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Freeing up the next generation of kids to be more ambitious, more creative, and to think for themselves.
San Francisco, CA
Joined January 2020
Something new: the Primer Fellowship. If you've dreamed of launching a microschool, we built this for you. We're opening up the Primer platform — our software, ops engine, academic program, etc. — and giving it to you. Let's launch some schools.
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When a third-grader is obsessed with the NFL draft, what do you do?. 90% of teachers would suggest research, trifold boards, a report, and a presentation about what she learned. 10% of teachers would email the Arizona Cardinals and say, “We have a third grader who’s worked on an.
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A simple distillation of what Primer’s all about: turning teachers into entrepreneurs. It turns out that great teachers make great entrepreneurs, and we’re here to make that happen.
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How do we feel about testing?. We never “teach to the test” — prioritizing test scores over real learning is a losing strategy. But we also believe in accountability – academic progress matters.
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Our students use technology to individualize their learning — moving at their own pace. But they also complete the NWEA Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) test 3x / year. This gives us nationally normed data to cross-check with our internal data, and parents + students get full.
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Primer is a place where kids work on projects they’re *actually* interested in. Which means they find out what they’re actually interested in. It’s what we wish we had the courage and resources to do as adults — and they’re starting now. They’re going to be way ahead of us
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People love to say that Primer is innovative, but in a lot of ways we’re not. A lot of our model is simply how children learned for thousands of years. Individualized instruction and a tight-knit community. It works.
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49% of fourth graders are happy in school. 26% of eighth graders are happy in school. Meanwhile, a Primer parent just told us: “He wakes up on weekends wishing it was a school day”.
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Primer schools are a unique case. They can be found in high-income neighborhoods — and in low-income neighborhoods, too. We’re committed to providing the best possible education in every community.
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Every student learns differently. How do we meet them where they’re at?. Dedicated leaders + our software (PrimerOS) that holistically supports teachers, kids, and parents = an education that delivers what each student needs.
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This is what it looks like to be in charge of your own education. Every Primer kid decides how fast they want to go, and they (and their parents and Primer leader) can see their progress anytime.
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There’s a large body of research proving that classrooms should go small. Kids need personalized attention instead of group solutions. So what gets in the way?.
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We believe it’s our broken education system, which ties up educators with busywork and bureaucracy. Time that should be spent with kids is spent elsewhere.
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The solution is microschools. Because along with providing kids with education that works for them, they provide educators a chance to be at the helm.
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