"The country ranks 14th—below Russia and other developed nations—in a Pearson study on global math, science, reading, literacy and graduation rates. One reason for that is a lack of funding for public schools, something Ventilla's hot tech startup no longer needs to worry about."

I don't know the details, but does Russia have better funded schools than the US? Or what does the author try to say by highlighting Russia as being better than the US at education?

"Tuition costs about $21,000 a year..."

I love the incentive and ambition, but $21k/year makes this inaccessible to the kids and families this would most benefit.

Maybe the long-term plan is to scale in order to bring costs down? Can anyone shed some light on this?

It solves one the problems in the most important class of problems in the world: inconveniences facing young wealthy residents of Northern California.

I want to do this kind of thing for urban schools. Anyone interested in collaborating please let me know.

That's what I was just thinking.

Startup Elementary sounds great because entrepreneurship does start young. I like that this environment will encourage young kids to pursue their dreams. Hopefully it doesn’t lead to young entrepreneurs quitting school to follow dreams. LOL! Just Kidding…

Private schools are now called "startup" school?

Would like to see this mirrored in Canada.