User:The Collector/sandbox
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education, Educational technology |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Founder | Chris Bennett (CEO), Arrel Gray (CTO) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Website | www.wonderschool.com |
Wonderschool is an education technology start-up based in San Francisco, California founded by Chris Bennett and Arrel Gray in 2016.[1][2][3] The company offers a proprietary technology platform as well as marketing and administrative services to early childhood educators who want to start child cares in their homes.[4]
Wonderschool's primary aim is to increase the access of child care and early childhood education for families. The idea for Wonderschool started when current co-founder Arrel Gray had difficulty enrolling his child into a daycare program.[2] A secondary aim of Wonderschool is to reduce the cost and time burden on educators who have to take care of their own children. Wonderschool provides prospective caregivers with an educational platform to start the child care or day care center in their own home or space.[5] Enrolling with Wonderschool will also assist prospective caregivers with other services, such as licensing, program setup and marketing.[6] Caregivers in the Wonderschool network are allowed to create their own child care curriculum. Currently established schools in the Wonderschool network include those with educational philosophies such as the Reggio Emilia approach and Montessori education.[2] There are also schools in the network with bilingual educational programs, such as Spanish and French.[7] Schools in the Wonderschool network typically have smaller classroom sizes, though the maximum enrollment allowed per classroom will vary by state.[2]
The company announced they received $2 million in venture capital funds in June 2017, led by the firm First Round Capital.[6][8][9] As of August 2017, Wonderschool has launched 72 schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Greater Los Angeles Area. New locations are expected to launch in Seattle, Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston), Chicago, Miami, Washington D.C., and New York City.[5][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Dahlberg, Nancy (16 April 2017). "What would a venture capitalist say about that? Startups get a chance to find out". Miami Herald. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d Cakebread, Caroline (20 June 2017). "A San Francisco startup wants to fix childcare by helping educators start their own schools out of their homes". Business Insider. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Aladesanmi, Ayo (11 August 2017). "Chris Bennett, CEO of Soldsie and Wonderschool, is a true entrepeneur". Rolling Out. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Shulman, Robyn (20 June 2017). "How this startup is disrupting preschool and turning teachers into entrepeneurs". Forbes. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ a b Sabin, Sam (19 June 2017). "Exclusive: SF-based Wonderschool , an edtech platform for in-house pre-ks, coming to D.C. in 2018". American Inno. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ a b Magistretti, Berenice (19 June 2017). "Wonderschool raises $2 million to launch in-home preschools". Venture Beat. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Wonderschool". Wonderschool. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Shu, Catherine (19 June 2017). "Wonderschool gets $2M to help solver America's childcare quandary". TechCrunch. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Wan, Tony (8 Aug 2017). "Tinkergarten raises $5.4M to get kids to go outside, play and learn". EdSurge. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
External links
[edit]Category: Educational technology Category: Early childhood education Category: Early childhood education in the United States Category: Child care