🎓 archetype: edtech

Ship K-12 / classroom tooling without the FTC fine.

Building with Canvas LMS, Moodle, LTI, SCORM, or targeting K-12 students? GreatCTO auto-detects the edtech archetype and ships COPPA verifiable parental consent, FERPA student-data handling, GDPR-K age detection, WCAG 2.2 AA + Section 508, and state student-privacy (SOPIPA-CA, NY 2-D) gates from day one.

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What you avoid

The 5 edtech bugs that cost FTC fines.

Without GreatCTO

  • ☐Checkbox-only "I am 13+" — COPPA $50k per violation
  • ☐Student data sold to ad networks — FERPA + 30+ states violated
  • ☐GDPR-K assumed 13 globally — banned in DE/NL (16)
  • ☐Drag-drop without keyboard alt — Section 508 fail, no fed funding
  • ☐No CSAM hash on UGC — federal reporting obligation missed
  • ☐FTC settlement · school contracts pulled · App Store reject.

With GreatCTO

  • ✓edtech-reviewer enforces verifiable parental consent (FTC-approved methods)
  • ✓FERPA-compliant data handling — school-official contract template
  • ✓Geo-detect age threshold per GDPR-K member-state (13/14/15/16)
  • ✓WCAG 2.2 AA automated check + manual VPAT prep
  • ✓CSAM hash + NCMEC reporting wired in by default
  • ✓0-day-1 audit-ready, sellable to public schools.
Auto-applied gates

Detected: canvas-lms + lti or README mentions k-12 / student →
edtech archetype.

Compliance auto-suggested: coppa · ferpa · gdpr-k · wcag-2.2-aa · section-508 · sopipa-ca. Specialist agents activated:

01 · edtech-reviewer

COPPA + FERPA + WCAG + state

COPPA verifiable parental consent (5 FTC-approved methods) · FERPA school-official contract analysis · GDPR-K geo-detection · WCAG 2.2 AA criteria · SOPIPA-CA / NY 2-D state laws.

02 · security-officer

Child-safety + UGC

CSAM hash matching (PhotoDNA / NCMEC) · grooming detection · age-verification flows · uploaded-content moderation · session security.

03 · data-platform-reviewer

Student-data minimization

Under-13 data minimization · no behavioral ads · no third-party tracking · educational-purpose-only data flows · subprocessor DPAs.

04 · ai-security-reviewer

AI in edtech

If AI-tutoring / AI-grading: explainability for parents · bias audit on diverse student populations · data-residency for EU schools.

Domain pack overlays

Likely to overlay on edtech.

Packs auto-attach when CLI detects pack-specific signals (e.g. twilio in deps → voice-pack). Each pack adds its own reviewer agents + human gates on top of the base archetype pipeline.

+ HR-AI
NYC LL 144 AEDT bias audit, EEOC, EU AI Act employment
Real-world examples

Companies operating as edtech.

13 startups in this space. Click for full pack mapping.

Coursera
Online learning at scale
publicUS
Duolingo
Most-downloaded education app
publicUS
Brilliant
Interactive STEM learning
growthUS
Khanmigo
AI tutor by Khan Academy
growthUS
Outschool
Live classes for kids
growthUS
Quizlet
AI-enhanced study tools
growthUS
Speak
Language-learning voice AI
series-cUS
Replit
Coding for everyone, AI-powered
series-bUS
Stepful
Online training for healthcare careers
series-bUS
MagicSchool AI
AI assistant for teachers
series-aUS
Ora AI
AI-powered doctor training
seedUS
Codecademy
Interactive coding courses
acquiredUS
Khan Academy
Free world-class education
nonprofitUS

Listed companies operate in this space. Inclusion is based on publicly available product descriptions and does not imply endorsement of or by GreatCTO.

30 seconds

Drop into any K-12 / LMS / classroom-tooling repo.

$ npx great-cto init
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