Learning Pods with Staying Power

(from Christensen Institute) According to Tyton Partners, roughly 1.5 million students were enrolled in microschools or learning pods this fall. For comparison, roughly 5.7 million students were enrolled in private schools in the fall of 2017 and homeschoolers numbered around 1.7 million before the pandemic. A new company aimed at spreading learning pods, KaiPod Learning, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from a combination of investors, including Y Combinator. The company aims to combine the strengths of online learning -- self-paced learning, flexibility and lack of in-school bullying -- with the benefits of the in-person classroom -- peer interactions and social-emotional support. 

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