“And that has gone beyond our wildest dreams. “What was really exciting to us is that we started the company with a simple vision to serve kids, help them have better access to reading materials,” Donahue said. He also added that while there is “a lot more growth to be seen domestically, there’s a lot of growth to be seen around the world too.” They don’t plan to focus internationally, just recognize the opportunities.įor Markosian and Donahue, where they are and where they may go is understandably exciting, but in ways that relate to their initial vision.
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“We’re going to be leaning into more free products and materials,” Donahue said. Looking ahead, it’s easy to forecast the company will continue to grow, building on the counter-intuitive idea of giving away their product.
And the teacher was able to build a bridge to the student by suggesting and assigning reading and keep apprised of progress though the platform directly.”
In this case though, Donahue said, “the teachers realized that the student was continuing to use Epic, reading books even though they were not in class. “Anecdotally,” Donahue said, “we have a ton of information about how we helped fill learning gaps for young learners this year.” In one example, Donahue says a teacher reached out to thank them because she’d had a student who had dropped off attending virtual classes - a troublingly common and well-documented occurrence of remote learning, especially among younger students.
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