What Common Good Learning Tools does

Common Good Learning Tools (CGLT) is a Public Benefit Corporation founded in 2019 by Pepper Williams and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with 21+ employees operating on a not-for-profit cost-recovery basis (no investors, no debt, no traditional sales or marketing team). The company builds three integrated products for the K-12 standards and curriculum ecosystem: Satchel, a competency management application that publishes learning standards in the 1EdTech CASE format; Sparkl, a digital K-12 teaching and learning tool with autograded interactions and AI-assisted feedback; and Cureum, an educational resource curation and distribution platform deployed at the state level under regional brands such as ALEX (Alabama), ADEL (Arizona), INSPIRE (Georgia), and Henry Connects (Georgia). Supporting infrastructure includes Satchel Rosetta Exchange, a centralized repository of CASE-coded frameworks from all 50 US states plus 30 countries, and Satchel Rosetta Align, an LLM-powered tool that uses Universal Sentence Encoder vector embeddings to automate resource-to-standards alignment.

CGLT's technical platform is built around the CASE (Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange) standard maintained by 1EdTech, with Satchel functioning as a CASE publisher and Rosetta Exchange functioning as the de facto centralized CASE framework database. The company integrates with Google Classroom (native add-on), Canvas, Schoology, and PowerSchool SIS, and provides APIs including the CASE REST API and the Rosetta Align API for batch alignment suggestions. AI features are feature-level integrations rather than core to the platform: Sparkl uses OpenAI's gpt-4.1-nano for the 'Give Me Guidance' authoring assistant and Sparkl-Bot for constructed-response scoring, while Cureum uses LLM suggestions for lesson plan generation. The company maintains WCAG 2.1 and Section 508 accessibility commitments with VPAT documents published for Satchel and Cureum.

CGLT monetizes through subscription licensing with pricing ranging from $6,000/year (Satchel Commons shared hosting) to $24,000/year (dedicated Satchel for public agencies) and approximately $50,000/year (dedicated Satchel for ed-tech companies), plus Rosetta Exchange at $8,400/year, Rosetta Align starting at $15,000/year, and CASE conversion professional services at $500-$2,500 per framework. Customers include 11 state departments of education (Alabama, Arizona, Chicago Public Schools, Georgia, Gwinnett County, Idaho, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Wisconsin), six ed-tech companies (Carnegie Learning, College Board, Edsby, Frog Street, WIDA, others), and organizations such as Star Autism Support, CASEL, and Dynamic Learning Maps. The Georgia DOE Inspire platform has reached 3.5M+ educators, making it CGLT's flagship deployment and 2025 SETDA State Achievement Award winner. Strategic partnerships with Google for Education (2025), 1EdTech, and Frog Street extend CASE Network coverage to 9 PK-12+ subject areas.

Name

Common Good Learning Tools

Legal name

Common Good Learning Tools

Website

https://commongoodlt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Common Good Learning Tools is a Public Benefit Corporation that builds Satchel, Sparkl, and Cureum — K-12 standards management, digital learning, and resource curation tools — serving state education agencies, districts, and ed-tech companies through subscription licensing on a not-for-profit cost-recovery basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Education Technology Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Curriculum, Lesson Planning & Instructional Content Platforms (EDAJAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Adaptive Learning & Personalized Instruction Software (EDAJAMAE), Assessments, Quizzes & Learning Analytics Tools (MPACALAK), Assessment & Quiz Item Authoring Tools (within course builders) (EDAFAHAG), Career & College Readiness Platforms (Guidance, Planning, Scholarships) (EDAJAMAO)

Keywords

• Competency management software
• Digital learning tools
• Educational resource curation
• CASE standards publishing
• K-12 ed-tech software

