Give teachers
room to teach.
Carthage Learning is an educator-led company developing evidence-based solutions for teachers, schools, and families.
We build purposeful tools that make teaching easier, support students’ own thinking, and strengthen authentic engagement with learning.
Explore Vero
Technology needs to be deliberate and focused.
Teachers know their subjects and their students. They need tools they can choose deliberately and adapt to the needs of their classrooms.
Unrestricted devices create competing demands on students’ attention. In one study at the university level, 63% of observed laptop-use time was spent off-task.1 Generative AI adds another concern: whether the work students submit reflects their own thinking and understanding.
Our approach begins with teachers’ professional judgment, students’ attention, and trust in the work they do together.
Their thinking.
Their words.
Meet Vero.
Designed by teachers, Vero gives students a dedicated place to develop their own writing.
It brings structured writing, feedback, peer review, revision, and reflection into a focused classroom workflow. Teachers can guide the work without continually policing access to the unrestricted internet.
Our commitment to evidence begins with established teaching practices. Vero provides a framework for putting those practices to work.
Explore VeroBuilt from
classroom experience.
Carthage Learning was founded by Christopher Ferrara, an educator with 20 years of experience as a teacher, principal, and school leader.
His work has included international education, building school systems from the ground up, and helping reshape programs at struggling schools.
Vero is being developed and tested with experienced teachers, with a clear aim: build the tool they need, and keep its purpose focused.