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Session · Sofia, age 11 · 4:18 PM

Topic: dividing fractions

Sofia · 4:18

I don't get why 2/3 ÷ 1/4 = 8/3. My teacher said to flip but I don't know why that works.

Lyceum is thinking

Lyceum tutor

Good question — "flip and multiply" is a shortcut, not the reason. Let's see why.

Dividing by ¼ means asking: how many ¼'s fit inside ⅔? Let's draw it.

⅔ of a bar

¼'s that fit in ⅔

So we get two full ¼'s + ⅔ of one more ¼ = 8/3. The "flip" works because ÷¼ = ×4. Want to try one yourself?

1.8 grade levels

avg gain after 12 weeks

24 min

average session length

4.8 / 5

parent satisfaction

$24

per month, per child

§ OUTCOMES

Numbers a parent — and a school board — will care about.

RCT‑style study with 2,408 students across 9 districts, 12 weeks, vs grade‑matched control on Khan Academy. Full report (PDF).

Learning gain after 12 weeks

grade levels · higher is better

Lyceum
1.81
Khan Academy
0.71
ChatGPT (raw)
0.44
No intervention
0.18

Average session engagement

minutes · higher is better

Lyceum
24m
Khan Academy
8m
IXL
11m
Homework apps
4m

Cost per student / month

lower is better

Lyceum
$24
Group tutoring
$140
1:1 human tutor
$400
Private tutor (NYC)
$640

Parent satisfaction

out of 5 · higher is better

Lyceum
4.81
Khan Academy
4.02
IXL
3.12
Generic chatbots
2.31

Study lyc‑rct‑2026‑01 · n=2,408 · 9 districts · pre/post NWEA MAP · published 11 Feb 2026

§ HOW WE HELP

A whole school week of help — without a calendar.

Math

Math homework, taught — not solved

Lyceum walks through the why, asks small questions back, and refuses to just dump answers when the student is rushing.

Sofia: what's the answer?
Lyceum: almost — what do you get when you flip ¼?

Reading

Reading comprehension

Upload a passage or chapter — Lyceum asks Bloom‑level questions, tracks misreadings, and re‑levels to the right difficulty.

Lyceum: What does the narrator mean by "the silence rang"? Try in your own words.

Science

Science, with diagrams

Draws the explanation. Photosynthesis, mitosis, gravity — small SVG diagrams generated for the question, on the spot.

Writing

Essay coaching

Comments on the student's actual draft. Never rewrites it. Pushes the thesis, the evidence, and the transitions.

Para 2: your claim about the dust bowl is strong, but it's not yet supported. Which source from your reading would make it land?

Plans

Personal study plans

Reads the syllabus (PDF, photo, or copy‑paste) and builds a week‑by‑week plan tuned to your child's current level.

Week 4 · Fractions ÷ Fractions

3 sessions · 1 quiz · review on Friday

Parents

Friday parent briefings

A short, honest summary every Friday: what your child practiced, what they're confident on, what to revisit this weekend.

This week: Sofia mastered fraction multiplication; division is still wobbly — 8 problems on Sun would help.

§ THE MODEL

lyceum‑tutor‑3

A tutoring model — not a chat assistant in a uniform. Trained on millions of teacher–student transcripts and aligned to refuse to just give answers.

curriculum alignmentCommon Core · IB · NGSS

age‑bandK–12 · adaptive reading level

safetymulti‑layer · 12 red‑teams

refusal rate (off‑topic)98.2%

latency P50 / P95410ms / 1.18s

student dataencrypted · COPPA / FERPA

languagesEnglish · Spanish · French (beta)

parent dashboardweb + iOS + Android

§ FOR SCHOOLS

Embed Lyceum in your LMS in an afternoon.

