Quill is a platform for free literacy apps. We currently feature three apps that teach writing, grammar, and proofreading to students. Using the Quill platform, app developers can launch their own apps, and teachers can view student progress on a live dashboard. Quill is a nonprofit, open source organization, and over 100 educators and developers have contributed to its success. Quill was launched in September 2014, and as of April 2015 it is being used by 70,000 students nationwide.

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2. Quill is a platform for writing apps. We actively engage
students in the writing process, and our mission is to
empower them to write their own stories.
Mission
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3. 3 apps and 154 activities built from
42 Common Core language standards.
Our Apps
Quill Grammar teaches grammatical concepts
through sentence writing exercises.
Quill Writer is a two-player activity where students team up
and write a passage together from a shared list of words.
Quill Proofreader gives students passages that have
grammatical errors placed in them.
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4. Peter Gault
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Quill Team
Marcello Sachs
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Ryan Novas
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
Tom Calabrese
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Collin Cowdery
PARTNERSHIP DIRECTOR
Quill is a nonprofit social enterprise founded
in 2013 and located in Brooklyn, NY.
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5. 10,000 Students
May 13th
10/01/2013
30,000 Students
October 10th
77,000 Students
April 1st
390,000 Activities
April 1st
200,000 Activities
November 9th
100,000 Activities
September 1st
04/01/2015
TOTAL STUDENT SIGNUPS
10/01/2013 04/01/2015
CUMULATIVE ACTIVITIES COMPLETED
Viral Growth
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6. SRI study with a dozen schools nationwide
SBIR grant for our own efficacy study
Lead by Dr. Michael Hebert from the University of Nebraska
Conducted at Nolan Elementry-Middle School
Pre-Test and Post-Test; using Quill for 60 minutes per week
Efficacy
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7. Edsurge Summit
Twitter
Teacher blog posts
Teacher word-of-mouth
Clever
BrainPOP
Growth Strategies
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8. Schools pay $5 per student per year to access Quill
Progress Reports. This report shows insight into:
How students are progressing on the Common Core.
Which concepts students have mastered and which
concepts students are struggling with.
Schools are able to download these reports as
PDFs and export the data as CSVs.
Premium Product
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9. LONG TERM STRATEGY
Quill will continue adding 3 - 5 high quality apps each year,
focusing on new areas such as typing and essay writing.
Our initial focus is students in grades 4 - 8, and our future
goal is to develop materials for English Language Learners,
high school students, and university students.
Ultimately, we will derive most of our revenue from sales,
and subsidize new initiatives through philanthropic support.
Future Growth & Sustainability
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10. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s
Literacy Courseware Challenge
$25,000 (2013), $200,000 (2014)
Verizon Foundation’s Apps for Class Challenge
$38,000 (2014)
LearnLaunch Accelerator
$18,000 (2015)
Rocketship Education Sales Revenue
$12,000 (2014)
Funding to Date
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11. Projected Revenue Distribution
Grant & Donation
Revenue
$225,000 $225,000 $100,000
$50,000 $225,000 $625,000Sales Revenue
2015 - 2016 2016 - 2017 2017 - 2018
We will charge $5 per student per year and expect to
convert 10% of our users into paying customers.
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12. We are an open source and open educational resources community.
We have had over 100 educators and developers participate.
Community
Community created:
Platform of apps
Library of materials
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13. Enabling students to write their own stories.