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:

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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 automation (NYC) 4) @Agentiohq - creator advertising (US remote) 5) @normativeai - AI compliance (Bay Area) 6) @n8n_io - API workflow automation (US/EU remote) 7) @Pagos_AI - payment intelligence (US/EU remote) 8) @nagish_inc - AI phone call captioning (NYC/Tel Aviv) 9) @JoinVantage - cloud cost management (NYC/US) 10) @payabli - payment infrastructure (Miami) 11) @askpeerlogic - dental AI software (SLC/US remote) 12) @livekit - open-source streaming (SF/ remote) 13) @haus - marketing measurement (SF/US remote) 14) @MavenAGI - gen AI support (SF/US remote) 15) @ConductorOneInc - identity governance (SF/London) 16) @incident_io - incident management automation (NYC/Austin/LA/DC) 17) @Nominal_io - industrial data stack (US remote) 18) @Tango_HQ - workflow documentation creator (Stockholm/London/Madrid/NYC) 19) @cloudsmith - software artifact management (UK remote/US remote/India remote) 20) @evelegalai - legal case management (SF/US remote) 21) @Wander - luxury vacation rentals (remote) 22) @joinLeland - professional coaching marketplace (Lehi UT/US remote) 23) @JoinMultiverse - tech apprenticeships (London/UK remote) 24) @astra_finance - real-time payment API (NYC/US remote) 25) @JuniperPlatform - therapy insurance billing (NYC/Bay Area/Remote) 26) @nue_io - revenue lifecycle management (Bay Area/Toronto/North America remote) 27) @CruxClimate - tax credit management (US remote/Canada remote) 28) @loft_sh - virtual Kubernetes clusters (EU remote/North America remote) Credit to @thogge for putting together this incredible list over at exceptionalstartups.com

Never gets old.

“A team to rebuilt the k-12 education system.” Talk about a call to adventure. I am so excited for what @primer is building.

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This is so badass

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 analysis of the upcoming draft. Can she present it to your team and intern for a day on your stats team?” Those 10% are difficult to find. But when you empower them to launch their own school, they can change the world.

Hard at work.

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.

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 when they grow up.

Caught up with a first-year Primer Leader this morning. A favorite, among many gems: "I've never seen a school where I tell my kids to pack up and they ask if they can stay longer."

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.

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.