PeerKonnect

05/13/2019

PeerKonnect won the Borchardt Prize, a $20k prize given to the most promising Duke undergraduate startup!

As first-year students, many students now graduating from Duke could never have predicted where their college paths would lead them. But Ray Liu ’19, a senior majoring in economics

02/05/2019

PeerKonnect has been featured on Peer Tutoring Resource Center, a go-to site for peer tutoring tips/resources for K-12 educators. Check it out here! If you know a high school faculty member or administrator that might benefit from PeerKonnect to help build or revamp their peer tutoring program, we’d love to hear from you!

When I was a high school student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Northern Virginia, physics was my favorite subject. I discovered most of my passion for physics through tutoring other students in it, since I had to understand the material at a much deeper level in order...

11/05/2018

PeerKonnect’s CEO, Ray Liu, was at the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) Annual Conference as an exhibitor today. We were able to meet many new schools and share our successes at our current GISA partner schools: Woodward Academy, The Walker School, and Atlanta Jewish Academy!

06/25/2018

PeerKonnect's CEO, Ray Liu, has published an article about how peer tutoring programs have changed over time and what this means for schools and students. Check it out here!

By Ray Liu and Sherri Bealkowski Peer (student-to-student) tutoring is not a new concept. In the US during the 19th and early 20th centuries, most

06/19/2018

We are excited to announce that PeerKonnect has been accepted into the 5th batch of 4.0 Schools’ Tiny Fellowship, a fellowship program that provides expert edtech coaching and a $10k grant!

04/17/2018

PeerKonnect’s software has officially launched after successful pilots at several schools! Check out our press release here!

Durham, NC - April 10, 2018 - PeerKonnect announces the release of its software as a service (SaaS) platform that aims to empower K-12 schools to create efficient, sustainable student-to-student peer tutoring programs. The platform is available via annual subscription by schools. PeerKonnect enables...

04/13/2018

PeerKonnect is proud to announce that we have made it to Round 3 of the Duke Startup Challenge! As a result, we have received a $5,000 stipend for the summer, which will help us continue improving and spreading our platform. We would like to thank everyone that has supported us on our journey thus far, as we could not have done it without our supporters!

PeerKonnect is a peer-to-peer tutoring solution, using software to bring healthy and collaborative learning environments to schools.

02/14/2018

We have raised almost 25% of our target! Please consider donating to help us reach our target, and help schools across the nation!

Building Healthy, Collaborative Learning Environments. One School at a Time. | Check out 'PeerKonnect' on Indiegogo.