Secondary school. The credential that gates everything after it.
It is an institution or public programme.
It exists to relieve Prove worth to institutions that will decide the next phase. That is the whole reason it is here: nothing enters this map without a human problem behind it.
It could not exist without Public school system. These are the quiet preconditions — remove any one and the solution stops working.
3 organisations in this map sell it, 3 of them publicly listed.
Its neighbourhood
Everything this entry connects to directly. Click any point to follow it.
The line back to a human being
2 hops from a person at a phase of life. The further a thing sits from the person, the more abstract it looks — and the more it tends to be mistaken for something that came from nowhere.
- SolutionSecondary school
- FrictionProve worth to institutions that will decide the next phase
- Life phaseAdolescence
- Rooted inStatus
- Rooted inUncertainty
Relieves
Requires
Who sells it
| Organisation | Value | Type | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson | $10B | public · PSON | textbooks, Pearson VUE testing, virtual schools |
| Stride (K12) | $6B | public · LRN | online public and private K-12 schools, career learning |
| McGraw Hill | $3B | public · MH | K-12 and higher-ed curriculum, AI tutoring |