I assumed that families with lots of kids mostly just kept having kids for longer than other families, but that's not really true — they just start earlier.

NCHS data on mother's age at last birth by # of kids:

It’s trendy to dump on politicians, but feeling quite optimistic after talking Primer with Texas congressional leaders.

Good people are doing good work to make Texas a leader in education outcomes.

Props to The Miles Foundation for bringing us together + Brad Buckley, Mayor Mattie Parker &…

If you are working on an AI tutor (or other edtech product), we'd love to be your first customer Primer.

time, direct feedback from kids, etc. - DM me!

If you’re a founder working on this problem, I’d love to support.

I will say it once again: I suspect Barrett will be known as an all-time great interviewer in <5 years.

Today’s guest, Ryan Delk, is on a mission to build a company that creates more ambitious students who can think for themselves.

His model empowers the top 1% of teachers to leave the traditional system and start micro-schools in their communities.

Ryan is the CEO and Founder of…

The most valuable thing I’ve learned from Keith Rabois:

The word is spreading.

Lovely segment highlighting Primer's growth in Miami and a few of our incredible Microschool Leaders:

Wonderful to find Primer on the cover of the Miami New Times this morning.

True.

Impossible to overstate the importance of this win. Please spread the word. Anduril is proving that with the right team and business model, a seven-year-old company can go toe-to-toe with players that have been around for 70+.

The real winner? The United States of America.

Our education system is broken.

They will write about Jacob Helberg in the history books.

An observation from Primer applications:

The traditional system conditions parents to be insecure about normal kid behavior.

They apologetically say: 'he can be a little hyper' or 'she really struggles to sit for long periods of time' — as if either are abnormal for 6 yo's.

I've always (wrongly) assumed funding medical debt relief was high ROI.

It sounds great: buy medical debt for ~1¢/dollar, give a family a fresh start, 100x return.

NBER studied 83,000 recipients, found ~no economic / emotional / social benefits:

nber.org/system/files/w…

A few months ago we made a big bet at Primer.

Our personalized academic model relies on virtual instruction — so we set out to build a (much) better experience for students that *also* substantially reduced our cost per course.

A few teachers tested it this week 👀

NEW: As Florida public schools grapple with a worsening teacher shortage and the onslaught of controversial education legislation, South Florida families have turned to Primer microschools.

miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-m…

It’d be fascinating to see a random sampling of ~10 accredited US universities evaluated with the same scrutiny as Lambda School.

I wonder what the results would yield.

'...including a five-year-old who didn't know how to read prior to enrolling at Primer. Bommarito notes he is now reading second — and third — grade material.'

miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-m…