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Ask HN: Education-focused start-ups?

17 points by abbasmehdi ↗ HN
Who are they and what are they doing? Especially those focused on K-12.

Thank you!

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krallja
http://www.khanacademy.org is delivering an education to anyone anywhere.
Brewer
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
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
There are a lot of interesting companies in the space now. A couple that come to mind are 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, in SF, which is building an online gradebook and other tools for classroom management.
redwing
I'm a teacher working on http://edplans.com, support for K12 teachers. Two private beta users (education orgs) now...instant sign-on for teachers later this summer.
fractallyte
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