ^{self-reported}
Price: Free for teachers; school/district premium by quote

snorkl.app · sources: snorkl.app · linkedin.com · snorkl.app · snorkl.app

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Socratic Mind

Assessment · Atlanta, GA

Pilot: About 2,000 students across several Georgia Tech classes (fall 2024)
Study: 173 students, CS 1301; tool cut the post-unit score drop by ~3.3 points (p < .05)
Prize: $50,000, Learning Engineering Tools Competition

socraticmind.com · sources: socraticmind.com · cc.gatech.edu · reboot-foundation.org · arxiv.org

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Texas STAAR automated scoring and through-year redesign (TEA)

Assessment · Austin, TX

Automated scoring since: Dec 2023; humans review ~25% of scores
Rescore requests (reading): 2,758 (2024) → 21,620 (2025) → 64,489 (2026)
Scores raised on rescore: 13,300+; 58% had been computer-graded
HB 8: Three tests (beginning, middle, end of year) from 2027-28; scores in about two days

tea.texas.gov · sources: ksat.com · texastribune.org · tpr.org · kut.org · ksla.com

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Turnitin (incl. Gradescope)

Assessment · Oakland, CA · since 1998 · incumbent

Owner: Bought by Advance Publications for $1.75B (2019)
Reach: Licensed to 16,000+ universities and high schools; 71M+ students enrolled (2025) ^{self-reported}
Gradescope: Acquired AI-assisted grading startup Gradescope (Oct 3, 2018)

turnitin.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · edsurge.com

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51Talk

Language learning · Singapore · since 2011 · incumbent

Revenue: 2025 net revenues $95.6M, +88.6%
Students: ~170,300 active paying students in 2025, +79.3%
China exit: Sold its mainland China business (Jun 2022) and moved to international markets

51talk.com · sources: ir.51talk.com · sec.gov

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Aleph Kids

Language learning · San Francisco, CA · since 2025

Sessions: 2,000+ sessions taught ^{self-reported}
Backing: Y Combinator Fall 2025; team of 2
Trial: 7-day free trial

alephlab.ai · on X: @thisisdanhan (Dan Han) · sources: alephlab.ai · ycombinator.com · ycombinator.com

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Babbel

Language learning · Berlin, Germany · since 2007 · incumbent

Revenue: €330M revenue (2023)
Subscriptions: 25M+ subscriptions sold since founding; 16M+ in 2023 ^{self-reported}
GSV 150: Named to the 2026 GSV 150

babbel.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · asugsvsummit.com

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BeConfident

Language learning · São Paulo, Brazil · since 2023

Series A: R$85 million led by Prosus, at R$530 million valuation
Users: 3 million+ users, 160,000 paying, in 62+ countries ^{self-reported}
Price: R$598 per year paid upfront

beconfident.app · sources: beconfident.app · startups.com.br

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BoldVoice

Language learning · New York, NY · since 2021

Downloads: 5M+ ^{self-reported}
YC batch: Summer 2021; team of 12

boldvoice.com · on X: @AnadaLakra (Anada Lakra) · @ilyausorov (Ilya Usorov) · sources: boldvoice.com · boldvoice.com · ycombinator.com · boldvoice.com

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Buddy.ai

Language learning · Mountain View, CA · since 2017

Funding: $11M seed led by BITKRAFT Ventures; $13M total
Reach: 50M+ downloads; 20M+ students a year; nearly half in Latin America ^{self-reported}

buddy.ai · sources: buddy.ai · linkedin.com · pressreleases.triplepointpr.com · techcrunch.com

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Busuu (Chegg)

Language learning · London, UK · since 2008 · acquired · incumbent

Users: 100M+ users (2020) ^{self-reported}
Acquisition: Bought by Chegg for ~$436M (€385M), announced Nov 29, 2021

busuu.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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Cambly

Language learning · San Francisco, CA · since 2013 · incumbent

Funding: $100.3M raised over 6 rounds; last $60M Series C (Jun 2022)
GSV 150: Named to the 2026 GSV 150

cambly.com · sources: cambly.com · cbinsights.com · asugsvsummit.com · techcrunch.com

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ChatClass

Language learning · São Paulo, Brazil · since 2014

Learners: 1 million+ served; 50+ schools, NGOs and companies ^{self-reported}
Public schools: 10,000+ teachers and 400,000+ students reached, 75% in public schools ^{self-reported}

chatclass.ai · sources: chatclass.ai · cbinsights.com · startup.google.com · chatclass.ai

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Doomersion

Language learning · San Francisco, CA · since 2025

Accelerator: Y Combinator Winter 2026
Languages: 11 languages, every level

doomersion.com · sources: ycombinator.com · doomersion.com

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Duolingo

Language learning · Pittsburgh, PA · since 2011

Daily users: 58.7M DAUs (+23% y/y); 140.6M MAUs
Paid subscribers: 12.7M
Revenue: $298.5M in Q2 2026 (+18%)

duolingo.com · sources: sec.gov · sec.gov · blog.duolingo.com · blog.duolingo.com · callej.org · techcrunch.com

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ELSA Speak

Language learning · Los Gatos, CA · since 2015

Downloads: 92M+ ^{self-reported}
Organizations: 1,300+ served ^{self-reported}
Series C: $23M led by UOB Venture Management

elsaspeak.com · sources: elsaspeak.com · linkedin.com · elsaspeak.com · en.vneconomy.vn · elsaspeak.com

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HelloTalk

Language learning · Shenzhen, China · since 2012 · incumbent

Users: 70M+ registered users (2026) ^{self-reported}
Paid users: 1M+ paid users (2023, per founder) ^{self-reported}

hellotalk.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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italki

Language learning · Hong Kong · since 2007

Users: 3M+ users from 100+ countries and 5,000 teachers (Jul 2017) ^{self-reported}
Funding: $3M from Chinese education company Hujiang (2016)

italki.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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LingoAce

Language learning · Singapore · since 2017

Funding: $105M Series C (Sequoia India) + $55M Series B; $180M total
Students: 730,000+ PreK-12 students served ^{self-reported}
Lessons: 27M+ lessons taught; 214 countries and regions ^{self-reported}

lingoace.com · sources: pulse2.com · cbinsights.com · lingoace.com

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Loora

Language learning · Tel Aviv, Israel · since 2020

Funding: $22M Series B led by Union Tech Ventures; $43M total
Users: More than 15 million ^{self-reported}
Revenue: ARR in the tens of millions of dollars ^{self-reported}

loora.com · sources: calcalistech.com

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Memrise

Language learning · London, UK · since 2010 · incumbent

Users: 87M+ registered users (2026) ^{self-reported}
Funding: $21.8M across seven rounds (Jan 2020)

memrise.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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Mondly (Pearson)

