Our mission is to shape a more equitable and just future by changing how people design for each student’s potential.
We are a team of seasoned educators, designers, technologists and change management experts with a proven track record in our work with districts. We take the time to understand the unique challenges school leaders face, and then customize the Education Elements approach for each district. We approach each client interaction with the mindset that while we can share what has worked elsewhere, we must seek to understand the current culture and context of each district and school. We honor the goals, priorities, and vision of every leader with whom we work, and we help them to hone, articulate, and make those visions a reality. We bring deep expertise, design thinking, expert facilitation and the spirit of collaboration, along with our extensive toolkit of resources and technology, to deliver sustainable results.
We are passionate and love what we do. We do not think of the work we do as a series of projects, but instead as the building of partnerships and friendships. We measure our success by the success of the districts we support. We want all students to reach their fullest potential. We want all teachers to love to teach.
From a single school in 2010 to over 500 today, we are driven by bold leaders, amazing teachers, and the students we serve together. We are so grateful to have the chance to work with so many districts and look forward to many years of working with many more.
We are a team of seasoned educators, designers, technologists and change management experts with a proven track record in our work with districts. We take the time to understand the unique challenges school leaders face, and then customize the Education Elements approach for each district. We approach each client interaction with the mindset that while we can share what has worked elsewhere, we must seek to understand the current culture and context of each district and school. We honor the goals, priorities, and vision of every leader with whom we work, and we help them to hone, articulate, and make those visions a reality. We bring deep expertise, design thinking, expert facilitation and the spirit of collaboration, along with our extensive toolkit of resources and technology, to deliver sustainable results.
We are passionate and love what we do. We do not think of the work we do as a series of projects, but instead as the building of partnerships and friendships. We measure our success by the success of the districts we support. We want all students to reach their fullest potential. We want all teachers to love to teach.
From a single school in 2010 to over 500 today, we are driven by bold leaders, amazing teachers, and the students we serve together. We are so grateful to have the chance to work with so many districts and look forward to many years of working with many more.
Location: United States, California, San Carlos
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $6M
Founded date: 2010
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 06.03.2012 | - | $6M | - |
Mentions in press and media 16
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| 06.09.2022 | XanEdu announces the formation of Scholarus Learning and acquisition of PLC Associates | XanEdu, Inc., a provider of educational content and curriculum services for K-12 and higher education, announces the formation of Scholarus Learning, a premier portfolio of companies that provide products and services across the education v... |
| 04.03.2021 | While Focus Is On Re-Opening School Buildings, Four Critical Education Issues Still Deserve Attention | It has to be addressed eventually.getty |
| 14.08.2018 | Education’s Latest Secret Trend: Networking | How good are schools at learning? Can they get better? As a culture, we worry a lot about student learning. But students don’t learn in a vacuum: Most are part of organizations (namely schools) that involve adults who also are engaged in le... |
| 28.10.2017 | How to Create a Vision | Vision-setting can be a painful process. Hours may be spent on one twisting sentence. Long, awkward silences may follow periods of disagreement. Jargon can add up to something that everyone agrees to but no one really understands or finds i... |
| 07.01.2017 | An Open Letter to Appointed Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos | Over the last fifteen years, I have been directly involved in supporting a diverse mix of charters, virtual schools, and public school districts. All of it with a lens around expanding opportunities around choice, voice, path and place to c... |
| 16.10.2016 | The Biggest Challenge to Personalized Learning Is Getting Buy-In | Until recently, one of the only things people talking about personalized learning could agree upon was that there was nothing standardized about it. There is no single accepted definition, nor is there a single right approach or way to meas... |
| 12.10.2016 | Can Personalized Learning Work in Rural America? | Rural schools have received little attention in national conversations around education reform—even though they serve nearly 1 in 5 students in America. Could personalized learning and the use of technology fundamentally change rural studen... |
| 23.09.2016 | How Mastery Design Collaborative Helps Schools Redesign their Models to Personalize Learning | This profile is part of an EdSurge Research Guide about school redesign and the landscape of service provider organizations that support schools and districts throughout the process. The full guide includes a report highlighting trends, ins... |
| 23.09.2016 | How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning | This profile is part of an EdSurge Research Guide about school redesign and the landscape of service provider organizations that support schools and districts throughout the process. The full guide includes a report highlighting trends, ins... |
| 13.12.2015 | School Districts Are Standing In The Way Of Public School Edtech | Anthony Kim Contributor Anthony Kim, CEO of Education Elements. No gymnasiums, no cafeterias and no administrators. That’s school policy at AltSchools, a chain of private, for-profit schools backed by the likes of Andreessen Horowitz and Ma... |
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