Shoonya
EducationCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
Shoonya is an education-focused company based in Santa Barbara, California. It offers Shoonya Kids, a research-based digital learning platform aimed at helping young children build foundational literacy and math skills. The platform emphasizes bilingual, culturally relevant, and game-based learning to support English Learners and diverse learners, with modules covering phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and math activities aligned to early grades standards. It provides a teacher dashboard to support classroom integration and progress tracking, positioning its services as a tool for equity in early learning as schools and districts seek to close opportunity gaps. The company, operating with a team described in broad terms, develops its content in collaboration with educators, researchers, and curriculum experts, and targets the education sector as its primary market. A notable recent development is the launch of a bilingual literacy and numeracy program designed for K–2 learners, reinforcing its focus on foundational skills in both English and Spanish.