Language learning · Brașov, Romania · since 2013 · acquired · incumbent

Acquisition: Acquired by Pearson (May 2022)
Downloads: Second most-downloaded language app worldwide in Q3 2021

mondly.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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Novakid

Language learning · San Francisco, CA · since 2017

Price: Plans from about $95/month
Lessons: 29 million+ lessons delivered in 50+ countries ^{self-reported}
Teachers: 3,700-3,900+ teachers (site gives both) ^{self-reported}

novakidschool.com · sources: novakidschool.com · novakidschool.com

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Pace AI

Language learning · Palo Alto, CA · since 2022

Federal grant: $1M IES SBIR Phase II (2025-2027) to Linguistic Inc. (Pace AI)
Target market: 130M+ US adults facing language and literacy barriers to work ^{self-reported}

paceapp.ai · sources: paceapp.ai · paceapp.ai · linkedin.com · ies.ed.gov

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Parrot

Language learning · San Francisco, CA · since 2024

Learners: 678,823+ learners ^{self-reported}
Engagement: Power users scroll 6 hours/week ^{self-reported}
Backing: Y Combinator Fall 2025; team of 3

parrotapp.com · on X: @byAmirHanna (Amir Hanna) · sources: parrotapp.com · ycombinator.com

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Pingo AI

Language learning · San Francisco, CA · since 2025

Learners: 6M+ ^{self-reported}
Early traction: 300K+ users and $200K MRR by July 2025 ^{self-reported}
Accelerator: Y Combinator Summer 2025

pingo.ai · on X: @mrmukeee (Michael Xing) · @MorrietheMoosee (Morrie Schonfeld) · sources: pingo.ai · ycombinator.com

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Praktika

Language learning · Wilmington, DE

Funding: $35.5M Series A led by Blossom Capital
Users: 1.2M monthly active users in 100 countries; ~$20M revenue in prior 12 months ^{self-reported}
Learners: 30M+ ^{self-reported}

praktika.ai · sources: praktika.ai · techcrunch.com · praktika.ai

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Preply

Language learning · Brookline, MA · since 2012 · incumbent

Valuation: $150M Series D led by WestCap at $1.2B valuation (Jan 2026)
Scale: 100,000+ tutors; learners in 180 countries ^{self-reported}
Profit: Positive EBITDA over the past year, per sources

preply.com · sources: kyivpost.com · en.wikipedia.org · preply.com

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Read Bean

Language learning · New York, NY · since 2023

Accelerator: Y Combinator Summer 2023
Library: 400+ graded readings across HSK 1-6 ^{self-reported}
Price: $14.99/month or $9.99/month billed annually

readbean.app · on X: @maggieqzhang (Maggie Zhang) · sources: ycombinator.com · readbean.app · readbean.app

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Rosetta Stone (IXL)

Language learning · Arlington, VA · since 1992 · acquired · incumbent

Ownership: Cambium agreed to buy it for $792M (Aug 2020); IXL Learning took over the language business (Mar 2021)
Revenue: $264.6M revenue (2013, last public figures)

rosettastone.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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Roxxem

Language learning · San Jose, CA · since 2022

Reach: 1M+ students, 4,000+ school districts ^{self-reported}
Languages: Spanish, French, German, English (ESL), Chinese
Price: Free basic; Pro Teacher $119.99/yr; district pricing

roxxem.com · sources: roxxem.com · roxxem.com · linkedin.com · buzzsprout.com

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Speak

Language learning · San Francisco, CA

Valuation: $1B after $78M Series C led by Accel
Users: 10M+ in 40+ countries (2024) ^{self-reported}
Backers: OpenAI Startup Fund, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator

speak.com · sources: techcrunch.com · techcrunch.com · bnnbloomberg.ca

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Toko

Language learning · New York, NY · since 2021

App ranking: Top 3 in Taiwan App Store Education ^{self-reported}
Reviews: 30k+ five-star reviews ^{self-reported}
Team: 3 people; YC Winter 2022

tokotutor.com · sources: ycombinator.com · tokotutor.com

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Univerbal

Language learning · Zurich, Switzerland · since 2023

Downloads: 250k+ ^{self-reported}
Backing: Y Combinator Winter 2023; team of 3

univerbal.app · sources: univerbal.app · ycombinator.com · linkedin.com

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VIPKid

Language learning · Singapore · since 2013 · struggling · incumbent

Valuation: ~$3B after a $500M Series D+ (Apr 2018)
Scale: 60,000 contracted teachers serving 500,000 students (Nov 2018) ^{self-reported}
Policy shock: Stopped classes in China with teachers based abroad (2021)

vipkid.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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Aila (Oak National Academy)

Teacher AI · Manchester, UK · since 2024

Time saved: About 49 minutes a week on lesson prep (2.5 vs 3.3 hours)
Trial size: 464 Year 3-6 teachers, autumn 2025 (school count reported as 108 in write-ups, 86 on EEF project page)
Usage: 81% opened it; it supported about 7% of lessons in a typical week

thenational.academy · sources: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk · educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk · edtechinnovationhub.com · resultsense.com · thenational.academy · arxiv.org

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Brisk Teaching

Teacher AI · San Francisco, CA

Funding: $15M announced Mar 2025, Bessemer leading the Series A (TechCrunch: $6.9M of it is Series A)
Teachers: 1 in 5 U.S. K-12 teachers had installed it (Feb 2025) ^{self-reported}
Schools: 2,000+ schools in 100 countries ^{self-reported}

briskteaching.com · sources: briskteaching.com · techcrunch.com · bvp.com

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Chalkie

Teacher AI · London, UK · since 2024

Price: Free; Pro US$6.65/month; Max US$12.99/month (billed yearly)
Teachers: Over 1 million ^{self-reported}
Funding: £1M pre-seed from Triple Point Ventures

chalkie.ai · sources: chalkie.ai · chalkie.ai · chalkie.ai · uktech.news

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Curipod

Teacher AI · Oslo, Norway · since 2019

Reach: Used in 14,000+ districts ^{self-reported}
Claimed result: Up to 23 percentage-point gains on state reading/writing tests (vendor case studies) ^{self-reported}
Backers: Reach Capital, Sondo, Emerson

curipod.com · sources: data.brreg.no · curipod.com · curipod.com

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imagi

Teacher AI · New York, NY · since 2018

Funding: $4.5M seed (Brighteye, Day One, will.i.am)
Students: 700,000+ across 140 countries ^{self-reported}
Credits: $1M OpenAI credits so schools use Imagi x Lovable free

imagilabs.com · sources: imagilabs.com · techcrunch.com

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Journify Learning

Teacher AI · Menlo Park, CA

Funding: $3.8M from Reach Capital, Charter School Growth Fund, Ulu Ventures
Reach: Used in 15+ US states, supporting 10,000+ students ^{self-reported}
Award: Tools Competition winner; 2026 GSV Cup 50

journify-learning.com · sources: caplight.com · poetsandquants.com · tools-competition.org · gsb.stanford.edu · asugsvsummit.com

