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Zearn
American educational software company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zearn is an American nonprofit educational software organization founded in 2012.[1] It develops Zearn Math, an online mathematics curriculum.[2][3]
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Zearn was co-founded in 2012 by CEO Shalinee Sharma[4] and Evan Rudall, former CEO of Uncommon Schools.[5] It received $4.4 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,[4] part of the foundation's $1 billion investment into math education.[6] The company launched a K–5 online curriculum in 2017, and a K–8 curriculum in 2022.[7] Much of its content handles topics like adaptive mathematics skills, conceptual understanding, and procedural fluency.[8]
As of 2022, the company claimed that its software was used by 25% of US elementary school students and more than one million middle school students.[4] In addition to mainstream classroom use, the platform is also used in personalized tutoring and small group instruction.[9]
In 2023, the New York City Department of Education signed a seven-year contract with Zearn, in spite of complaints from parents and teachers who found that the platform increased students' screen time, decreased teachers' instructional time, and focused on test-preparation rather than critical thinking skills.[10]
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