CK-12 Foundation

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CK-12 Foundation is a leading open educational resources (OER) non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to high-quality K-12 STEM education materials. CK-12 offers free high-quality, standards-aligned, open content in the STEM subjects through an integrated set of tools for learning including digital textbooks, concept-based learning resources, simulations, interactive practice and more. All content is created and curated by teachers, for teachers and students.

All CK-12 products and services are 100% free and are being used by students and teachers across thousands of schools both in the US and rest of the world.

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United States, California, Palo Alto

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+1 650-494-1302

Founded date

2007

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Jul 2, 2026	Edtech platform YoLearn.ai raises $500K Pre-seed funding from DataAlpha.ai, White Swan Global	YoLearn.ai, a voice-first AI tutoring platform, has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed investment round led by DataAlpha.ai and White Swan Global, with participation from a group of angel investors, at a valuation of $5 million. According to a p...
Jul 20, 2021	CK Asset : Group/Li Ka Shing Foundation Launches $20 Million Voucher Luy Draw	Hong Kong In support of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme of the HKSAR Government, CK Asset Holdings Limited ('CKA'), CK Hutchison Holdings Limited ('CKHH') and the Li Ka Shing Foundation ('LKSF') earlier announced they would give away a t...
Oct 24, 2017	Google Assistant now has 50 apps and games for kids	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Google Assistant is now able to do things like beatbox, host musical chairs, talk to Mickey Mouse, and play a variety of games made esp...
Oct 24, 2017	Google Assistant now has 50 apps and games for kids	Google Assistant is now able to do things like beatbox, host musical chairs, talk to Mickey Mouse, and play a variety of games made especially for kids. At launch, these new features are only available in the United States. To play a game, ...
Oct 15, 2015	Announcing the Winners of the 2015 Digital Innovation in Learning Awards!	For two years now, October has been an inspiring month for us. Why? In October, we get to share the winners of the Digital Innovation in Learning Awards (DILAs)! Today, we are thrilled to announce 16 stellar winners for the 2015 DILAs. Inte...
Aug 19, 2015	Neeru Khosla on Building a Legacy at CK-12	Below is a conversation with CK-12 founder, Neeru Khosla—the second in a three-part series. Also check out Paul Perilla’s interview with NuSkool CEO and founder, Abran Maldonado. Perilla: What’s your background? And how did you get started ...
Jul 13, 2015	The Top Ten S'Cool Tools for Q2, 2015	Summertime, and the livin’ is easy--though for many educators and administrators, preparations for the new year have already begun to rev up. Perfect timing for the next round of top “S’Cool Tools!” Every week, EdSurge sends out an educator...
Apr 15, 2015	Announcing the Second Annual Digital Innovation in Learning Awards	Around the world, countless people and organizations are taking steps to ensure all students get a high-quality education by leveraging innovative technology and teaching practices. Many of them make a major impact that isn’t widely recogni...
Oct 20, 2014	Open Book Test: Can a Cost-Saving Measure Also Raise Performance?	Discussions about the future of school curricula tend to be cannibalized by the sensationalized debate over the Common Core, but for those able to glimpse the long-term future, a key issue is open educational resources (OER). For many, the ...
Sep 24, 2014	Neeru Khosla is out to save the U.S. public school system with free software. Here's how she's succeeding	CK-12 co-founder Neeru Khosla and Clever’s Tyler Bosmeny are out to save the American public school system. And they’re doing it with free software and tools. Khosla, of course, is the head of tech-centric education non-profit CK-12, co-fou...
Sep 9, 2014	Edmodo Co-Founder Explains Top 10 Edmodo Store Offerings	Edmodo--created by two school district IT professionals--offers a social network for students, teachers, parents and schools. As well as providing a connecting tool for communication, questions and tracking progress, Edmodo began to offer a...
Aug 29, 2014	Clever Launches New Instant Log In Feature	When adults are struggling to remember all of their passwords, how can second graders? After launching to provide a common API for K-12 education two years ago, Clever wants to help instructors teach more and worry about resetting students’...
Jun 1, 2014	A Peek Inside Summit’s Personalized Learning Software	Over the last three years, Summit Public Schools, a network of charter public high schools in northern California, has made a radical shift from a traditional high school model to an innovative, competency-based learning model. In this new ...
Sep 9, 2013	CK-12 Goes in for Remixing STEM	Students in the bricks and mortar world who rip the chapters out of their school textbooks can count on getting sent to detention. Instead, that’s exactly the kind of practice that CK-12 hopes to encourage in the digital realm. Since 2007, ...
Jan 15, 2012	Will We Need Teachers Or Algorithms?	Editor’s note: This is Part III of a guest post written by legendary Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla, the founder of Khosla Ventures. In Part I, he laid the groundwork by describing how artificial intelligence is a combination of human...
Aug 24, 2010	When K-12 Moves to the Cloud	When any enterprise organization makes the move the cloud, it’s a fairly elaborate process – the buy-in, the roll-out. “It’s not as simple as turning on an account,” says Jaime Casap. As Google Apps Education Manager, Casap would know. Goog...
Aug 21, 2009	Open Source Textbooks Gaining Traction	Earlier this year, we wrote about the very cool business model being used by “open source textbook” company Flat World Knowledge. Basically, you could read the books for free online, but there were also other ways to get the book in other f...

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FAQ about CK-12 Foundation

When was CK-12 Foundation founded?

CK-12 Foundation was founded in 2007.

What has the press written about CK-12 Foundation?

Parsers VC has collected 18 articles mentioning CK-12 Foundation, among them “Edtech platform YoLearn.ai raises $500K Pre-seed funding from DataAlpha.ai, White Swan Global” (Jul 2, 2026) and “CK Asset : Group/Li Ka Shing Foundation Launches $20 Million Voucher Luy Draw” (Jul 20, 2021).

Is CK-12 Foundation still active?

Yes, CK-12 Foundation is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 9, 2026.