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MagicSchool

Teacher AI · Denver, CO · since 2023

Educators: 7M+ educators in 160+ countries ^{self-reported}
Funding: $45M round led by Valor Equity Partners (2025); earlier $15M Series A (2024, Bain Capital Ventures, unverified: source blocked)

magicschool.ai · sources: valorep.com · edworkforce.house.gov · old.businessden.com · businesswire.com · businessden.com

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Playlab

Teacher AI · Union City, CA · since 2023

Revenue: $3.88M (FY2024), mostly contributions
Status: 501(c)(3), exemption granted Nov 2023

playlab.ai · sources: projects.propublica.org

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SchoolAI

Teacher AI · Lehi, UT · since 2021

Funding: $25M Series A led by Insight Partners; $32M total (Apr 2025)
Scale: 1M+ classrooms in all 50 states and 80+ countries; 400+ districts ^{self-reported}

schoolai.com · sources: utahbusiness.com

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Teachy

Teacher AI · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · since 2022

Educators: 6 million in Brazil and worldwide ^{self-reported}
Series A: $6.7M led by Goodwater and Reach Capital
Reach at raise: 1M+ teachers across 100K schools in 170+ countries ^{self-reported}

teachy.ai · sources: teachy.ai · linkedin.com · latamlist.com · teachy.com.br

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Tutor CoPilot (Stanford SCALE)

Teacher AI · Stanford, CA · since 2024

RCT: 900 tutors, 1,800 K-12 students: +4 percentage points topic mastery
Weaker tutors: +9 percentage points for students of lower-rated tutors
Cost: $20 per tutor per year

scale.stanford.edu · sources: arxiv.org · nssa.stanford.edu · overdeck.org · scale.stanford.edu

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Gaotu Techedu

Tutoring & test prep · Beijing, China · since 2014 · incumbent

Revenue: 2025 net revenues RMB6,146.8M (+35.0%); net loss narrowed to RMB323.3M
Stock crash: Shares fell from $149.05 (Jan 27, 2021) to $2.40 (Jul 26, 2021)

gaotu.cn · sources: en.wikipedia.org · sec.gov

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GoStudent

Tutoring & test prep · Vienna, Austria · since 2016 · incumbent

Scale: 11M families and 23,000 tutors on the platform ^{self-reported}
Valuation: Peaked at €3B (Jan 2022); HolonIQ removed it from unicorns in Nov 2025 after revaluation below $1B
Revenue: Core business grew to €100M+ revenue between 2019 and 2022; says EBITDA-positive (2024) ^{self-reported}

gostudent.org · sources: techcrunch.com · holoniq.com

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IHFB (Mildang)

Tutoring & test prep · Seoul, South Korea · since 2012

Students: 200,000 students served to date ^{self-reported}
Completion rate: Course completion rose from 30% to 93% (company figure) ^{self-reported}
Public partners: Runs services with Gyeonggi Online School and Seoul Learn (Seoul city)

ihfb.ai · sources: ihfb.ai · albamon.com · venturesquare.net

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Kumon

Tutoring & test prep · Osaka, Japan · since 1958 · incumbent

Enrollments: 3,580,000 subject enrollments in more than 60 countries and regions ^{self-reported}
Sales: Consolidated net sales ¥94,039 million ^{self-reported}

kumon.org · sources: eduport.mext.go.jp · en.wikipedia.org

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Nerdy (Varsity Tutors)

Tutoring & test prep · St. Louis, MO · since 2007 · struggling · incumbent

Q4 2025: Revenue $49.1M (+2% y/y), net loss $14.0M; 33.2K active members at Dec 31, 2025
Q2 2026: Revenue $43.3M, down 4% y/y; net loss $6.9M; 29.1K active members; shutting down Varsity Tutors for Schools to focus on consumer

varsitytutors.com · sources: businesswire.com · stocktitan.net · fool.com · sec.gov

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New Oriental

Tutoring & test prep · Beijing, China · since 1993 · incumbent

Revenue: $4.90B revenue, $372M net income (fiscal 2025, Form 20-F)
Policy shock: Dismissed ~60,000 staff by Jan 2022 after China banned for-profit curriculum tutoring
GSV 150: Named to the 2026 GSV 150

neworiental.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · asugsvsummit.com

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TAL Education (Xueersi)

Tutoring & test prep · Beijing, China · since 2003 · incumbent

Revenue: $3.009B revenue, fiscal year ended Feb 28, 2026
Policy shock: 2021 Chinese rules barred for-profit curriculum tutoring; projected ~70% revenue drop for 2022
Acquisition: Bought US kids' reading app Epic! for $95M (2025)

100tal.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · entrackr.com

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CodeAI (formerly Code.org)

Coding & CS · Seattle, WA · since 2013 · incumbent

Reach: 150M+ students reached, 3M+ teachers, 190 countries ^{self-reported}
Hour of Code: ~20M people took part in the first Hour of Code (2013)

code.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · code.org · code.org

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Codecademy (Skillsoft)

Coding & CS · New York, NY · since 2011 · acquired · incumbent

Users: 45M users (Apr 2020) ^{self-reported}
Acquisition: Bought by Skillsoft for ~$525M in cash and stock (closed Apr 5, 2022)

codecademy.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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CodeHS

Coding & CS · San Francisco, CA · since 2012

Acquisition: Bought Tynker out of Byju's bankruptcy (closed May 2025)
Funding: $2.9M raised as of Dec 2016

codehs.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · k12dive.com

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Coding Giants (Giganci Programowania)

Coding & CS · Warsaw, Poland · since 2015

Students: 130,000+ ^{self-reported}
Locations: 130+ own and franchise centres ^{self-reported}
Countries: 14 ^{self-reported}

codinggiants.com · sources: static.codinggiants.com · hello.codinggiants.com · giganciprogramowania.edu.pl · giganciprogramowania.edu.pl · money.pl

