Teachers pay Teachers

Name of the Social Innovation: Teachers pay Teachers

Founder/Initiator/Leader/Developer of the Innovation: Paul Edelman

For more information: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/About-Us

Project summary:

TeachersPayTeachers is an online marketplace where teachers buy and sell original downloadable educational materials, hard goods and used educational resources. Founded in 2006 by a teacher frustrated with the resources available to him, Teachers Pay Teachers is an open marketplace for buying and selling lessons and classroom tools. The site grew in fits and starts for years before finally hitting its groove in 2014, when it topped $100 million in lifetime sales and hired former Etsy COO Adam Freed as its new CEO.

·         The main project idea: To make the expertise and wisdom of all the teachers in the world available to anyone, anywhere, at any time. Its largest open marketplace where teachers share, sell, and buy original educational resources. That means immediate access to a world of expertise and more time to focus on students and teaching. Primary Level

·         Focus group: Teachers around the world.

·         Main outputs: $175M Earned by Teacher-Authors Since Founding

                                    3.6M Active Members

                                    1.8M Resources Available Today

                        +204K Resources Tagged for Specific Common Core State Standards

·         Innovative aspect/s of the idea: Sharing idea of each other’s may be good to educate a child in effective way.

·         Project location: offices in NYC, Austin, Martha's Vineyard, Ukraine, India, Paris and more.

·         The project cost: They charge you for the transaction done between buyer and seller.

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