As a recently retired teacher at 62, I still want to teach, just not in the classroom every day. I recently discovered Outschool, got approved, and have posted four courses so far. Thanks for writing this. I see these online schools as a great benefit as they give parents and studnets so many interesting options.
Great article, Katelyn! I'm a new subscriber. I work for another project-based online middle and high school called Prisma: https://www.joinprisma.com/. We start a little younger, at 4th grade, and have more students than some of the others on your list. What sets us apart is our emphasis on 1:1 coaching, since we know through Bloom's 2-sigma problem that individualized instruction is one of the components most lacking in the traditional school system.
We'd love if you either linked us in this post or checked us out!
I fell upon one of your articles surrounding the current landscape of educational alternatives in the US. Fascinating. Actually, my life’s work. I had wanted to inquire as to whether you intend to write another article about educational alternatives and if so, if you would be amenable to adding my company to the list of alternatives- alongside Sora schools, Kubrio, and Primer of which you mentioned.
I am the founder and CEO of The Hub Inc., an educational support organization geared to serving the homeschooling population and modern day parents. www.thehubct.net
Katelyn, This is a good forwarding article. But it does not distinguish between the alternative education solutions which are established and have achieved scale and those that are at the experimental phase with only dozens or hundreds of students. In the homeschooling world, there are a number of curriculum with scale (ie more than a hundred thousand students using them) such as Time4Learning.com (a secular online digital curriculum of which I am the founder and president), Abeka (religious textbook/workbook package), Monarch (religious online digital curriculum), Sonlight, and half a dozen others. There are also massive homeschool coops and Outschool which also have large scale usage. Most of the programs that you mention are exciting but still experimental as to whether they will achieve scale. John Edelson.
Hi John! Thanks so much for the comment. You are right, I omitted larger, established players. I did mention Connections and K12 inc. Since I'm an early stage investor my research is more toward companies that are potentially investable for me. This is a good call out to be more thorough. Thank you.
I am the found and CEO of The Hub Inc. We are an educational support organization for homeschooling families and modern day parents. We should discuss our organizations use of your curriculum. please check out our website www.thehubct.net
As a recently retired teacher at 62, I still want to teach, just not in the classroom every day. I recently discovered Outschool, got approved, and have posted four courses so far. Thanks for writing this. I see these online schools as a great benefit as they give parents and studnets so many interesting options.
Great article, Katelyn! I'm a new subscriber. I work for another project-based online middle and high school called Prisma: https://www.joinprisma.com/. We start a little younger, at 4th grade, and have more students than some of the others on your list. What sets us apart is our emphasis on 1:1 coaching, since we know through Bloom's 2-sigma problem that individualized instruction is one of the components most lacking in the traditional school system.
We'd love if you either linked us in this post or checked us out!
Dear Katelyn Donnelly,
I fell upon one of your articles surrounding the current landscape of educational alternatives in the US. Fascinating. Actually, my life’s work. I had wanted to inquire as to whether you intend to write another article about educational alternatives and if so, if you would be amenable to adding my company to the list of alternatives- alongside Sora schools, Kubrio, and Primer of which you mentioned.
I am the founder and CEO of The Hub Inc., an educational support organization geared to serving the homeschooling population and modern day parents. www.thehubct.net
We are in seed phase, but quickly growing.
Katelyn, This is a good forwarding article. But it does not distinguish between the alternative education solutions which are established and have achieved scale and those that are at the experimental phase with only dozens or hundreds of students. In the homeschooling world, there are a number of curriculum with scale (ie more than a hundred thousand students using them) such as Time4Learning.com (a secular online digital curriculum of which I am the founder and president), Abeka (religious textbook/workbook package), Monarch (religious online digital curriculum), Sonlight, and half a dozen others. There are also massive homeschool coops and Outschool which also have large scale usage. Most of the programs that you mention are exciting but still experimental as to whether they will achieve scale. John Edelson.
Hi John! Thanks so much for the comment. You are right, I omitted larger, established players. I did mention Connections and K12 inc. Since I'm an early stage investor my research is more toward companies that are potentially investable for me. This is a good call out to be more thorough. Thank you.
Hello John,
I am the found and CEO of The Hub Inc. We are an educational support organization for homeschooling families and modern day parents. We should discuss our organizations use of your curriculum. please check out our website www.thehubct.net