Public + private + charter K-12
World-language programs at school + district scale.
K-12 schools running world-language programs face two structural problems: hiring qualified language teachers in rural + suburban districts is increasingly difficult, and the resulting programs vary wildly in quality. Koydo gives schools a way to deliver consistent CEFR-graded world-language instruction at scale without hiring full-time teachers in every language.
Koydo serves public schools and districts by delivering consistent CEFR-graded world-language instruction at scale without hiring full-time teachers in every language. Districts that can't hire a French or Mandarin teacher run cohorts of 8-15 students meeting 2-3 times per week with a Koydo tutor, with instruction matched to state world-language standards and outcomes that typically equal or exceed in-classroom alternatives. Tracks cover AP exam prep with rubric-trained tutors, Spanish and ESL co-instruction for bilingual districts, and heritage-language programs. Teacher shortages are real and widespread — Korean is essentially unavailable, and hiring competes with firms paying 30-50% more — so Koydo lets districts deliver curriculum without the hire. The institutional offering ships with the K-12 compliance layer baked in: FERPA-compliant data handling, IEP/504 accommodation support, a parent portal, and gradebook entries that flow to district SIS. Districts procure via contracts with per-seat pricing that scales down at district scale, usually starting with a 1-2 semester pilot.
Why districts struggle to hire language teachers
World-language teacher shortages are real + widespread. Rural districts struggle most; suburban districts increasingly struggle for Mandarin, Arabic, Japanese. Korean is essentially unavailable. Hiring competes with multinational firms paying 30-50% more for the same language skills. Koydo lets districts deliver the curriculum without the hire.
The institutional compliance layer
K-12 contracts have specific requirements: FERPA-compliant data handling, IEP/504 accommodation support, parent notifications + visibility, state world-language standards alignment. Koydo's institutional offering ships with all of these baked in — DPA, parent portal, gradebook entries that flow to district SIS, accommodation flags surfaced to tutors.
ESL acceleration for Spanish-dominant students
Districts with substantial Spanish-dominant ESL populations can offer evening + weekend ESL cohorts that supplement in-classroom instruction. Parents often want their children moved out of ESL designation faster; supplemental cohorts make that possible.
How districts typically procure Koydo
Through district-level contracts negotiated by the world-language coordinator or curriculum director. Per-seat pricing scales down significantly at district scale. Pilot programs (one or two schools, one or two languages) are typical year-1; expansion in year 2+.
Fit note
Public schools + districts engage Koydo via the institutional contract pathway (custom DPA, FERPA-compliant data flows, district-SIS integration where required). Pilots typically run 1-2 semesters; expansion happens once student outcomes are demonstrated to the curriculum director + board.
Talk to us about public-school world-language programs
Cohort + per-seat pricing for institutional buyers. Custom curriculum + dedicated tutor pool when scale warrants.
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