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DataCamp

Coding & CS · New York, NY · since 2013 · incumbent

Learners: 21M learners, 5,000+ companies, 3,000 academic organizations, 180+ countries ^{self-reported}
Seed: $1M seed led by Accomplice (Jul 2015)

datacamp.com · sources: datacamp.com · techcrunch.com

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Scratch (Scratch Foundation)

Coding & CS · Boston, MA · since 2007 · incumbent

Users: '200 million kids create on Scratch'; over 1 billion projects ^{self-reported}
Earlier count: 123M+ projects shared by 103M+ users (Feb 2023) ^{self-reported}

scratch.mit.edu · sources: guidestar.org · scratchfoundation.org · en.wikipedia.org

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Sololearn

Coding & CS · Yerevan, Armenia · since 2014 · incumbent

Funding: $24M Series B led by Drive Capital (Jul 2021)
Users: 21M+ users; 200-300K new users a month (2021) ^{self-reported}

sololearn.com · sources: techcrunch.com

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Sparta Club (Team Sparta)

Coding & CS · Seoul, South Korea · since 2020

Learners: 750,000 cumulative ^{self-reported}
Completion rate: 89.4% average course completion ^{self-reported}
Revenue: 21.97 billion won in 2022, up from 1.54 billion in 2020

spartaclub.kr · sources: spartaclub.kr · ditoday.com · innoforest.co.kr

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Tynker

Coding & CS · Mountain View, CA · since 2012 · acquired · incumbent

Users: 60M students in 90,000 schools have used it ^{self-reported}
Fire sale: Bought by Byju's for $200M (2021); sold to CodeHS for $2.2M cash in Byju's US bankruptcy (May 2025)

tynker.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · entrackr.com

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Alice

Study tools · Copenhagen, Denmark · since 2024

Funding: $4.8M led by Cherry Ventures and Y Combinator
Users: 10k+ college students ^{self-reported}
Revenue: $20k MRR (YC profile) ^{self-reported}

alice.tech · sources: alice.tech · aol.com · ycombinator.com

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Brainly

Study tools · New York, NY · since 2009 · incumbent

Users: 15M daily active users (2024); ~350M monthly users claimed in 2020 ^{self-reported}
Funding: $80M Series D led by Learn Capital (Dec 2020); ~$150M raised total

brainly.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · apac.entrepreneur.com

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BrainPOP

Study tools · New York, NY · since 1999 · acquired · incumbent

Acquisition: Bought by Kirkbi (LEGO family holding company) for $875M (Oct 2022)
Reach: ~two-thirds of US school districts; ~25M students ^{self-reported}

brainpop.com · sources: edsurge.com

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Chegg

Study tools · Santa Clara, CA · since 2005 · struggling · incumbent

Revenue: $376.9M revenue, -$103.4M net income (2025)
AI hit: Stock fell 38% in a day (May 2023) after saying ChatGPT hurt growth
Layoffs: Cut ~248 staff (22%) in May 2025 and 388 more (45% of remaining) in Oct 2025

chegg.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org

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Desmos Studio

Study tools · San Francisco, CA · since 2011 · incumbent

Users: Used by over 75M people a year ^{self-reported}
Split: Curriculum sold to Amplify (May 2022); calculators stayed in Desmos Studio, a public benefit corp

desmos.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · desmos.com · amplify.com

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Educato

Study tools · San Francisco, CA · since 2024

Users: 170,000+ students, clinicians and professionals ^{self-reported}
Exams: 2,900+ exams covered ^{self-reported}
Backing: Y Combinator, Summer 2024

educato.com · on X: @FelixGabler (Felix Gabler) · sources: ycombinator.com · educato.com

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Fiveable

Study tools · Milwaukee, WI · since 2018

Price: $29/month or $79/year for all AP subjects
Claimed result: 96.5% of reported AP scores were 3 or higher (2026 voluntary survey) ^{self-reported}

fiveable.me · sources: fiveable.me

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GeoGebra

Study tools · Linz, Austria · since 2001 · incumbent

Acquisition: Bought by Byju's for ~$100M (Dec 2021); runs as an independent unit
Resources: 1M+ free classroom resources made by its user community ^{self-reported}

geogebra.org · sources: en.wikipedia.org · geogebra.org

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Gizmo

Study tools · London, UK · since 2021

Users: 13M+ in 120+ countries ^{self-reported}
Series A: $22M led by Shine Capital
Seed: $3.5M from NFX, Ada Ventures, Capital T

gizmo.ai · sources: gizmo.ai · linkedin.com · techcrunch.com · techcrunch.com

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Imprint

Study tools · New York, NY · since 2020

Award: Google App of the Year ^{self-reported}
Rating: 4.8 average across 50,000 ratings ^{self-reported}

imprintapp.com · sources: imprintapp.com · imprintapp.com · linkedin.com

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Jenni AI

Study tools · Wilmington, DE · since 2019

Users: 6 million+ academics ^{self-reported}
Revenue (estimate): $7.0M ARR, Jul 2025 (Sacra estimate)

jenni.ai · sources: jenni.ai · jenni.ai · jenni.ai · sacra.com · indicator.media

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Keet

Study tools · New York, NY · since 2024

Price: Two free courses, then paid credits
Backing: Y Combinator Summer 2024; team of 2

trykeet.com · on X: @ZachAshen (Zack Ashen) · @tommyotsai (Tommy Tsai) · sources: trykeet.com · ycombinator.com

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Knowunity

Study tools · Berlin, Germany · since 2020

Funding: €27M Series B led by XAnge
Users: 20M+ in 15+ countries ^{self-reported}

knowunity.com · sources: knowunity.de · xange.vc

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Learneo (Course Hero, Symbolab, QuillBot)

Study tools · Redwood City, CA · since 2006 · incumbent

Valuation: $380M Series C at $3.6B valuation, led by Wellington (Dec 2021)
Acquisitions: Symbolab (Oct 2020), LitCharts (Jun 2021), QuillBot (Aug 2021)
Reach: Symbolab used by 'hundreds of millions of students' ^{self-reported}

learneo.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · learneo.com

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MasterClass

Study tools · San Francisco, CA · since 2014 · incumbent

Valuation: $225M Series F at $2.75B valuation (May 2021)
Lapsed: HolonIQ dropped it from its unicorn list in Jan 2024 as lapsed

masterclass.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · holoniq.com

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Mindgrasp

Study tools · Columbia, MD · since 2021

Users: 5M+; 1,500+ schools and universities ^{self-reported}
Early growth: 10,000+ users after Dec 2022 launch ^{self-reported}

mindgrasp.ai · sources: mindgrasp.ai · linkedin.com · cs.umd.edu · indicator.media

