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Ask HN: Education-focused start-ups?

17 points by abbasmehdi 15y ago

Who are they and what are they doing? Especially those focused on K-12. Thank you!

gry 15y ago
I'm working on http://www.sophia.org/ http://www.sophia.org/. We went out of private beta in March.
- abbasmehdi 15y ago
  Very nice!
redwing 15y ago
I'm a teacher working on http://edplans.com http://edplans.com, support for K12 teachers. Two private beta users (education orgs) now...instant sign-on for teachers later this summer.
krallja 15y ago
http://www.khanacademy.org http://www.khanacademy.org is delivering an education to anyone anywhere.
- Brewer 15y ago
  KhanAcademy recently won the Google Project 10^100 which got them $10 million. I expect to see great things from this site in the coming months.
- HoyaSaxa 15y ago
  The Khan Academy is truly an amazing startup. However, I think it is important to note that it is actually a 501(c)3 nonprofit. I'm sure Sal Khan has been approached by many VC's, but thankfully he has not gone for turning the concept into a for profit company. The technology, especially the "coach" dashboard, is very impressive and is already being used by teachers in classrooms around the classroom and country.
jonnycat 15y ago
There are a lot of interesting companies in the space now. A couple that come to mind are http://www.betterlesson.org/ http://www.betterlesson.org/, in Boston, who are building a way for teachers to share lesson plans and other resources; and http://www.learnboost.com http://www.learnboost.com, in SF, which is building an online gradebook and other tools for classroom management.
- abbasmehdi 15y ago
  LearnBoost is nutty! (good nutty)
iworkforthem 15y ago
I like http://www.playmoolah.com/ http://www.playmoolah.com/ quite a fair bit.
dazmax 15y ago
I've been hearing about http://www.coursekit.com http://www.coursekit.com
v2rev1 15y ago
I'm working on http://membean.com http://membean.com and our K-12 focus is at http://membean.com/educator http://membean.com/educator (We'll be in a few schools starting September)
fractallyte 15y ago
Teacher collaboration is one of the next 'big things' in schools. Our freshly-launched application enables teachers to partner with one another, wherever they are in the world. It's carefully designed for teachers: simple, no-nonsense; and no management approval is necessary. http://muuua.com http://muuua.com
ig1 15y ago
There are a couple of YC like programs that focus specifically on education startups, Imagine K12 which has the backing of YC and Startl in New York.
- streeter 15y ago
  Imagine K12 has 10 companies in the current cohort: http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/16/education-incubator-imagine-k12-picks-ten-startups-for-its-first-class/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/16/education-incubator-imagine...
limedaring 15y ago
Not quite a traditional education startup (focuses on online education): http://remilon.com http://remilon.com.

17 points by abbasmehdi 15y ago

Who are they and what are they doing? Especially those focused on K-12. Thank you!

gry 15y ago

I'm working on http://www.sophia.org/ http://www.sophia.org/. We went out of private beta in March.

abbasmehdi 15y ago
Very nice!

redwing 15y ago

I'm a teacher working on http://edplans.com http://edplans.com, support for K12 teachers. Two private beta users (education orgs) now...instant sign-on for teachers later this summer.

krallja 15y ago

http://www.khanacademy.org http://www.khanacademy.org is delivering an education to anyone anywhere.

Brewer 15y ago
KhanAcademy recently won the Google Project 10^100 which got them $10 million. I expect to see great things from this site in the coming months.
HoyaSaxa 15y ago
The Khan Academy is truly an amazing startup. However, I think it is important to note that it is actually a 501(c)3 nonprofit. I'm sure Sal Khan has been approached by many VC's, but thankfully he has not gone for turning the concept into a for profit company. The technology, especially the "coach" dashboard, is very impressive and is already being used by teachers in classrooms around the classroom and country.

jonnycat 15y ago

There are a lot of interesting companies in the space now. A couple that come to mind are http://www.betterlesson.org/ http://www.betterlesson.org/, in Boston, who are building a way for teachers to share lesson plans and other resources; and http://www.learnboost.com http://www.learnboost.com, in SF, which is building an online gradebook and other tools for classroom management.

abbasmehdi 15y ago
LearnBoost is nutty! (good nutty)

iworkforthem 15y ago

I like http://www.playmoolah.com/ http://www.playmoolah.com/ quite a fair bit.

dazmax 15y ago

I've been hearing about http://www.coursekit.com http://www.coursekit.com

v2rev1 15y ago

I'm working on http://membean.com http://membean.com and our K-12 focus is at http://membean.com/educator http://membean.com/educator (We'll be in a few schools starting September)

fractallyte 15y ago

Teacher collaboration is one of the next 'big things' in schools. Our freshly-launched application enables teachers to partner with one another, wherever they are in the world. It's carefully designed for teachers: simple, no-nonsense; and no management approval is necessary. http://muuua.com http://muuua.com

ig1 15y ago

There are a couple of YC like programs that focus specifically on education startups, Imagine K12 which has the backing of YC and Startl in New York.

streeter 15y ago
Imagine K12 has 10 companies in the current cohort: http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/16/education-incubator-imagine-k12-picks-ten-startups-for-its-first-class/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/16/education-incubator-imagine...

limedaring 15y ago

Not quite a traditional education startup (focuses on online education): http://remilon.com http://remilon.com.