AI literacy is the new computer literacy.
Primary is the K-12 AI platform that teaches it — and protects the kids, teachers, and lawyers along the way.
In 1990, computer literacy became the difference between kids who got jobs and kids who didn’t. In 2026, AI literacy is that line. Primary is how your district teaches it — without adding a class period, without overwhelming teachers, and without giving up on the kid actually learning.
The questions a superintendent gets asked at the board meeting.
Compliance, safety, and cheating are the three risks every district names first. Primary was built to answer all three before the question is asked.
A compliance suite, not a checkbox.
Policy Studio with state statute citations (CA AB1584, NY Ed Law 2-d, TX SB820, CO HB 1224, IL HB 3563). DPA Vault. Audit Log. COPPA roster. FERPA-by-design data architecture.
A safety pipeline you can defend in a board meeting.
100% critical-message recall on the safety classifier. Crisis escalation routed to your named counselor within 5 minutes. 7-year audit retention. ClamAV scanning of every file upload.
The tutor that won’t write the essay.
Authorship Trail captures every draft snapshot as the student writes. Teachers see what AI helped with and what the student wrote themselves. The tutor refuses to write essays — that’s the brand.
Three sharp lines Primary will not cross.
Most edtech AI is shaped by what’s easy to build. Primary is shaped by what district administrators, teachers, and parents need it to refuse.
The Refusal Line
The AI tutor never writes the essay. Never gives homework answers. Socratic questioning, scaffolding, "what did you try?" Refusal is the brand. A tutor that does the work isn’t a tutor — it’s a cheat code, and districts can’t deploy a cheat code.
The Privacy Line
Parents see engagement signal — subjects, time, frequency. Parents never see conversation contents. Ever. Even summarized. Safety escalations route to school counselors, not parents. The tutor stays trusted; the school stays in the loop.
The Judgment Line
AI organizes evidence; humans render judgment. AI captures walkthrough notes; administrators write evaluations. AI drafts IEP narratives; the team determines eligibility. The instrument is the human — always.
Six pillars. Every role on your roster.
Most platforms ship a teacher tool and call it K-12. Primary covers everyone who walks the building — and the families who never do.
For district admins
- Policy Studio (state-localized templates)
- DPA Vault + Audit Log
- COPPA Roster + Shadow-AI Visibility
- Grants Assistant (Title I/II-A/III/IV-A/ESSER)
- Board Packet Generator + FOIA Triage
For school admins
- Monday Brief from Gmail + Calendar
- Email Triage with draft replies (never auto-send)
- Walkthrough Notes → coaching memory (never evaluations)
- Incident Documenter (voice-to-SOAP)
- MTSS Planner + Family Newsletter Drafter
For teachers
- Grading Assistant + Quiz Generator
- Lesson Planner + Differentiator (3 reading levels)
- Parent Email Drafter + Sub Plan Generator
- Materials with PDF/DOCX upload + virus scan
For students
- AI tutor with refusal discipline
- Authorship Trail in the writing workspace
- Assignment submission with trail enforcement
- Spanish UI day one
For specialists
- IEP Progress Narrative generator
- Marcus Brief (one-pager handoff to gen-ed)
- Session Notes (SOAP for Medicaid billing)
- WIDA caseload dashboard + FBA cluster
- Eligibility brief + manifestation timeline
For parents
- Self-serve accounts — enter the permanent parent code, instant link
- Backpack Inbox (photo of paper → action + deadline)
- State-localized Jargon Decoder (IEP/504/MTSS/BIP/FBA)
- Translate Email + Conference Planner + Homework Coach
- Quiet Mode dashboard (engagement signal only)
The gap, made visible.
What competitors check off vs. what Primary was built to deliver. Honest marks — partial credit where it’s earned.
| Capability | Khanmigo | MagicSchool | SchoolAI | ChatGPT Edu | Microsoft Copilot Edu | Primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tutor with refusal discipline | ||||||
| Authorship Trail | ||||||
| District compliance suite | ||||||
| State-localized policy templates | ||||||
| Parent layer with privacy boundary | ||||||
| Specialist suite (IEP/Marcus/SOAP/WIDA) | ||||||
| Spanish UI | ||||||
| Audit log + DPA workflow |
Per-student, annual, invoice billed.
Three tiers based on enrollment, a 90-day pilot, and an optional parent-paid family plan. Annual billing, invoice (no card-on-file). Net 30.
