What The Scolaris Group does

The Scolaris Group is a small, privately held K-12 education consulting firm headquartered in Cupertino, California, structured as an LLC with 1-10 employees. It provides research-informed professional development services and curriculum consulting to public, private, and charter schools across the K-12 segment. The firm operates on a professional services revenue model with a sales-led go-to-market that relies on direct outreach to schools and districts, presence at educational conferences, and an email newsletter channel. There is no disclosed funding history, no public investor base, and no evidence of a software or platform component to the offering.

The company's core intellectual property is the Stages of Understanding (SOU) framework, a proprietary research-based curriculum development model that anchors its service portfolio. Around this framework the firm has developed a suite of practical classroom strategies and workshop offerings, including "Catch Me Up," "Three Easy Ways to Provide On-The-Spot Feedback," "One Sentence Revisited," and the "No Essay Required" workshop curriculum. These are presented as an integrated product suite built on top of the SOU methodology, with the workshops appearing to be a flagship monetization vehicle delivered at conferences and through direct engagement.

Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed but appear to derive from workshop fees, consulting engagements, and conference participation. No named customer logos, contracts, or pricing tiers are visible. Customer segments are concentrated in the K-12 vertical with a regional (California-leaning) footprint, and the partner-level team includes teacher educators and researchers, which supports the research-informed positioning but does not by itself signal institutional anchor accounts or scale.

Name

The Scolaris Group

Legal name

The Scolaris Group, LLC

Website

https://scolarisgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Scolaris Group is a Cupertino-based K-12 education consulting firm providing research-informed professional development services to public, private, and charter schools. Its core offering is the proprietary Stages of Understanding framework, complemented by practical classroom strategies and workshops.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Education Consulting

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Instructional Delivery & Pedagogy (School-Led) (EDAJAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Standards Alignment & Curriculum Mapping (State/National) (EDAJAFAD)

Keywords

• K-12 education consulting
• Teacher professional development
• Curriculum design services
• Higher-order thinking instruction
• Educational framework development

Headquarters

HQ city

Cupertino

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Education Consulting Services: The Scolaris Group provides consulting services to schools and districts, including professional development, workshop facilitation, and educational framework implementation. Services are delivered through direct engagements with school administrators and teachers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Scolaris Group provides K-12 educational consulting, curriculum development, and teacher professional development services to schools and districts. Its flagship intellectual property is the Stages of Understanding (SOU) framework—a four-stage scaffold for higher-order thinking—and a portfolio of teaching strategies and workshops (e.g., Catch Me Up, One Sentence Revisited, No Essay Required) that translate educational research into classroom-ready practice.

Product overview

The Scolaris Group is an education consulting firm offering a portfolio of teaching methodologies and professional development services. Its core offering is the Stages of Understanding (SOU) framework—a four-stage scaffold (Know, Use, Expand, Surpass) for developing higher-order thinking skills. Complementing this framework are specific teaching strategies including Catch Me Up, Three Easy Ways to Provide On-The-Spot Feedback, One Sentence Revisited, and the No Essay Required workshop. These products work together as an integrated approach to teacher professional development, combining pedagogical research with practical classroom-ready strategies.

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Products and services

• Stages of Understanding (SOU) Framework A proprietary four-stage scaffold (Know, Use, Expand, Surpass) for developing higher-order thinking in K-12 students, with Stage 1–2 forming Curriculum Driven Learning (CDL) and Stage 3–4 forming Student Driven Learning (SDL). Used by The Scolaris Group's consulting engagements with K-12 schools and districts.
• Catch Me Up Strategy A distributed practice writing strategy in which students select three important things learned in class and explain their importance; designed for 5 minutes to an entire class period. Used in K-12 classrooms as part of Scolaris Group professional development work.
• Three Easy Ways to Provide On-The-Spot Feedback A packaged set of three classroom feedback strategies (One Big Thing, Digital Sharing via Google Docs, Red Pen/Green Pen dialogue exchange) for teachers to deliver immediate, meaningful feedback to students. Delivered to K-12 teachers through Scolaris Group professional development.
• One Sentence, Revisited A writing strategy where students write one sentence answering an essential question and revise it as they learn more, documenting incremental understanding over a lesson or unit. Used with K-12 students.
• No Essay Required Workshop A workshop for content-area teachers delivering short-form (as little as 5 minutes/day) argumentative writing activities that build disciplinary skills while supporting ELA Common Core standards, without relying on the 5-paragraph essay format. Delivered at conferences and as on-site district professional development.
• Education Consulting Services Education consulting engagements for K-12 schools and districts, including professional development, workshop facilitation, and educational framework implementation, delivered through direct on-site engagements and scheduled workshop appointments.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Travel Corporate Travel PortalminorOthersCorporate travel portal for Next Travel, used by The Scolaris Group for business travel arrangements.
• Southwest Airlines SWABIZ Corporate PortalminorOthersCorporate travel discount program through Southwest Airlines for business travel.
• Alaska Airlines EasyBizminorOthersCorporate travel discount program through Alaska Airlines for business travel.
• Jet Blue Blue Inc.minorOthersCorporate travel discount program through JetBlue for business travel.
• AvisminorOthersCorporate car rental program with discount code W0865075 for business and leisure travel. Discount available to contractors and associates.
• BudgetminorOthersCorporate car rental program with discount code X476229 for business and leisure travel.
• Enterprise/NationalminorOthersCorporate car rental program with code OSMB23A for business and leisure travel.
• HertzminorOthersCorporate car rental program with discount code 2129574 for business and leisure travel.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Insight Education Group: K-12 consulting and PD firm providing coaching, evaluation, and instructional leadership support to schools. Comparable services, buyer, and direct-to-district sales motion.
• Marzano Resources: Provider of K-12 teacher evaluation, instructional frameworks, and professional development built on Robert Marzano's research. Comparable as a research-anchored, framework-based K-12 PD firm.
• McREL International: Education research and consulting nonprofit delivering K-12 professional development, curriculum review, and instructional strategy support. Closely comparable in translating research into classroom practice for schools and districts.
• Education Elements: K-12 consulting firm providing personalized learning, instructional strategy, and district transformation services. Comparable sales-led consulting model targeting school and district buyers.

Broad incumbents

• Public Consulting Group: Large education and human services consultancy serving districts and states on PD, operations, and program management. Comparable consulting delivery model and K-12 district customer base.
• Solution Tree: Large K-12 professional development publisher and conference operator (PLC, instructional strategies). Directly comparable as a competitor for district PD budgets and conference presence, but at a much larger scale.
• Learning Forward: National professional association for K-12 professional development with consulting, standards, and conference offerings. Comparable mission and customer base (district leaders), but operates as a membership organization.
• ASCD: Long-standing association for curriculum, instruction, and supervision professionals publishing books, running PD, and hosting conferences. Comparable in addressing curriculum and pedagogy for K-12 educators.
• Corwin Press: K-12 publishing and professional learning arm of SAGE, producing PD books, workshops, and online courses for educators. Comparable across PD content, conferences, and district services.

Emerging players

• Thoughtful Ed: Smaller K-12 professional development firm focused on research-informed teaching practice. Comparable in niche positioning around evidence-based classroom strategies.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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Investments

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