Venture capital has poured billions into education technology. Most of it has produced nothing students or teachers actually want to use. The pattern is consistent: brilliant engineers building for a classroom they've never sat in.
A cohort-based intensive that takes you from classroom to codebase — and arms you with the product instincts to lead.
Every Chalk Foundry graduate gets lifetime access to our exclusive job board — a curated network of edtech startups actively searching for technical co-founders and founding team members with education backgrounds.
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You've spent years watching students struggle with edtech that misses the mark. You know what a lesson plan looks like when it actually works. Now it's time to build it.
You understand how learning works at a systems level. You've built curricula from scratch, know LMS platforms inside-out, and see every gap in the tools you're forced to use.
You've been building learning products for others — without the equity. Your domain knowledge is a superpower in edtech, and you deserve a seat at the founding table.
Not for: career-switchers with no education background, people looking for a slow self-paced course, or anyone hoping to freelance. Chalk Foundry is specifically for educators who want to found or co-found edtech companies.
I spent 9 years teaching 6th grade math. I knew exactly why every math app failed my students — but I had no way to fix it. Chalk Foundry gave me the technical skills to build something better. Six months after graduating, I'm CTO at a math tutoring startup with $800K in funding.
I was skeptical that 12 weeks would be enough to go from zero coding experience to launching a real product. I was wrong. The curriculum is brutal but efficient. Every concept connects back to things I already understood from instructional design. By week 8, I had shipped my first API.
The job board is worth the tuition alone. I had three equity conversations in my first week of access, and two formal term sheets within a month. I joined a pre-seed edtech startup as a technical co-founder. I own a piece of something I helped build from day one.
Chalk Foundry is selective and intensive. We price for access, not exclusion.
Best for applicants with savings or employer reimbursement.
Income share: pay 12% of salary for 24 months once you earn $60K+.
Scholarships available for underrepresented educators. Contact us to learn more.
Applications for Cohort 1 are open. Spots are limited to 20. We review on a rolling basis — the sooner you apply, the better your odds.