SSO via Clever or ClassLink, roster sync, and a roster‑aware tutor endpoint. Aligned to your district's curriculum maps, not ours.

lyceum‑sdk · 1.2.0

from lyceum import Lyceum

ly = Lyceum(api_key="sk_live_…", district="brookline‑PS")

session = ly.tutor(
    student_id="sofia_84217",
    grade="6",
    subject="math",
    standards=["CCSS.6.NS.A.1"],
)

for turn in session.stream("I don't get 2/3 ÷ 1/4"):
    print(turn.text)

import Lyceum from "@lyceum/sdk";

const ly = new Lyceum({ apiKey: env.LYC_KEY, district: "brookline-PS" });

const stream = await ly.tutor({
  studentId: "sofia_84217",
  grade: "6",
  subject: "math",
  standards: ["CCSS.6.NS.A.1"],
}).stream("I don't get 2/3 ÷ 1/4");

for await (const t of stream) console.log(t.text);

$ curl https://api.lyceum.edu/v1/sessions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LYC_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "student_id":"sofia_84217",
    "grade":"6","subject":"math",
    "standards":["CCSS.6.NS.A.1"],
    "prompt":"I don\u2019t get 2/3 \u00f7 1/4"
  }'

§ PRICING

Less than a single hour with a human tutor.

Cancel any time. Sibling discount: 20% off per additional child.

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Free

10 minutes a day

✓ All subjects, all grades
✓ 1 child profile
✓ Friday parent briefing
— No voice mode

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Family

most parents

$24 / mo

per child · unlimited tutoring

✓ Unlimited tutoring, all subjects
✓ Up to 4 child profiles
✓ Voice mode (iOS + Android)
✓ Curriculum import (syllabus PDF)
✓ Weekly parent dashboard

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Schools

Custom

district licensing · MSA available

✓ Roster sync (Clever, ClassLink)
✓ SSO · admin dashboard · per‑class reports
✓ Curriculum alignment to your scope & sequence
✓ Educator PD & training
✓ Title I funding eligible

Talk to our schools team

Family story · the Anand family, Oakland

"My eleven‑year‑old went from hating math to asking Lyceum questions at the breakfast table. By the end of the school year she'd jumped from a C+ to an A‑ — and I never had to schedule a single tutor."

Priya Anand

parent of two · Oakland, CA

C+ → A−

end‑of‑year math grade

28 min

avg daily session

on outside tutors this year

94%

on‑grade by spring assessment

§ COMPARISON

A real tutor > a chatbot > a worksheet.

capability

Lyceum

Khan Academy

ChatGPT

Human tutor

Teaches step‑by‑step, refuses to just give answers✓✓depends on prompt✓

Adapts to your child's reading level✓partialno✓

Available 24/7✓✓✓scheduled

Safety‑trained on age‑inappropriate content✓✓limited✓

Curriculum alignment (Common Core, IB)✓✓nodepends

Parent dashboard with weekly summary✓partialnoverbal

Cost per child / month$24$0–9$20$300–600

§ FAQ

Questions thoughtful parents ask first.

How is the tutor "safe" — what about inappropriate content?+

Three layers. First, the model is fine‑tuned to refuse off‑topic, violent, sexual, or self‑harm content (98.2% refusal on our public red‑team set). Second, a classifier runs on every request and response — flagged conversations are silently routed to a safer path and surfaced to parents in the weekly briefing. Third, Lyceum runs as a sandboxed app with no open web browsing inside the tutoring surface.

Does it just give answers, or actually teach?+

Teaches. The model is trained on teacher–student transcripts and aligned to use the Socratic method — small questions, hints, then the explanation only when the student has tried. If a child types "just give me the answer," Lyceum acknowledges the frustration and offers a single hint instead.

Can I see what my child is asking about?+

Yes — the parent dashboard shows full transcripts, time on task, topics covered, and where your child got stuck. We also send a one‑page Friday briefing by email. You can choose summary‑only or full‑transcript visibility per child.

What grade levels and subjects are covered?+

K through 12 across math, reading, writing, science, social studies, and Spanish. Curriculum is aligned to Common Core, IB MYP/DP, NGSS, and a growing list of state standards (TX TEKS, FL B.E.S.T., CA NGSS). Subjects below grade 3 are picture‑and‑voice‑led for emerging readers.

How is student data privacy handled — COPPA, FERPA?+

Lyceum is COPPA‑safe‑harbor certified and signed under the Student Privacy Pledge. We never train on student conversations and never sell or share data. Transcripts are encrypted at rest, retained 12 months by default (parents and districts can shorten this to 30 days), and a one‑click export/delete is available in the dashboard.