(2021-01-15) Higher Ground Education And Altitude Learning Partner To Modernize Education

Higher Ground Education and Altitude Learning Partner to Modernize Education. Higher Ground will assume ownership of Altitude Learning’s technology platform, an industry-leading LMS that enables learner-centered education.

Higher Ground Education operates the largest growing network of Montessori schools with over 80 locations across the US and China, and also offers a diverse set of at-home and virtual learning programs. Altitude Learning’s learner-centered ecosystem supports a growing network of 120+ schools and districts across the United States. Together the organizations will impact over 1 million students worldwide.

Higher Ground will assume ownership of Altitude Learning’s technology platform, an industry-leading learning management system that enables learner-centered education, by bringing the Altitude Learning technology platform and engineering team in-house to help expand the depth and breadth of its current offerings. Altitude Learning will deepen its focus on catalyzing the shift to learner-centered education and expanding the learner-centered ecosystem through services and solutions—including professional learning, coaching, strategic consulting, and partner support—for schools, districts, and systems.

“Our focus at Higher Ground has always been on pedagogical reform,” said Ray Girn, CEO of Higher Ground and former teacher and curriculum developer. “We believe that Montessori principles, thoughtfully implemented, can transform the way that children are raised. But to fully realize our pedagogical vision, we needed a new technological paradigm, and we found it in the Altitude Learning platform. We need an LMS that can function as the digital equivalent to a Montessori shelf, with all of the pedagogical innovation and richness that implies. Altitude Learning does that and enables us to greatly expand and accelerate the reach of our Montessori programming without compromise.”

Higher Ground and Altitude Learning have already enjoyed a long-standing partnership: Higher Ground has built and grown its unique program offerings on the Altitude Learning platform, contributing to platform development via insights from Higher Ground’s pedagogical experts

Ben Kornell, Chief Executive Officer of Altitude Learning, will join Higher Ground to ensure continuity of operations, as well as to directly support the two organizations’ shared platform vision.

Devin Vodicka will step into Altitude Learning’s Chief Executive Officer role.

Founded in 2016, Higher Ground operates the largest growing network of Montessori schools, with 80-plus locations across the US and China.