For the 30 kids at 30 different levels

Your math intervention tool tells students they’re wrong. It never tells them why.

Students spin through retry loops with no guidance. Teachers know who is struggling but not how to help each one. The tool catches the answer after it breaks. It never catches the confusion while it forms.

Gates Foundation Research GrantNewSchools Venture FundASU+GSVThe 74Stanford / StartX

This is what teachers are saying about the tool you're paying for.

What teachers actually tell us, unprompted, about the tools we sold them.

"If they get a crush too long, they have to keep answering questions to get those points back. It does not motivate a lot of students. In fact, it results in tears."

Victoria Cavanaugh

"Students grow weary with the process and attempt to click their way out."

Warrior Run SD

"Teachers using drill-and-kill platforms instead of district-supported resources."

Kristen Miller, Kalamazoo

"I watch kids guess until the tool lets them through. That is not learning."

Grade-level lead, anonymous

"The data says 80% completion. I know it's 80% guessing. We're paying $14 a seat for practice in acceptance, not math."

Math coach, Tier 1 district

The hidden cost of retry loops

The retry loop has numbers. You just don't see them on the dashboard.

180,705
student-AI conversations at KIPP Newark
single district, 6 schools, 6 months
6
schools in the KIPP Newark network
grown from one teacher-led pilot
92%
solve rate at Deer Valley USD
district deployment across 36 schools
5
days from first call to signed in Hazleton
funded through existing Title pathways

Questions, not answers.

Retry-loop tools react after the mistake. The student gets problem 7 wrong, the tool marks it wrong, serves problem 8, and moves on. The misconception hardens while the dashboard quietly records "practice."

Goblins interrupts the confusion while it is still forming. It catches the drift in real time and asks a question the moment the student's reasoning slips.

Student side

The student shows the thinking.

They speak, write, draw, or type, however they think best. Goblins watches the work unfold instead of waiting for the final answer to fail.

Intervention moment

A question shows up before the spiral does.

At the point of confusion, it asks a question instead of serving a verdict. The student repairs the reasoning while it is still teachable.

Teacher side

The teacher sees what actually happened.

Not just completion. Not just a score. The dashboard shows where the reasoning broke and how the student worked back out of it.

Three steps. Five minutes of setup.

No giant implementation ritual. Most teachers are running it by lunch.

1

Share a code

Pick from standards-aligned topics or upload your own. Students join with a simple code.

2

Students speak, draw, or type

However they think best. Goblins asks the right question at the right time, in 30+ languages.

3

See real-time insights

Who is stuck, on what, and why. Suggestions for tomorrow's lesson before the day ends.

One teacher. 12 students. Then 6 schools.

Deer Valley USD

36 schools. The data surprised them.

A 32,000-student district made Goblins their primary Tier 2 math intervention. Struggling students logged more sessions than high achievers.

Hazleton Area SD

5 days to signed contract.

Funded through existing Title I, III, and IV money. No new budget line required.

Gates Foundation Research GrantNewSchools Venture FundASU+GSVThe 74Stanford / StartX

What districts actually invest.

This is not a rigid price list. It is the shape of the deals districts at your scale tend to choose.

Hazleton started here

Pilot

$10–15K

1–2 schools

  • 1–2 schools
  • up to 1,000 students
  • 2-hour onboarding
  • 90-day guarantee
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Deer Valley USD

Network

$50–75K

full deployment

  • full district deployment
  • custom onboarding
  • teacher voice on every problem
  • priority support
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Most pilots fund through existing Title I, III, or IV money.

From one classroom to six schools.

2020
Sawyer teaches precalc in NYC. 30 students per period. Kids go home confused.
2022
First prototype: an AI that carries the teacher's voice into the homework hours.
2024
A KIPP Newark teacher tests it unprompted. "I LOVED IT." 12 students become 6 schools.
Today
Gates funds a 31-month study. Deer Valley deploys across 36 schools. Hazleton launches fast.

What you're probably worried about.

Expand any of these. We've heard them before.

One last thing

Every minute you wait, a classroom somewhere is running the retry loop.

If this is the year your district replaces retry-loop intervention, the walkthrough will show you exactly what students, teachers, and implementation actually see.

Live student session. Teacher dashboard. No slides, no deck.

10 minutes if we're honest with each other. 15 if you want the full rollout path.