Small district
<1,000 students
$15,000 minimum
Mid district
1,000–10,000 students
Sweet spot — most districts
Large district
10,000+ students
Optional $35K/yr Sovereign upgrade
$5,000 for 90 days
Run a real-classroom pilot before you sign. The pilot fee is credited toward year one if you continue.
$10/month family · $5/month individual
Parent-paid add-on. $10/month for the whole family (up to 5 accounts), or $5/month per individual.
Annual billing, invoice (no card-on-file required). Net 30.
Standard or Sovereign. Same product, different inference path.
Hosted inference, contracted zero-data-retention.
AI inference uses disclosed subprocessors — OpenAI Enterprise, Anthropic Enterprise, and OpenRouter in no-data-collection mode — under signed zero-data-retention contracts. Best cost, best uptime. Most districts choose this.
Inference on Primary’s own hardware.
No third-party processor touches student data. Annual third-party audit available. For districts with the strictest data-residency requirements. $35K/year add-on to large-district pricing.
Three features we’ve refused to build, and why.
What a platform refuses to ship says more than what it ships.
Always-on AI chat companions for students.
Character.AI precedent. Parasocial trap. The mental-health and loneliness research is damning, and the failure mode lands on the district. Primary stays task-bounded.
Parent dashboards showing teen tutor conversation contents.
Destroys student trust in 48 hours. The tutor stops being honest. The whole product fails. Parents get engagement signal; counselors get safety escalations.
AI-generated teacher evaluation ratings.
Union grievance vector. Teacher-trust collapse. Building-level ban guaranteed. Primary stays in the coaching-memory lane — administrators write evaluations.
On the roadmap. Shape what gets built.
Two upcoming flagships. Districts that sign now have a seat at the design table.
Primary Learning Twin
A private learning map for every student. Identifies the specific misconception — not "wrong," but "you added the denominators" — scaffolds adaptively, and gives teachers a Class Pulse view of where the whole class is stuck.
Primary AI Scheduler
Constraint-based master schedule builder. Detects conflicts, explains root cause, runs what-if scenarios, gives counselors a per-student repair list. OneRoster import day one, OpenSIS/PowerSchool/Infinite Campus connectors after.
For the CTO who skims.
Questions we get on the first call.
Will my student data go to OpenAI?
On Primary Standard, AI inference uses disclosed subprocessors (OpenAI Enterprise, Anthropic Enterprise, OpenRouter) under signed zero-data-retention contracts. On Primary Sovereign, inference stays on Primary’s own hardware — no third-party processor touches student data.
How is this different from ChatGPT for Education?
ChatGPT for Edu is a discount tier on ChatGPT Team. Primary is purpose-built for districts: compliance suite, parent layer, specialist suite, Authorship Trail, state policy templates. None of those exist in ChatGPT.
What if our teachers already use MagicSchool, Brisk, or Diffit?
They can keep them. Primary is the district platform; those are individual teacher tools. They coexist without conflict.
Do we need to switch from our SIS (PowerSchool, Infinite Campus)?
No. Primary sits beside your SIS. OneRoster CSV import is available day one. Direct connectors for PowerSchool, OpenSIS, and Infinite Campus are on the roadmap.
What about students with IEPs or 504s?
Built for them. The specialist suite is a major focus — IEP narrative generator, Marcus Brief, SOAP session notes, WIDA dashboard. The differentiation tool gives teachers three reading levels. AI rules are configurable per-IEP.
How long from contract signing to live?
Two weeks for a pilot. Six to eight weeks for a full district rollout.
What if a parent complains about something the AI said?
The DPA includes mutual indemnification for negligence. ToS limits liability. The district has notice and control through the Audit Log. Critical safety events route to your school counselor within five minutes.
Will my IT team have to maintain anything?
No. Primary is fully managed SaaS. Single sign-on integrates with Google Workspace for Education today; Microsoft Entra ID is on the roadmap.
30 minutes. One real demo. No deck.
A district team member will walk you through the actual product, the compliance suite, and answer the questions your board is going to ask. We’ll send a proposal afterward only if there’s a fit.
Live walkthrough of the actual product
Not a slide deck. The dashboard you’d be using.
DPA, audit log, and policy templates reviewed
Bring your IT and counsel — they’ll have questions.
No automated outreach. Real people, fast replies.
One business day or sooner.
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