Teachers Pay Teachers is the largest online marketplace for PreK-12 educational content and curriculum.
"From the start, Spectrum understood the value and importance of the TPT community and the central role our teacher authors played in our success. Spectrum was the ideal partner as we scaled the business and empowered educators to share and monetize their expertise."
Joe Holland, CEO of Teachers Pay Teachers1
Sector
Status
Acquired by IXL Learning
Headquarters
Founder(s)
Paul Edelman
Partnership Year
2015
The Teachers Pay Teachers Story
Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT)’s mission is to empower teachers to better meet the needs of learners and deliver engaging and effective instruction. Founded in 2006 by New York City public school teacher Paul Edelman, the company began as a website for educators to share ideas and resources – while generating income and supporting each other in the process.
Each resource on TPT is created by an educator, allowing other educators to directly benefit from the collective knowledge and expertise of their peers and better meet the needs of learners.
Almost two decades after its founding, TPT’s platform hosts over seven million teacher-created lesson plans, and its resources have been downloaded more than a billion times. In 2019, the company was named one of Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in the world.
TPT was acquired by IXL Learning in 2023.
"From the start, Spectrum understood the value and importance of the TPT community and the central role our teacher authors played in our success. Spectrum was the ideal partner as we scaled the business and empowered educators to share and monetize their expertise."
Joe Holland, CEO of Teachers Pay Teachers1
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