Little textbooks called ‘primers’ shaped the first 200 years of American Education. Primer will shape the next 200.
This is our labor of love for the kids of America. A vision for the future of Education, featuring MarQuis – a real Primer student:
The Primer Fellowship is back.
If you've dreamed of launching your own school in FL, AL, TX or AZ — we built this for you.
We're on a quest to ensure this is the last generation left behind by the US K-12 system, and we need your help.
Let's launch some schools!
To fix energy, build nuclear reactors & batteries.
To fix air travel, build fast planes.
To fix housing, build houses.
And to fix K-12 education, build schools.
That's what @delk is doing at @Primer.
Here's a list of 28 Series A startups on a breakout trajectory.
All with at least $5M+ in run-rate revenue and 100% year-over-year growth. All are hiring:
1) @Primer - microschools (US remote/Bay Area)
2) @trybasis - AI accounting assistant (NYC)
3) @withgraphite - code review
I'm looking for a recruiter to help me build the team to rebuild the US K-12 education system.
Full-time or ~6 mo contract (no contingency).
Technical and non-technical roles. Starts ASAP.
DM or [email protected]
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
