Leanlab Alumni

Since its inception in 2013, Leanlab Education has worked with education entrepreneurs that seek to change the landscape of education innovation. We seek out passionate innovators with diverse voices and most importantly, we find founders with great ideas and novel approaches to solve the most endemic problems in education.

To date, the innovations from our alumni have impacted more than 4,000,000 nationally and we are proud to support such inspiring and innovative founders in our shared pursuit to close the achievement gap in K12 education.

 

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PILOT SCHOOLS
Benjamin Banneker Elementary
Kansas City Public Schools

Guadalupe Centers High School
Guadalupe Centers

Van Horn High School
Independence School District

San Juan BOCES
Cortez School District

KIPP Endeavor Academy
KIPP Public Charter Schools

Academy for Integrated Arts

Operation Breakthrough

Excelsior Springs High School
Excelsior Springs School District

Blue Valley CAPS
Blue Valley USD

Julian GolderEmote

Julian Golder

Emote

Mehul ShahIntervene

Mehul Shah

Intervene

Melanie KongFloop

Melanie Kong

Floop

Jon SoongMakers Empire

Jon Soong

Makers Empire

Zuben BastaniFlyer Connect

Zuben Bastani

Flyer Connect

Heather WilsonSchool Deets

Heather Wilson

School Deets

Brian KearnsCTE Gig

Brian Kearns

CTE Gig

Sueann CaseyIndigo

Sueann Casey

Indigo

Dan LaFountainSpeak Agent

Dan LaFountain

Speak Agent


COHORT 5

PILOT SCHOOLS

Pitcher Elementary
Kansas City Public Schools

Crossroads Preparatory Academy

Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy
Independence School District

Clint Velazquez Base Academy of Music

Clint Velazquez
Base Academy of Music

Kelley Johnson Doors to Explore

Kelley Johnson
Doors to Explore

Brad MacLaughlin K12 Perform

Brad MacLaughlin
K12 Perform

Brett Simpson K12 Perform

Brett Simpson
K12 Perform

 
AJ DeLeon Innovare

AJ DeLeon
Innovare

Nick Freeman Innovare

Nick Freeman
Innovare

Shanti Elangovan inquirED

Shanti Elangovan
inquirED

Sage Salvo Words Liive

Sage Salvo
Words Liive


COHORT 4

Kiara Butler Diversity Talks

Kiara Butler
Diversity Talks

Dr. Jenna Gorlewicz ViTAL

Dr. Jenna Gorlewicz
ViTAL

Corrine Mueller ViTAL

Corrine Mueller
ViTAL

 
Roy Scott Healthy Hip Hop
John Styers Transportant

John Styers
Transportant

Alan Fairless Transportant

Alan Fairless
Transportant


COHORT 3

Mehreen Butt Brydge

Mehreen Butt
Brydge

Nadja Cajic Meedu

Nadja Cajic
Meedu

Angie Rivera InReach

Angie Rivera
InReach

 
 
Andyshea Saberioon PledgeCents

Andyshea Saberioon
PledgeCents

Lida Zlatic ClassTracks

Lida Zlatic
ClassTracks


COHORT 2

 
Kirsten Brown  KCoRE

Kirsten Brown
KCoRE

Katie Laird Kimbrell KCoRE

Katie Laird Kimbrell
KCoRE

Jeanella Clark Create by Connect

Jeanella Clark
Create by Connect

Eliana Hudson Create by Connect

Eliana Hudson
Create by Connect

 
 
 
Emily Grand MentorED

Emily Grand
MentorED

Katie Gore Bring Us Science
Catina Taylor Dreams KC

Catina Taylor
Dreams KC


COHORT 1

Cecilia Belser Patton My Sister-Girl Myself

Cecilia Belser Patton
My Sister-Girl Myself

Jana Cooper My Sister-Girl Myself

Jana Cooper
My Sister-Girl Myself

Olga Pitenko Tikitum Science Labs
 
Connor Nowalk Echograde

Connor Nowalk
Echograde

Beth Sarver Resilience: Trauma Sensitive Schools Initiative

Beth Sarver
Resilience: Trauma Sensitive Schools Initiative

Aditya Voleti ELL Teacher Archive

Aditya Voleti
ELL Teacher Archive