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Satchel Dedicated Server Licensing: Annual licensing fees for dedicated Satchel instances hosted on AWS or organization servers. Public agencies pay $24k/year; ed-tech companies pay approximately $50k/year. Includes unlimited framework creation, SSO options, crosswalks, and integration features.
2. Satchel Commons Shared Hosting: Shared hosting subscription at $6k/year for agencies using CGLT as System Admin. Includes basic authoring tools, framework mirrors, and up to 5 hours of online training per year.
3. Satchel Rosetta Exchange Maintenance Fee: Annual maintenance fee of $8,400/year for ed-tech companies using Rosetta as their standards database. Includes unlimited access to standards from all 50 US states plus international frameworks, normalized API access, and automated notifications. Also available: Core-4 plan at $6k/year and 1-month trial for $500 for 40 frameworks.
4. Satchel Rosetta Align Licensing: Annual licensing starting at $15k/year including unlimited access to Rosetta Exchange. Allows organizations to make unlimited alignments and cross-alignments for the duration of the license period.
5. CASE Conversion Services: Professional services to convert standards documents (PDFs, Word/Google Docs, spreadsheets) into CASE format. Pricing ranges from $500 for a K-12 framework up to $2,500 for complex frameworks with learning progressions, crosswalks, and supplemental information. Timeline of 2-3 weeks.
6. Not-for-Profit Operations Model: As a registered Public Benefit Corporation operating on a not-for-profit basis with no investors, no debt, and no sales/marketing team, revenue is charged only to cover staff costs, expenses, and maximize educational impact.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Common Good Learning Tools builds and sells three integrated software products for K-12 education: Satchel, a web application for publishing and managing learning standards in CASE format; Sparkl, a digital teaching and learning tool with interactive activities and AI-assisted feedback; and Cureum, a platform for curating and distributing standards-aligned educational resources. The company also operates Satchel Rosetta Exchange (central CASE-coded standards repository) and Satchel Rosetta Align (AI-powered resource-to-standards alignment tooling).

Product overview

Common Good Learning Tools operates as a Public Benefit Corporation offering three core products—Satchel (competency management for publishing standards in CASE format), Sparkl (digital K-12 teaching and learning tool), and Cureum (resource curation and distribution platform)—along with supporting infrastructure including Satchel Rosetta Exchange (central standards repository), Satchel Rosetta Align (AI-powered alignment tool), and Satchel Commons (shared hosting). These products form an integrated ecosystem where Satchel manages learning standards in machine-readable CASE format, Cureum curates educational resources aligned to those standards, and Sparkl delivers interactive learning activities. The company also provides regional variants of Cureum (ALEX in Alabama, ADEL in Arizona, INSPIRE in Georgia, Henry Connects in Georgia) and regional variants of Sparkl (Velocity in Georgia). All products serve public K-12 agencies, ed-tech companies, and higher education institutions on a not-for-profit basis with no investors or debt.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Satchel: A competency (learning standard) management tool that allows competency frameworks to be published in CASE format, consumed via CASE API protocol. Includes Satchel Rosetta Exchange (central repository of CASE-coded standards) and Satchel Rosetta Align (tooling for aligning resources to standards).
• Sparkl
• Cureum

Products and services

• Satchel (Standards Satchel) A web application that allows competency frameworks (learning standards) to be published and maintained by issuing agencies in CASE format, then consumed by other agencies and ed-tech suppliers via the CASE API protocol.
• Sparkl A digital learning tool for K-12 teachers and students offering interactive activity design with cognitive science principles, autograded interactions, AI-assisted feedback, and integrations with Google Classroom, Canvas, and Schoology.
• Cureum An educational resource curation and distribution platform that allows agencies to curate digital resources from diverse systems into organized collections, with standards tagging via Satchel, lesson planning tools, and LMS integrations.
• Satchel Rosetta Exchange A central repository of CASE-coded standards frameworks from across the US and around the world, serving as a low-cost standards database for ed-tech companies with API access and framework mirroring capabilities.
• Satchel Rosetta Align A system leveraging LLM tooling and vector encodings to assist organizations with aligning teaching and learning resources to standards, including cross-aligning resources to multiple frameworks.
• Satchel Commons Shared hosting subscription platform for CASE publishing with limited branding options, authoring tools, framework mirrors from Rosetta Exchange, and basic training access for agencies using CGLT as System Admin.
• CASE Conversion Services Professional services to convert standards documents (PDFs, Word/Google Docs, spreadsheets) into CASE format. Pricing ranges from $500 for a K-12 framework up to $2,500 for complex frameworks with learning progressions, crosswalks, and supplemental information.

Quantifiable outcome

• Alabama reduced standards realignment process from months of manual work with subject matter experts and spreadsheets to hours completed by one staff member using Rosetta Align
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

AI capability11 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major, flagship, core and supporting.

