How it starts
From reading the labs to a signed term
Five steps. The first three cost nothing and need no agreement with us at all.
- 1Read the free labsOpen the labs page and read the first full project in any of the 12 labs. The research question, 10 written steps, interview list, defence questions and marking rubric are all published.
- 2Run one projectPick one lab and ask one class for one project. No new subject, no timetable change, and no computer lab if you use the No-Tech route.
- 3Submit it for markingSend the completed assessment template through Book Free Consultation, ticking Others. Work comes back within two weeks, marked out of 20 with written feedback on every section.
- 4Agree the term planWe map three or four projects across your school year against SNC / PCTB, Cambridge or KHDA. You name the coordinator and, for a pilot, the matched comparison class.
- 5Sign the termGuaranteed Term Pilot or School Edition, whichever fits your budget. Teacher Certification is booked separately, per cohort of 30.
Four kinds of partner
What you would actually run
The curriculum is the same for all four. What differs is who your learners are and which credential matters to them.
School or school group
You run three or four projects a year inside existing subjects, across different labs, so a student has honestly tried most of the 12 by the end of Grade 8. You get certified teachers, a per-campus licence, co-branded certificates and parent reports, and a pilot with a refund condition attached.
NGO, foundation or community organisation
You run cohorts in a room you already have, on the No-Tech route — paper, a pen and conversations — so no electricity is required. You get Sponsored Seats at US$60 for learners who cannot pay, trained facilitators, and marks you did not award yourself.
Independent tutor, academy or training provider
You run a project track alongside exam coaching, and every learner leaves with a portfolio and a public share link rather than a grade slip. You get certification authority through the teacher cohort, co-branding, and a route for learners onto Level 1 and Level 2.
University department or teacher-training college
Your trainees run one project with real school students and mark it against the published rubric, which is a harder exercise than writing lesson plans. You get the open curriculum to teach from, certification for graduating teachers, and co-branding on what you help build.
Division of labour
Who supplies what
Read this before you agree to anything. Most pilots fail on the left column, not the right one.
What you bring
- Learners, and guardian consent where your rules require it
- A room and time for three or four projects across the year
- A named coordinator who answers email within a week
- Teachers willing to sit 2 days onsite plus 4 weeks of guided practice
- Honest reporting, including the projects that were abandoned
- For a pilot, a matched comparison class named before the term starts
What EAD brings
- All 12 lab outlines and 240 written steps, free and openly licensed
- Two routes per project: High-Tech on free browser tools, No-Tech on paper
- AI feedback on every project, marked out of 20 — artifact 6, process 6, defence 8
- Human certification, because AI marks and humans certify
- Teacher Certification the teacher keeps, even if they leave you
- Mapping per lab to SNC / PCTB, Cambridge and KHDA
What it costs
Four commercial options
The curriculum stays free whichever row you pick. These prices buy training, certification authority and support, never access.
| Option | What it covers | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Guaranteed Term Pilot | One term run properly against a matched comparison class, with the term plan, teacher briefing and marking included. Refunded in full if the EAD class does not outperform the comparison class. | Single campus, group and international rates — ask for your country |
| School Edition | Per campus, up to 300 students, with EAD Plus included for enrolled students. Plugins are priced separately per campus per month. | Flat monthly rate per campus |
| Teacher Certification | A cohort of 30 teachers: 2 days onsite plus 4 weeks of guided practice. The teacher keeps the certification. | Priced per cohort of 30 |
| Sponsored Seats | EAD Plus and certification for one learner who passes the assessment but cannot pay. The gate is the assessment, never the fee. | US$60 each |
A first year
What the year looks like term by term
Written as a plan, not a result. It is the shape we ask partners to commit to, and it is deliberately small at the start.
- Term 1 · one labOne class, one projectTeachers train, then one class runs the opening project in a single lab. Every learner logs ten relationships: one expert, three people the problem affects, three peer reviewers, three people who replied.
- Term 2 · two labsSecond project, different industryThe same learners start a project in an unrelated lab. This is the term that tells you the most, because the metric that matters is how many go on to a second lab at all.
- Term 3 · defencesMarking, defence and certificationWork is submitted, AI marks it out of 20, and humans certify what passes. Portfolios stop reading as unverified. Level 1 assessment is charged per learner at the point it is earned, and sponsored seats cover those who cannot pay.
- Term 3 close · reviewThe honest year-end reviewYou compare the EAD class against the comparison class you named in term one. If it did not outperform, the pilot fee is refunded in full and you keep the free curriculum and everything your teachers learned.
What EAD will not do
EAD does not replace your teachers, does not require a computer lab, and does not need a timetable change — the No-Tech route runs on paper in a room with no electricity. It cannot yet show longitudinal outcome data: the ten-year claim is a claim, checkable in 2036, not today, and conversion from free to paid is unproven at scale. Projects P03–P12 currently exist as titles and outlines, so plan your first year around the opening project in each lab, which is written out step by step.
Choose your labs
Twelve industries to pick from
Start with any one of them. The set grows as learners ask for labs that do not exist yet.
Free download
The Partner Pack
Four documents that let you judge this without a meeting.
- 01Partnership models one-pager — the four options, what each covers and the real price
- 02Term plan mapping three or four projects to one school year, per lab
- 03The assessment template — artifact 6, process 6, defence 8, and the ten logged relationships
- 04Teacher-training outline — 2 days onsite plus 4 weeks of guided practice
Here it is
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