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NetEase Youdao

Study tools · Hangzhou, China · since 2006 · incumbent

Revenue: 2025 net revenues RMB5.9B (US$845.0M), +5.0%; operating income RMB221.3M
Dictionary: Youdao Dictionary had 200M+ users by July 2012 ^{self-reported}

youdao.com · sources: technode.global · en.wikipedia.org

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Noon Academy

Study tools · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · since 2013

Funding: SAR 153M Series B co-led by Wa'ed Ventures and Raed Ventures
Students: 14M students, 100K teachers, 5 countries ^{self-reported}
Founded: 2013

noonacademy.com · sources: wamda.com · sharikatmubasher.com · noonacademy.com

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NotebookLM

Study tools · Mountain View, CA · since 2023

Launch: Introduced by Google Labs, Jul 12, 2023
Paid tier: Plus via $20/month plan; $9.99 for US students 18+
Ranking: #13 on a16z top 100 gen-AI web apps; summer dip likely from students

notebooklm.google · sources: about.google · blog.google · techcrunch.com · a16z.com

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Platzi

Study tools · Bogotá, Colombia · since 2011 · incumbent

Funding: $62M Series B led by Prosus (Dec 2021)
Students: 2.5M+ students had used it (Dec 2021) ^{self-reported}

platzi.com · sources: siliconvalleyinvestclub.com · techcrunch.com · platzi.com

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Quizlet

Study tools · San Francisco, CA · since 2005 · incumbent

Users: 60M monthly learners (2021, at IPO planning) ^{self-reported}
Funding: $30M Series C led by General Atlantic at $1B valuation (2020)
Acquisition: Bought Coconote, an AI app that turns lectures into study materials (Feb 2026)

quizlet.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · techcrunch.com · news.crunchbase.com · holoniq.com

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Ruangguru

Study tools · Jakarta, Indonesia · since 2014

Users: More than 22,000,000 users ^{self-reported}
Funding: $150M Series C led by General Atlantic (Dec 2019); $55M led by Tiger Global (Apr 2021)

ruangguru.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · ruangguru.com

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Shikho

Study tools · Dhaka, Bangladesh

Funding: Raised $8M (HolonIQ); $4M seed led by Wavemaker (Mar 2022)
Learners: 350,000+ learners across all 64 districts (Mar 2022) ^{self-reported}

shikho.com · sources: shikho.com · holoniq.com · futurestartup.com

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Sinai.ai

Study tools · Cairo, Egypt · since 2024

Funding: $1.45M pre-seed led by KAUST Innovation Ventures and DisrupTech (Apr 2026)
Publishers: Launching with partnerships with 'double-digit' publishers ^{self-reported}
Stage: In beta; access by request

sinai.ai · sources: sinai.ai · neuronfeed.com · wamda.com

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Studocu

Study tools · Amsterdam, Netherlands · since 2013 · incumbent

Funding: $50M (~€41.1M) Series B led by Partech (May 2021)
Users: Almost 15M students use it each month (2021) ^{self-reported}

studocu.com · sources: studocu.com · tech.eu · partechpartners.com

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Study Sapuri (Recruit)

Study tools · Tokyo, Japan · since 2011 · incumbent

Members: 1.57M members (Dec 31, 2020); used by ~2,000 of Japan's ~5,000 high schools ^{self-reported}
Lectures: 40,000+ video lectures ^{self-reported}
Statewide: Aichi Prefecture rolled it out to all 183 prefectural high schools (122,179 student accounts, 2020)

studysapuri.jp · sources: oldrelease.recruit-holdings.co.jp · recruit-holdings.com

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StudyFetch

Study tools · Beverly Hills, CA · since 2023

Users: 8M+ students worldwide ^{self-reported}
Funding: $11.5M Series A led by Owl Ventures; College Board participated (Jun 2025)

studyfetch.com · sources: studyfetch.com · webull.com

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Turbo AI

Study tools · Los Angeles, CA · since 2024

Users: 5 million (Oct 2025); site now claims 10M+ ^{self-reported}
Revenue: Eight-figure ARR, profitable ^{self-reported}
Funding: $750,000 raised
Price: About $20/month for students

turbo.ai · sources: turbo.ai · techcrunch.com

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uLesson

Study tools · Abuja, Nigeria · since 2019

Funding: $15M Series B (Tencent, Nielsen Ventures, Owl, TLcom)
Downloads: 2M ^{self-reported}
Price: From ₦7,500/month (~$18)

ulesson.com · sources: techcrunch.com · thecondia.com

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Wolfram|Alpha

Study tools · Champaign, IL · since 2009 · incumbent

Launch: Launched May 18, 2009 by Wolfram Research
Assistants: Answered Siri factual questions from Oct 2011 and Alexa math/science queries from Dec 2018

wolframalpha.com · sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org

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Wondering

Study tools · San Francisco, CA · since 2026

Accelerator: Y Combinator Summer 2026
Format: 3-minute lessons as video, podcast or reading, plus exercises

wondering.app · on X: @HcwXd (Cheng-Wei Hu) · @aka_kosasih (Angelica Kosasih) · sources: ycombinator.com · wondering.app

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YouLearn

Study tools · San Francisco, CA · since 2024

Learners: 2,000,000+ ^{self-reported}
Accelerator: Y Combinator Spring 2025

youlearn.ai · on X: @1davidyu1 (David Yu) · @achyut_benz (Achyut Krishna Byanjankar) · @KapadiaSoami (Soami Kapadia) · sources: youlearn.ai · linkedin.com · ycombinator.com

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Boddle Learning

Learning games · Tulsa, OK · since 2018

Educators: 650,000+ educators in all 50 states ^{self-reported}
Funding: $3M seed led by Alpine Ventures (Sep 2022)
Price: Free for educators; paid Premium for parents

boddlelearning.com · sources: boddlelearning.com · linkedin.com · startlandnews.com

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Can't Wait to Learn (War Child)