• Star Autism SupportmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 August 2025Star Autism Support (CASE Consumer) collaborated with CGLT to convert CASEL SEL framework to CASE format. Funded conversion of CASEL frameworks. STAR Program and Links Curriculum now show direct alignment to CASEL competencies.
• Frog StreetmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 July 2025Frog Street partnered with CGLT to jointly CASE publish all remaining early learning frameworks for all 50 states onto CASE Network by 2026. Frog Street uses Satchel as CASE publishing tool for skills spines and crosswalks to state frameworks.
• Google for EducationflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2025Google funded CGLT services to convert 4 new subject areas (Computer Science, World Languages, PE, Health) for all 50 states onto CASE Network. At ISTE 2025, Google announced CASE integration into Google Classroom enabling educators to connect standards to learning goals. Expanded international standards from 30+ countries.
• 1EdTechcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundational partnership with 1EdTech (governing body of CASE standard) for CASE ecosystem development. Jointly launched CASE Network 2 using Satchel product. 1EdTech advocates for CASE adoption while CGLT provides technical infrastructure. CGLT member of 1EdTech community since inception.
• PowerSchoolcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership to design Satchel export option bridging CASE to PowerSchool SIS import requirements. Export designed based on QA testing by Oklahoma and Alabama. Enables standards data flow from CASE publishing into PowerSchool district systems.
• Ed-Tech CollaboratorysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCGLT operates Rosetta Exchange in association with Ed-Tech Collaboratory (ETC) to support CASE ecosystem maintenance and expansion. Plans for joint efforts in 2026 and beyond.
• Dynamic Learning MapsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDynamic Learning Maps Essential Elements (ELA, Math, Science) released in CASE format through Idaho DOE funding. Enables any CASE publisher to make crosswalks to DLM frameworks for special education alignment.
• Idaho Department of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIdaho DOE funded conversion of DLM Essential Elements to CASE and maintains Idaho L.E.N.S. instance providing free standards access with crosswalks to DLM and WIDA frameworks across 8 content areas.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• PowerSchool: Dominant K-12 SIS and unified classroom platform. CGLT has a direct partnership for PowerSchool SIS export, but PowerSchool's broader ecosystem competes with Cureum and Satchel for state/district wallet share.
• Instructure (Canvas): Major LMS provider (Canvas) and parent of PowerSchool's K-12 segment. CGLT's Sparkl integrates via LTI with Canvas; the parent platform competes broadly with CGLT's combined standards/curriculum/learning offering.
• Edmentum: Established K-12 curriculum, assessment, and intervention provider with standards-aligned content. Comparable to Cureum's resource curation and standards-tagging value proposition for districts and state agencies.
• Curriculum Associates: Major K-12 curriculum and assessment publisher (iReady, BRIGANCE) with deep standards alignment and AI-driven personalized learning. Comparable to CGLT's resource curation and adaptive learning capabilities, but at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Eduphoria: K-12 school district software for professional development, curriculum management, and teacher evaluation. Most directly comparable to CGLT's Cureum product in serving state/regional agencies with workforce and curriculum workflow tools.
• Nearpod: K-12 interactive lesson delivery and formative assessment platform. Directly comparable to Sparkl's digital activity design and engagement features, with overlapping teacher user base and LMS integration story.
• Pear Deck (Canva): Interactive presentation and formative assessment tool owned by Canva. Closest direct competitor to Sparkl in K-12 activity design, with deep Google Classroom integration (overlapping with Sparkl's primary distribution channel).
• Otus: K-12 student data, assessment, and curriculum platform that integrates standards mapping with classroom tools. Comparable to CGLT's combination of Satchel (standards) and Cureum (resource/curriculum management) for districts.

Emerging players

• Kiddom: K-12 curriculum management and standards-aligned content platform. Comparable to CGLT's Cureum and Satchel combination for district-level curriculum workflows, though smaller scale and narrower subject coverage.

Others

• 1EdTech Consortium: Standards body that governs CASE, the protocol upon which all CGLT products are built. Deep strategic partner (co-launched CASE Network 2) rather than competitor, but 1EdTech governance decisions determine CGLT's structural moat.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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