Memo: Online Schools and Online Education
A Class Futures Memo
👋 Hello, it’s Jonathan! 🚀
Welcome to my newsletter and update memo on news and announcements from the online schools and online learning sector. 📚 In this note, we're featuring the following: The Journey, Oak National Academy, Highgrove Online School, The Online School, Persona Life Skills, Launchpad23, Collaboration Laboratory, MedlyAI, and School of Humanity.
Whether you're a teacher, student, investor, or edtech founder, I hope these regular updates keep you well-informed on the development of the online education landscape and opportunities. Let me know any feedback or topics you'd like covered by simply commenting or reaching out on social media.
Now let's get into the update. I hope you find it useful! 📰
Read time: short. ⏱️
Joan Cornudella Puiggené, ex Synthesis, has joined The Journey 🚶♂️ as co-founder with Jorge Sánchez Hernández 👨💼. The Journey is positioning itself as a ‘human accelerator for curious teenagers.’
Oak National Academy 🏫 has opened its second round of open procurement 💰 and looking for partners 🤝 to provide teaching resources 📚 for the following subjects: PE 🏋️♀️, Computing 💻, MFL 🌐, Relationship and Health Education (Primary) ❤️🩹, Relationships and Sex 🫀 and Health Education (Secondary) 🩺, Art and design 🎨, RE 🙏, Design & technology ⚙️, Primary music 🎶, Secondary geography 🌎, and Secondary citizenship 🗳️. Organisations have until 6th November ⏰ to bid.
The Online School 🏫 has joined the Google for Startups Cloud Program ☁️.
Heather Rhodes 👩, Principal at Harrow School Online 🏫, has announced the launch of her next venture and website 💻, Highgrove Online School 🏫. In a bold move 💪, her new school will be offering GCSEs 📜 alongside A levels 📜.
Online social-emotional learning platform Persona Life Skills 🧠 has just released five new teacher-facilitated Career 💼 and Work Life 👩💻 modules for 14-19 year olds 🧒. They are Work Experience 👷♀️, Job Choices 🤔, Getting Along With Colleagues 🤝 (brilliant), Giving Presentations 🗣️, and Leadership 💪.
Launchpad23 🚀 has announced its Inspiring the Gifted 🧠 experience for pupils with weekly two-hour sessions ⏱️. Learn more about it here.
MedlyAI 🤖, an online GCSE Science 🔬 learning platform that aims to provide a personalised AI tutor 🤖 for every student 🧑🎓, is looking for teachers 👩🏫 to pilot its application 📱. Connect with Paul Jung on LinkedIn 👨💻 to learn more.
Collaboration Laboratory 🧪 and MedlyAI 🤖 have been added to the Online Schools and Online Learning Guide 📚. View it here.
School of Humanity 🏫 is hosting its annual careers and university fair 🎓. The virtual event 💻 is happening on 4th and 11th November ⏰ and will be joined by universities 🎓, entrepreneurs 💼, and organisations providing gap years 🚶♂️ and apprenticeships 👷♀️. Definitely worth a look 👀 if you are interested in forging a different route 🛣️.
And before we wrap up, remember that you can subscribe to Class Futures for free. Stay in the know with our latest updates and insights in the world of online education. Be part of this exciting journey ahead. Thank you for joining us, and we look forward to sharing more with you in the future 🌟
If you have any news or announcements regarding online schools 🏫 or education 🎓 that you would like featured in the memo 📋, feel free to contact me on LinkedIn. I look forward to hearing from you! 😊
We welcome relevant updates from the world of online learning 💻 and edtech 🤖. To submit news or announcements for consideration in future memos 🗒️, you can reach me through my LinkedIn profile 💼