Launch HN: Litnerd (YC S21) – Teaching kids to read with the help of live actors
Hi HN, my name is Anisa and I am the founder of Litnerd ( https://litnerd.com/ ), an online reading program designed to teach elementary school students in America how to read. There are 37M elementary school students in America. Schools spend $20B on reading and supplemental education programs. Yet 42% of 4th grade students are reading at a 1st or 2nd grade proficiency level! The #1 reason students aren’t reading? They say it’s boring. We change that by bringing books to life. Think your favorite book turned into a tv-show style episode-by-episode reenactment, coupled with a complete curriculum and lesson plans. 1 in 8 Americans is functionally illiterate. Like any skill, reading is a habit. If you grew up in a household where you did not see your parents reading, you likely do not develop the habit. This correlates to the socio-economic divide. Two thirds of American stu
Why it failed
Hi HN, my name is Anisa and I am the founder of Litnerd ( https://litnerd.com/ ), an online reading program designed to teach elementary school students in America how to read. There are 37M elementary school students in America. Schools spend $20B on reading and s
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- Anisa_Mirza
- Ended
- 2021
- Source
- hackernews