

Higher Ground already uses the Altitude LMS to host original, custom-designed curriculum, to enable a Montessori-informed assessment framework, and to ensure the seamless transfer of children and families across the Higher Ground network as they grow and as their life circumstances change. We found precisely that technology in the Altitude platform.- Ray Girn, CEO of Higher Groundīy acquiring Altitude’s software, Higher Ground will be able to invest further in the technology, adding features that expand the scope and reach of the organization’s current offerings and accelerating its mission to power the global growth of Montessori-informed pedagogy and practices. High-agency education, if it is to be effective and accessible, requires an LMS that can function as the digital equivalent to a Montessori shelf, with all the pedagogical innovation and richness such an approach implies. As part of its work, the company developed the Altitude platform: an LMS that delivers powerful learning experiences, naturally integrates with research on best practices in learning and assessment, and interfaces with students in a way that aids self-directed study and work. It later evolved to focus on driving adoption of learner-centered programs in public and private sector schools.
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It was first established as AltSchool, a personalized learning software company backed by investors including Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
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The acquisition, which comes on the heels of a $40-million Series C equity raise, fuses Higher Ground’s pedagogical expertise and vision with Altitude’s learner-centered software to enable parents, students and educators to seamlessly access Montessori-inspired education or training no matter where they reside.Īltitude Learning has been building a learner-centered ecosystem since 2013. Higher Ground will bring the Altitude software and engineering team in-house to help expand the depth and breadth of its current offerings. , the leading network of schools dedicated to Montessori education, has acquired Altitude Learning’s technology platform, an industry-leading learning management system that enables learner-centered education. LAKE FOREST, CA - Higher Ground Education, Inc. Higher Ground also operates a nationally accredited teacher training program, The Prepared Montessorian, that supports the global Montessori sector in its workforce development.



The acquisition brings in-house the underlying tools that power Higher Ground’s wide range of offerings and accelerates its mission to power the global growth of Montessori-informed pedagogy and practices.
