Education Framework

What Education Framework does

Education Framework, Inc. is a privately held Bend, Oregon-based software company founded in 2013 by Jim and Katie Onstad. The company develops EdPrivacy, a K-12 student data privacy management platform sold to U.S. school districts. The platform addresses the operational problem that districts must review hundreds or thousands of third-party vendor privacy policies for compliance with FERPA, COPPA, and state-level student privacy statutes, but lack the staff time and expertise to do so manually. EdPrivacy combines a searchable database of vetted educational applications with Privacy Quality Scores, on-demand machine learning-based privacy vetting for new vendors, and continuous monitoring of vendor policy changes. As of the most recent data, the database contains over 10,000 vetted resources (with up to 22,000+ privacy scores surfaced on the public site), and the company reports protecting hundreds of thousands of students across the United States.

The underlying technology stack is cloud-based SaaS, with proprietary ML/NLP applied to privacy policy text analysis. Core differentiators include the Privacy Quality Scoring System, the on-demand vetting engine that returns compliance assessments within 24-48 weekday hours, and continuous policy-change monitoring with district notifications. The platform integrates with the dominant K-12 identity providers — Classlink, G-Suite for Education, and Microsoft Office 365 for Education — enabling SSO authentication for district users. Pending patent applications cover elements of the EdPrivacy technology. Education Framework has earned repeated industry recognition, including the 2018 NSBA Education Technology Innovation Showcase selection and EdTech Digest Cool Tool Awards spanning 2018-2022.

The business model is subscription-based annual licensing with single-year and multi-year contract options, priced through a quote-based sales process (no public pricing). Distribution combines direct enterprise sales to district administrators, a self-serve free trial available through the website, and channel partnerships — most notably a statewide agreement with MOREnet (Missouri Research and Education Network) that offers discounted pricing to member K-12 districts. The company employs 1-10 people, operates exclusively within the United States, and remains founder-owned with no disclosed institutional funding.

Name

Education Framework

Legal name

Education Framework, Inc.

Website

https://educationframework.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Education Framework develops EdPrivacy, a K-12 student data privacy management platform that uses machine learning to vet and score educational app privacy policies for U.S. school districts. The subscription-based SaaS serves district administrators, teachers, and parents with FERPA, COPPA, and state-law compliance support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Student Data Privacy Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Data Privacy Management & Consent (FERPA/GDPR/COPPA) (EDAFALAH)

Keywords

• Student data privacy
• K-12 privacy management
• FERPA compliance software
• COPPA compliance tools
• Education privacy vetting

Headquarters

HQ city

Bend

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Annual Licensing: Annual subscription licensing model with single-year and multi-year contract options. District pricing is available via quote-based sales process.
2. Enterprise District Licensing: Per-district annual licensing with volume discounts available through channel partnerships like MOREnet for statewide deployments

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Education Framework sells EdPrivacy, a cloud-based K-12 student data privacy management SaaS platform that uses proprietary machine learning and natural language processing to evaluate vendor privacy policies against FERPA, COPPA, and state privacy requirements. The platform provides a searchable database of 10,000+ vetted educational applications with at-a-glance Privacy Quality Scores, on-demand AI-driven privacy vetting for new applications delivered within 24-48 weekday hours, and continuous automated monitoring of vendor privacy policy changes. It is sold to K-12 school districts in the United States through annual and multi-year subscription licenses via direct sales, channel partnerships, and a self-serve free trial.

Product overview

Education Framework provides EdPrivacy as its core K-12 student data privacy management platform. EdPrivacy offers a comprehensive suite of privacy management capabilities including a searchable database of vetted resources with Privacy Quality Scores, continuous monitoring of vendor privacy policies, and on-demand privacy vetting services. The platform enables district administrators, teachers, and parents to identify safe classroom resources and ensure compliance with FERPA, COPPA, and state privacy requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EdPrivacy: K-12 data privacy management solution providing privacy impact assessments, compliance with FERPA and COPPA, student data privacy protections, and integrations with platforms like Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft 365.

