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School, your way.

Built by you. Pod by pod.

PodsCool is a premier learning network that empowers flexible K–12 families to choose qualified educators and build a custom, credit-based path on the most complete learning management system available.

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For families

Subject Mastery with PodsCool.

  1. 1

    Find a teacher your kids will love.

    All teachers undergo a thorough process to validate their identity, credentials, and background. Student safety is our highest priority.

  2. 2

    PodsCool handles the money.

    A credit isn't just $1,200, it's subject mastery by the dollar. Unused credits are always refundable because we know, life happens.

  3. 3

    See your kid's pods.

    Quick updates at a glance, homework that's due, the current grade, and when they meet again.

  4. 4

    Mastery by the dollar, visualized.

    Each pod fills its subject. Pod by pod, your kid's progress is tracked.

How credits work

Every pod is taught by verified and credentialed teachers. Engage with teachers to build your custom education, pod by pod. Each pod your student completes earns credits toward finishing a subject. One credit in math, science, English, social studies and electives means your student has mastered sCool.

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PodsCool isn’t an accredited school. Credits are a guiding principle: our measure of time spent learning.

Everything, built in.

One place for families to find a teacher and follow along, and for teachers to build, teach and get paid.

Small pods. Big futures.

Sign up in a minute, then add your kids.

Every class, assignment and grade, for every child, at a glance.

Need a class we don’t have? Request a teacher, and the right ones reach out.

Class is live on Google Meet, one tap from the dashboard.

Finish a pod, and its credits land in your child’s plan.

A transcript any time, ready to print. PodsCool isn’t accredited, and it says so.

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Safe by design. Pods of ten or fewer, verified teachers, files only the pod can open, and kids who join through your account. And if a pod isn’t the right fit, your tuition comes back in the first week.
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Calendar + Meet. The pod’s schedule lands on everyone’s Google Calendar as a recurring event with the Meet link already in it. One tap, and the session is live.

Small by design. Fair by default.

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Every grade. Every subject.

Pods are taught in Math, Science, English, History, Coding, Music, Art, Foreign Language, Physical Education, Business and Home Economics.

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12 sessions
Watercolor & Sketch Studio
Art6th–8th

Weekly guided painting & drawing - students build a real portfolio by spring.

MAMaya Alvarez 4.9
3 spots left
7 of 10 enrolled
0.2 credit per student$240 + fee
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24 sessions
Hands-On Science Lab
Science4th–8th

Kids run their own experiments - from erupting volcanoes to simple circuits.

DCDavid Chen 5.0
6 spots left
4 of 10 enrolled
0.4 credit per student$480 + fee
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6 sessions
Reading Adventures
EnglishK–5th

Phonics, fluency, and a love of books - small-group reading for early learners.

PNPriya Nair 4.8
4 spots left
6 of 10 enrolled
0.1 credit per student$120 + fee
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One platform.
Both sides of the classroom.

For parents. World-class learning, from anywhere. Find a verified teacher, build your schedule pod by pod, with a clear cost per credit hour.

For teachers. Don’t just teach a pod, teach a student. Build your profile, show off your achievements, and keep more of what you earn.

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No matter your background and your need, PodsCool is a safe, secure way to ensure independent education is easy.

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Grown-ups sign in with a Google or Apple account. Students get a login of their own: from 13 they can use their own email, Google or Apple account, and under 13 a parent creates a username and a password for them instead - no email address required, and the parent can reset it.

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