Learning games · Amsterdam, Netherlands · since 2012

Reach: About 100,000 children ^{self-reported}
RCT: Uganda trial with 1,507 children in 30 schools; War Child reports significant gains ^{self-reported}
Countries: Bangladesh, Chad, Jordan, Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Ukraine

warchild.net · sources: warchild.net · warchild.net

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CodeCombat

Learning games · San Francisco, CA · since 2013

Reach: Players in 190+ countries; 50+ languages ^{self-reported}
Accelerator: Y Combinator Winter 2014

codecombat.com · on X: @nwinter (Nick Winter) · sources: codecombat.com · linkedin.com · codecombat.com · ycombinator.com

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Dreamscape Learn

Learning games · Culver City, CA · since 2023

Funding: $20M Series A (Bold Capital, GSV Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Cengage)
Partners: Arizona State University; Glendale Community College VR center (2023)

dreamscapelearn.com · sources: dreamscapelearn.com · linkedin.com · inbusinessphx.com · lts.asu.edu

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Gimkit

Learning games · Seattle, WA · since 2018

Users: About 3 million users in 100 countries (2019) ^{self-reported}
Origin: Built as an independent study project at Gibson Ek High School, Issaquah
Team: 2-10 employees on LinkedIn ^{self-reported}

gimkit.com · sources: gimkit.com · linkedin.com · kiro7.com

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Kahoot!

Learning games · Oslo, Norway · since 2012 · incumbent

Participants: ~14 billion cumulative non-unique participants since 2013; 10M teachers hosted in past 12 months ^{self-reported}
Take-private: Bought by investor group incl. Goldman Sachs Asset Management for $1.72B cash (2023); delisted Jan 2024
Acquisition: Clever (US school login/rostering) for $500M (2021)

kahoot.com · sources: kahoot.com · en.wikipedia.org

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Labster

Learning games · Copenhagen, Denmark · since 2011

Funding: $147M total raised
Students: 5M+ high school and college students, 70+ countries ^{self-reported}
Institutions: 2,000+ colleges, universities and high schools ^{self-reported}

labster.com · sources: marketbrief.edweek.org · siliconcanals.com · labster.com · labster.com

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Matific

Learning games · Sydney, Australia · since 2012

Funding: $45M led by Leon Kamenev
Usage: 1B+ questions answered ^{self-reported}

matific.com · sources: matific.com · matific.com · en.globes.co.il · matific.com

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Minecraft Education (Microsoft)

Learning games · Redmond, WA · since 2016 · incumbent

Users: 2M+ licensed users in 115 countries (Nov 2017) ^{self-reported}
Downloads: 23M downloads, 8th most-downloaded education app (2025, Business of Apps)

education.minecraft.net · sources: blogs.windows.com · databoks.katadata.co.id

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Prodigy Education

Learning games · Toronto, Canada · since 2011 · incumbent

Funding: CA$159M Series B led by TPG Growth (Jan 2021)
Users: 100M+ users globally claimed (Jan 2021) ^{self-reported}

prodigygame.com · sources: linkedin.com · betakit.com · prodigygame.com

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Wayground (formerly Quizizz)

Learning games · Santa Monica, CA · since 2015 · incumbent

Reach: Used in 90% of U.S. schools and 150+ countries ^{self-reported}
Funding: $31.5M Series B led by Tiger Global, ~$300M valuation (Jun 2021)
Rebrand: Quizizz renamed Wayground on Jun 24, 2025

wayground.com · sources: wayground.com · techcrunch.com · thejournal.com · eightroads.com

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Evidence

Studies

AI tutors 11

Fesler, Martinez, Agnew & Loeb (Stanford SCALE AI Hub for Education) (2026)

AI tutors · meta-analysis · 800+ papers in the repository, 20 high-quality causal studies · Stanford

The Evidence Base on AI in K-12: A 2026 Review

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Liu, Sweet, Chen et al. (2026)

AI tutors · RCT · 2,379 undergraduates, 30 instructors · College Park, MD

EdWorkingPaper 26-1598

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Google DeepMind & Fab AI (2026)

AI tutors · RCT · 1,763 students, 12 schools · Port Loko, Sierra Leone

Google DeepMind technical report

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Gallegos (2026)

AI tutors · RCT · About 300 econometrics undergraduates, 7 sections, two randomizations · Santiago, Chile

IZA Discussion Paper 18513

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Oreopoulos & Low (2026)

AI tutors · RCT · 18 middle schools, Hamilton County · Chattanooga

NBER Working Paper 35620

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De Simone, Tiberti, Barron Rodriguez et al. (2025)

AI tutors · RCT · 759 students, 9 schools · Benin City, Nigeria

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 11125

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Kestin, Miller, Klales, Milbourne & Ponti (2025)

AI tutors · RCT · 194 students · Cambridge, MA

Scientific Reports

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LearnLM Team (Google) & Eedi (2025)

AI tutors · RCT · 165 students, 5 secondary schools · London, UK

arXiv 2512.23633 (preprint)

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Bastani, Bastani, Sungu, Ge, Kabakcı & Mariman (2025)

AI tutors · RCT · About 1,000 high school students · Ankara, Turkey

PNAS

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Henkel, Horne-Robinson, Kozhakhmetova & Lee (2024)

AI tutors · RCT · 637 students at baseline, 477 analysed, grades 3-8, 11 schools · Accra, Ghana

arXiv 2402.09809

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Wang, Ribeiro, Robinson, Loeb & Demszky (2024)

AI tutors · RCT · 900 tutors, 1,800 K-12 students · Stanford

arXiv 2410.03017 / EdWorkingPaper 24-1054

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Tutoring 4

Kraft, Schueler & Falken (2024)

Tutoring · meta-analysis · 282 RCTs · Providence

EdWorkingPaper 24-1031; Review of Educational Research (2026)

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Nickow, Oreopoulos & Quan (2024)

Tutoring · meta-analysis · 89 RCTs (published version); 96 in 2020 draft · Toronto, Canada

American Educational Research Journal (2024); NBER Working Paper 27476 (2020)

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Guryan, Ludwig, Bhatt, Cook et al. (2023)

Tutoring · RCT · 2,633 + 2,710 students in two RCTs · Chicago

American Economic Review

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Bloom (1984)

Tutoring · quasi-experimental · Two small doctoral studies, grades 4, 5 and 8 · Chicago

Educational Researcher

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Mastery & adaptive practice 3

Muralidharan & Singh (2025)

Mastery & adaptive practice · RCT · About 6,500 students, 80 schools · Udaipur, India

NBER Working Paper 34205

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Khan Academy (2024)

Mastery & adaptive practice · observational · About 350,000 students, grades 3-8 (2022-23 school year) · Mountain View

Khan Academy efficacy report (self-reported)

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Muralidharan, Singh & Ganimian (2019)