Products and services

• EdPrivacy EdPrivacy is a cloud-based K-12 student data privacy management platform that uses proprietary machine learning and natural language processing to evaluate vendor privacy policies against FERPA, COPPA, and state privacy requirements. It delivers a searchable database of 10,000+ vetted educational applications with at-a-glance Privacy Quality Scores, on-demand AI-driven privacy vetting that returns results within 24-48 weekday hours for new applications, continuous automated monitoring of vendor privacy policy changes with district notifications, and SSO integration with Classlink, G-Suite for Education, and Microsoft Office 365 for Education. The platform is sold to K-12 school district administrators, teachers, and parents via annual and multi-year subscription licenses.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% ROI for districts using EdPrivacy (Forsyth County Schools case study)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MOREnet (Missouri Research and Education Network)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStatewide partnership enabling all K-12 school district members of MOREnet to purchase EdPrivacy at discounted pricing. This partnership standardizes student privacy practices across Missouri and provides an economically sustainable solution for districts. Each MOREnet district works individually with Education Framework on letters of engagement, quotes, and client access agreements.
• ClasslinkcoreTechnology or IntegrationSSO integration partnership developed specifically for Forsyth County Schools. Education Framework developed the Classlink integration to meet district requirements, and this integration is now available to all districts using Classlink as their SSO software. Enables automatic user authentication and roster population from district SIS.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• iKeepSafe: iKeepSafe is a nonprofit that provides COPPA and FERPA compliance tools, privacy certifications, and educator training for K-12 EdTech vendors and districts. It is one of the closest direct competitors to EdPrivacy's vendor-vetting and compliance mission.
• PRIVO: PRIVO offers COPPA and GDPR-K compliance services, privacy seals, and identity verification for children's online services. Its focus on certifying kids' services overlaps directly with EdPrivacy's vendor privacy scoring workflow.
• kidSAFE Seal Program: kidSAFE provides independent privacy and safety certifications for children's websites, apps, and EdTech products. It addresses the same buyer (K-12 vendors and districts) seeking third-party assurance on student data handling.

Broad incumbents

• Common Sense Media: Common Sense Media is a larger nonprofit providing privacy ratings, content reviews, and online safety guidance for kids and schools. Its product reviews and privacy evaluations compete with EdPrivacy's resource scoring, though it operates more as a content and advocacy incumbent than a SaaS vendor.
• PowerSchool: PowerSchool is the dominant K-12 student information system and unified classroom platform, with broad privacy, data governance, and compliance features. It competes with EdPrivacy indirectly by absorbing privacy workflows into its district-wide SaaS bundle.
• Lightspeed Systems: Lightspeed Systems is an established K-12 student safety, content filtering, and analytics platform. It addresses overlapping buyer needs around student data protection and could extend into vendor privacy vetting as part of a broader safety bundle.
• Securly: Securly is a K-12 student safety, filtering, and wellness platform serving districts with broader student-data-handling features. It is a comparable buyer-adjacent incumbent that could extend into privacy compliance workflows similar to EdPrivacy.

Others

• 1EdTech Consortium: 1EdTech (formerly IMS Global) is the industry consortium that develops interoperability and data-privacy standards (LTI, OneRoster) used across K-12 EdTech. It is not a SaaS competitor but shapes the standards EdPrivacy must map its scoring to.
• Clever: Clever is a K-12 identity and rostering platform providing single sign-on, SIS sync, and application access for districts. It sits adjacent to EdPrivacy's SSO integration partners (Classlink, Google, Microsoft) and increasingly bundles privacy-related capabilities for districts.
• ClassLink: ClassLink is a leading K-12 SSO and identity management provider with whom Education Framework has a technology partnership. While not a privacy competitor, ClassLink's roster and authentication layer is a key integration surface for EdPrivacy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/edframework
• Facebookfacebook.com/EducationFramework
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/education-framework-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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