We believe every child's learning path deserves a strong first step.

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Reimagining Early Learning for Every Child

Triangle Learning Community is a team of educators, tech experts, and researchers building a new kind of learning intelligence, one that understands how children think, react, and learn. Our approach blends the science of learning with the power of AI to create educational experiences that are personal, playful, effective, and deeply human.

A New Foundation for AI in Childhood Education

Pedagogical Intelligence™, not just artificial intelligence. We're building a Pedagogical Intelligence Engine (PIE), with AI, that embodies the expertise of the very best early childhood educators. It is trained on internationally-benchmarked learning standards, proven teaching methods, and the science of how children learn. Our Pedagogical Intelligence™ understands each child's response and adapts in real time, delivering the right support at the right moment, in a reassuringly safe way.

Key Features

  • Experiences that build language, comprehension, numeracy and executive function
  • Support for home languages and cultural context
  • Play and inquiry-based learning, not passive instruction
  • Adaptive support aligned to each child's development
  • Assessment through natural interaction, not testing

Meet ImagiNation

Our first offering designed for children ages 3–5. It's an interactive app where children learn through storytelling, conversation, and play. Its goal: to help every child be ready for first grade. Guided by our PIE, each experience adapts to the child, helping them build language, confidence, and understanding at their own pace. Designed for use in classrooms, ImagiNation supports teachers by giving children more opportunities to practice and grow without replacing human instruction. Pilots begin in 2027.

A child using the ImagiNation app on a tablet, smiling while engaging with a story-based learning experience

Building Strong Foundations for Every Learner

Triangle Learning Community (TLC), a nonprofit organization, empowers young children to build strong foundations in literacy, numeracy, and learning readiness through safe, research-based, and community-informed uses of AI and other technologies. We design tools that personalize learning, honor teachers’ critical role, and complement the rich variety of educational experiences every child deserves.

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Our Leadership

Combining decades of education policy, cognitive science, and AI development.

Judy Codding
CEO
Former President of America’s Choice; VP at NCEE where she researched education systemsin 23 countries; shaped the Common Core; Associate in Education at Harvard GSE.
Sherry King View Bio
Sherry King, Ed.D
Chief Education Officer
Decades in reform as teacher, principal, and superintendent; early adopter of ed-tech; led ELA curriculum for Pearson System of Courses.
Marge Cappo View Bio
Marge Cappo
Vice President, Development
Founded two ed-tech companies; designed 50+ award-winning programs; “Educator of the Decade” (1990, Electronic Learning Magazine); “Pioneer in Education” (NECC, 1999).
Phil Daro View Bio
Phil Daro
Vice President, Mathematics
Lead writer of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics; Ross Taylor/Glenn Gilbert National Leadership Award recipient.
Dr. Jenni Trujillo View Bio
Dr. Jenni Trujillo
Director of English Language Arts & Multilingual Learners
25 years in education; developed an EL literacy program used in 26 states and internationally; Dean of Education at Fort Lewis College.
Larry Molinaro View Bio
Larry Molinaro
Senior Advisor
Senior Advisor for Innovation at NCEE, focused on AI strategy; Former Director of NISL executive development programs.
Heather Sherwood View Bio
Heather Sherwood
Research Lead
Senior Research Associate at EDC; PI on NSFfunded studies in computational thinking and pre-K technology integration; 20+ years in instructional design.
John Harrington View Bio
John Harrington
Product Owner
Emmy. Award–winning producer and media entrepreneur; founded NetBlender (acquired by Sony); bridges storytelling and technology.
Denny Breitenfeld View Bio
Denny Breitenfeld
Development Lead
Technology Emmy nominee; 60+ patent applications (31 granted, 2 in AI/deep learning); NVIDIA partner building real-time AI inference systems.
Susan Friedman View Bio
Susan Friedman
Strategy Advisor
Strategy consultant for nonprofits in education, training, and healthcare; clients include EDC, Harvard GSE, and Boston Children’s Hospital.

Resource Center

As we build new approaches to early learning, we’re also building a place to share what we’re learning along the way. This resource center will feature insights, research, and tools connected to our work. Stay tuned.