Mastery & adaptive practice · RCT · 619 middle school students · New Delhi, India

American Economic Review

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Reading & phonics 4

Department for Education (2026)

Reading & phonics · national data · All Year 1 pupils in state schools · London, UK

Explore Education Statistics

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NCES; Urban Institute adjustment (2025)

Reading & phonics · national data · Statewide NAEP sample, grades 4 and 8 · Jackson, MS

Nation's Report Card / Urban Institute

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Grissmer, White, Buddin, Berends, Willingham et al. (2023)

Reading & phonics · RCT · 2,310 kindergarten applicants, 14 lotteries, 9 charter schools · Denver, CO

EdWorkingPaper 23-755

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May, Blakeney, Shrestha, Mazal & Kennedy (2023)

Reading & phonics · quasi-experimental · 9,879 students with 3rd-grade scores, 6,345 with 4th · Washington, DC

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

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Learning science 11

Alam, Oreopoulos & Petronijevic (2026)

Learning science · RCT · 11,908 students at University of Toronto and York University, four experiments · Toronto, Canada

NBER Working Paper 35230

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Kosmyna et al. (2025)

Learning science · RCT · 54 adults (18 in session 4) · Cambridge, MA

arXiv 2506.08872 (preprint)

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Macnamara & Burgoyne (2023)

Learning science · meta-analysis · 63 studies, 97,672 students · Cleveland, OH

Psychological Bulletin

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Walton, Murphy, Logel, Yeager et al. (2023)

Learning science · RCT · 26,911 students at 22 U.S. colleges · Washington, DC

Science

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Barbieri, Miller-Cotto, Clerjuste & Chawla (2023)

Learning science · meta-analysis · 55 studies, 181 effect sizes, elementary to college · Newark, DE

Educational Psychology Review

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Yang, Luo, Vadillo, Yu & Shanks (2021)

Learning science · meta-analysis · 222 classroom studies, 48,478 students · Beijing, China

Psychological Bulletin

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Rohrer, Dedrick, Hartwig & Cheung (2020)

Learning science · RCT · 787 students in 54 classes · Tampa, FL

Journal of Educational Psychology

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Yeager, Hanselman, Walton, Murray et al. (2019)

Learning science · RCT · 12,490 ninth graders in 65 schools, nationally representative · Washington, DC

Nature

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Delgado, Vargas, Ackerman & Salmeron (2018)

Learning science · meta-analysis · 54 studies, 171,055 participants, 2000-2017 · Valencia, Spain

Educational Research Review

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Carter, Greenberg & Walker (2017)

Learning science · RCT · 726 students in 50 sections of intro economics · West Point, NY

Economics of Education Review

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Dunlosky, Rawson, Marsh, Nathan & Willingham (2013)

Learning science · meta-analysis · 10 techniques, hundreds of studies · Kent, OH

Psychological Science in the Public Interest

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Assessment 3

WhatWorked Education (Harrison, Higgins) for Eedi (2024)

Assessment · RCT · 2,901 Year 7 students, 20 schools · London, UK

Commissioned evaluation report

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OECD (2024)

Assessment · national data · 64 systems, 15-year-olds · Paris, France

PISA 2022 Results (Volume III)

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ACT Research (2022)

Assessment · national data · ACT-tested graduates, classes of 2010-2021 · Washington, DC

ACT research report

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School models 16

Allcott, Baron, Dee, Duckworth, Gentzkow & Jacob (2026)

School models · quasi-experimental · Yondr-adopting and matched U.S. middle and high schools; GPS data on 40,542 schools · Washington, DC

NBER Working Paper 35132

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Abrahamsson (2026)

School models · quasi-experimental · Norwegian middle schools, administrative and survey data · Oslo, Norway

Journal of Human Resources

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Alpha School (2025)

School models · observational · Alpha students (count not published) · Austin

School-published MAP results (self-reported)

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Lillard, Loeb, Berg, Escueta, Manship, Hauser & Daggett (2025)

School models · RCT · 588 children at 24 public Montessori schools (242 offered, 346 not) · Washington, DC

PNAS

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Goodyear, Randhawa, Adab, Al-Janabi et al. (2025)

School models · observational · 1,227 pupils aged 12-15 in 30 schools · London, UK

Lancet Regional Health - Europe

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Gray-Lobe, Pathak & Walters (2023)

School models · RCT · 4,215 randomized four-year-old applicants, 1997-2003 cohorts · Boston

Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Gray-Lobe, Keats, Kremer, Mbiti & Ozier (2022)

School models · RCT · 10,000 scholarships awarded by lottery among about 25,000 applicants · Kenya

BFI Working Paper 2022-68 (not peer reviewed)

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Durkin, Lipsey, Farran & Wiesen (2022)

School models · RCT · 2,990 low-income children randomized at oversubscribed sites · Nashville, TN

Developmental Psychology

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Thompson (2021)

School models · quasi-experimental · Student-level test scores, Oregon, 2007-2015 · Salem, OR

Journal of Public Economics

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Garcia, Heckman, Leaf & Prados (2020)

School models · RCT · ABC: 114 children (58 treated, 56 control), born 1972-1976; plus CARE · Chapel Hill, NC

Journal of Political Economy

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Piper, DeStefano, Kinyanjui & Ong'ele (2018)

School models · observational · Kenya national scale-up through government systems · Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of Educational Change

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Banerjee, Banerji, Berry, Duflo, Kannan, Mukerji, Shotland & Walton (2016)

School models · RCT · 17,266 students (Uttar Pradesh); 200 schools (Haryana) · Lucknow, India

NBER Working Paper 22746

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Tuttle, Gill, Gleason, Knechtel, Nichols-Barrer & Resch (2013)

School models · quasi-experimental · 43 KIPP middle schools; lottery subset of 13 · Washington, DC

Mathematica Policy Research

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Dobbie & Fryer (2013)

School models · observational · 39 NYC charter schools · New York, NY

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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Abdulkadiroglu, Angrist, Dynarski, Kane & Pathak (2011)

School models · RCT · Boston charter and pilot school applicants, middle and high school · Boston

Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Heckman, Moon, Pinto, Savelyev & Yavitz (2010)

School models · RCT · 123 children, randomized in the 1960s · Ypsilanti, MI

Journal of Public Economics

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Outcomes data 8

NCES (2025)

Outcomes data · national data · National sample, grade 12 · Washington, DC

Nation's Report Card

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NCES (2025)

Outcomes data · national data · National samples, grades 4 and 8 · Washington, DC

Nation's Report Card

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Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (Banerjee, Akyeampong et al.) (2023)

