CommonLit
Literacy eLearning platform
- 101-200 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Education
- Learning
- SaaS
- Social Impact
- Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
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Company mission
To close the opportunity gap in literacy instruction and ensure that all students have the reading, writing, communication, and collaboration skills needed to unlock their potential.
51% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
The US Department of Education has reported that over 50% of US adults over the age of 16 lack proficiency in literacy. This figure is remarkable, and with educators still struggling to fill gaps in education, many fear it will rise. So CommonLit’s tailored literacy lessons may prove more critical than ever.
CommonLit is a non-profit edtech platform that provides research based reading lessons and resources for all literacy levels, grades 3-12. The curriculum is in use by over 20 million registered teachers and students worldwide, and 88,000 schools in the US alone - the majority of them low-income. It’s localizing many of its materials into Spanish too, to tap into the substantial Latin-American markets.
This kind of global reach and deep market penetration is a great sign, especially given the highly competitive nature of the US edtech scene. Plus, CommonLit's non-profit status could mean it’s less vulnerable to the looming threat of the edTech bubble bursting than its peers. So long as it continues to evolve, such as with new products like its ChatGPT detector for teachers, we expect CommonLit to have a bright future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- 401K
- Commuter benefits
- Company holidays
- Parental leave
- Sick leave
- Personal leave
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2018
$3.5m
GRANT
Oct 2016
$3.9m
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Total funding: $7.4m
Leadership
Michelle Brown
(CEO & Founder)Graduated with a Master's in Education from Harvard, and subsequently spent time as a middle school reading and languages teacher.