Ask HN: Litnerd Parent Feedback
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This looks pretty cool. Love the trailer and will be sharing with my sister for my niece. How do you ensure your curriculum meets state/provincial standards? My niece is in Ontario
Thank you and great question. Since we are an education vendor working B2B with schools and districts, we actually produce all our curriculum/ lesson plans/ scope and sequence etc to meet state standards standards. This means our monthly assessment tests also match the state standards and help you ensure your child is on track. Having said that, we don't currently offer Ontario or Canada-specific curriculum for ELA programming (at least not yet!)
What grades or subjects does Litnerd specialize in?
We offer only English Language Arts program for now (ELA is everything from literacy, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, phonics etc). We serve grades PreK - 5 (elementary school grades). All of our books, courseware and movies are per grade level.
How do you pick the books to turn into movies?
Hey! ALL of our books are turned into movies! Literally all of our fiction and non-fiction books are dated into a Netflix style film for kids :) This helps us engage students and bring the content to life before they dive into the curriculum and lesson plans.
As our budget grows, we hope to cast celebrity actors in our films as well ;)
As our budget grows, we hope to cast celebrity actors in our films as well ;)
About Us: Litnerd offers a K-5 literacy and ELA program to schools and districts (mostly NYC, NJ, PA for now). We publish books by grade level, build a full courseware on top, then turn them into feature films. Watch trailer here: https://youtu.be/Y2cTcqwuzKM
Metrics Since Our YC S21 Launch: Schools have reported up to 86% improvement in student ELA performance in just 4 months of adopting Litnerd.
Why Consider B2C: We have often been asked to open up our product and offer B2C (for ex, this request dominated our HackerNews launch) but we never felt ready to offer something of value to the home-school community. Up until recently, we have been offering a Supplemental (add-on) literacy program to schools. It just wasn’t something we felt parents could benefit from.
What Changed: As of this school year, we now offer schools a Core (full 40 week) literacy program. This means, we can finally start thinking of providing parents a full stand-alone package for their children to support their home-school efforts. We would also like to offer a supplemental add-on for parents who just want additional reading support for their child after-school.
Parent Survey Request: https://mntozr88sxz.typeform.com/Litnerd-b2c
Having said that, serving parents directly is dramatically different than serving schools directly. I know I will benefit tremendously from your feedback as a parent. It should only take about 5-7 minutes. Thank you so much for helping us better understand your needs. I appreciate your time.
- anisa mirza