Outcomes data · meta-analysis · Over 550 evaluations in low- and middle-income countries · Washington, DC

World Bank / FCDO / UNICEF / USAID

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OECD (2023)

Outcomes data · national data · 81 systems, 15-year-olds · Paris, France

PISA 2022 Results (Volume I)

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Kraft, Blazar & Hogan (2018)

Outcomes data · meta-analysis · 60 causal studies · Providence, RI

Review of Educational Research

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Chetty, Friedman & Rockoff (2014)

Outcomes data · quasi-experimental · Over 1 million children, school records linked to tax data · Washington, DC

American Economic Review

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Baird, Ferreira, Ozler & Woolcock (2013)

Outcomes data · meta-analysis · 35 studies in low- and middle-income countries · Washington, DC

Campbell Systematic Reviews

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Chetty, Friedman, Hilger, Saez, Schanzenbach & Yagan (2011)

Outcomes data · RCT · 11,571 students randomized to classrooms, K-3 · Nashville, TN

Quarterly Journal of Economics

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People

50 voices

	AI tutors	AI for teachers	Phonics	Knowledge-rich	Explicit teaching	Own pace	Mastery over seat time	Tutoring	Detracking	Phone limits	Fewer K-5 screens	Testing	School choice
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Pooja AgarwalLearning science	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
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Dylan WiliamLearning science	·	·	·	●	·	◐	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Justin SkycakLearning science	◐	·	·	●	●	●	●	·	·	·	·	·	·
Sal KhanAI + learning	●	●	·	·	·	●	●	·	·	·	·	·	·
Ethan MollickAI + learning	●	●	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Justin ReichAI + learning	◐	◐	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Susanna LoebAI + learning	◐	●	·	·	·	·	·	●	·	·	·	·	·
Dora DemszkyAI + learning	◐	●	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
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AI + learning 7

Dora Demszky

Assistant professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education · Stanford

Paper · Press

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Ethan Mollick

Professor, Wharton School · Philadelphia

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Justin Reich

Director, MIT Teaching Systems Lab · Cambridge, MA

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Kristen DiCerbo

Chief Learning Officer, Khan Academy · Mountain View

Interview · Q&A

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Laurence Holt

Senior Advisor, XQ Institute and Teaching Lab; AI Unlocks · New York

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Sal Khan

Founder, Khan Academy · Mountain View

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Susanna Loeb

Economist, Stanford; National Student Support Accelerator · Stanford

Paper · Site

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Critics 6

Benjamin Riley

Founder, Cognitive Resonance · Austin

Substack · Interview

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Dan Meyer

Math educator; VP, Amplify; Mathworlds newsletter · Oakland

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Diane Ravitch

Historian of education; Network for Public Education · Brooklyn

Interview · Blog

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Jal Mehta

Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education · Cambridge, MA

Column · Book

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Jo Boaler

Math education professor, Stanford; Youcubed · Stanford

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Larry Cuban

Historian of schooling, emeritus, Stanford · Stanford

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Data + policy 7

Emily Oster

Economist, Brown University; ParentData · Providence

Site · Interview

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Eric Hanushek

Economist, Hoover Institution, Stanford · Stanford

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Matthew Kraft

Economist, Brown University · Providence

Interview · Profile

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Michael Petrilli

President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute · Washington, DC

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Randi Weingarten

President, American Federation of Teachers · Washington, DC

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Thomas Dee

Economist, Stanford Graduate School of Education · Stanford

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Thomas Kane

Economist, Harvard Center for Education Policy Research · Cambridge, MA

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Global 4

Andreas Schleicher

Director for Education and Skills, OECD · Paris, France

Recent piece · Column

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Karthik Muralidharan

Economist, UC San Diego; J-PAL · San Diego

Book talk · CV

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Michael Kremer

Economist, University of Chicago; Nobel 2019 · Chicago

Paper · Smart buys

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Rukmini Banerji

Senior Advisor, Pratham Education Foundation; ASER · New Delhi, India

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Learning science 10

Barbara Oakley

Engineering professor, Oakland University · Rochester, MI

Talk · Summary

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Daisy Christodoulou

Director of Education, No More Marking · London, UK

Site · Substack

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Daniel Willingham

Cognitive scientist, University of Virginia · Charlottesville

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Dylan Wiliam

Assessment researcher, emeritus, UCL · London, UK

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Henry Roediger

Memory researcher, emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis · St. Louis

Key paper · Press

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John Sweller

Educational psychologist, emeritus, UNSW Sydney · Sydney, Australia

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Justin Skycak

Director of Analytics and Chief Quant, Math Academy · Boston

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Paul Kirschner

Educational psychologist, emeritus, Open Universiteit Netherlands · Heerlen, Netherlands

Podcast · Recent mention

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Pooja Agarwal

Cognitive scientist, Berklee College of Music · Boston

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Robert Bjork

Memory researcher, emeritus, UCLA · Los Angeles

Best page · Interview

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Motivation 7

Angela Duckworth

Psychologist, University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia

Recent piece · Podcast

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Carol Dweck

Psychologist, Stanford University · Stanford

Key study · Interview

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Daniel Pink

Author, Drive · Washington, DC

Talk summary · Applied

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David Yeager

Developmental psychologist, UT Austin · Austin

Book · Key study

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Jonathan Haidt

Social psychologist, NYU Stern · New York

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Rebecca Winthrop

Director, Center for Universal Education, Brookings · Washington, DC

Recent piece · Event

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Richard Ryan

Psychologist, Australian Catholic University; emeritus, Rochester · Sydney, Australia

Applied to AI · Study

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Reading 4

Emily Hanford

Senior producer and correspondent, APM Reports · Washington, DC

Podcast · Bio

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Mark Seidenberg

Cognitive neuroscientist, emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison

Event · Review

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Natalie Wexler

Education writer, The Knowledge Gap · Washington, DC

Newsletter · Interview

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Timothy Shanahan

Literacy researcher, emeritus, University of Illinois Chicago · Chicago

Blog · Podcast

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School models 5

Diane Tavenner

Co-founder, Summit Public Schools; Futre · Redwood City

Speaker page · Podcast

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Jeff Sandefer

Co-founder, Acton Academy · Austin

Site · Profile

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Joe Liemandt

Founder, Trilogy; principal, Alpha School; Timeback · Austin

Profile · Podcast

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MacKenzie Price

Co-founder, Alpha School · Austin

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Michael Horn

Co-founder, Christensen Institute; author · Boston

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