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Accurate. Complete. Standards-Aligned. For Every Student.

Centuries of mis-education have harmed every student on earth. Ashaware fixes that.

Black students who never see themselves reflected. Non-Black students who absorb a distorted view. A searchable library of 400,000+ lesson plans — built with AI, indexed to curriculum standards, and rooted in the complete history of human civilization — for every classroom, everywhere.

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400,000+ Lesson Plans · 11 Subjects · 8 Reading Levels · K–Higher Ed

Standards-aligned AI curriculum — classroom-ready in seconds, for every teacher.

Ashaware's AI-powered content library gives instant access to lesson plans pre-mapped to Illinois, California, New York, Ontario, Georgia, Ohio, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Nova Scotia, and more — across 8 reading levels. Search, filter, find, teach. No extra prep. No competitive bid. Choice Partners approved.

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✓ Choice Partners Approved — No Competitive Bid Required

US Schools: fund Ashaware with Title I, Title IV-A, NSF STEM grants you already have.

Choice Partners cooperative vendor — EDGAR / 2 CFR 200 compliant. Schools, districts, universities, and non-profits purchase immediately with no bid process. Illinois Black History Act · NYC EEAP Black Studies · California AB 101 · Ontario BYAP · Nevada Victory Fund — and more.

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About

The AI Curriculum Platform That Teaches the Complete Story

Ashaware is an AI-powered K–12 curriculum platform — a searchable library of 400,000+ lesson plans built with AI, indexed to curriculum standards across 10+ jurisdictions, and rooted in the complete story of human history, including the African mathematical, scientific, and cultural foundations that most curriculum ignores. Created by Black Board International. The only platform of its kind.

Centuries of mis-education about Black people have not only failed Black students — they have failed every student who inherited a distorted view of human history. Ashaware corrects that, for every student in the classroom. 400,000+ curriculum-indexed lesson plans across 11 subjects, pre-built across 8 reading levels from Kindergarten through Higher Education, and aligned to curriculum standards in Illinois, California, New York, Ontario, Georgia, Ohio, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Nova Scotia, and beyond.

Used in paying schools, universities, homes, libraries, community organizations, and non-profits across North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and the global diaspora. Approved vendor on the Choice Partners National Purchasing Cooperative — no competitive bid required for eligible US institutions.

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Warren G. Salmon

Founder
For Administrators & Purchasing

Ready to purchase with existing district or institutional funds?

Ashaware is a Choice Partners approved vendor — no competitive bid required. Use Title I, Title IV-A, NSF STEM grants, Perkins CTE, state Black history mandate budgets, and more to fund your subscription immediately.

  • Choice Partners cooperative — EDGAR / 2 CFR 200 compliant
  • 18 federal funding programs covered
  • State guides for IL, CA, NY, GA, OH, NV, PA, Ontario, Nova Scotia
  • Dr. Michael T. Conner, Ed.D. — Education Advisor available
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For Educators & Families

Looking for curriculum that teaches the complete story?

Ashaware gives every teacher and family instant access to a searchable library of 400,000+ lesson plans rooted in African heritage and human history — across 11 subjects, 8 reading levels, and every grade from Kindergarten through Higher Education. Search, find, teach — in seconds.

  • Standards-aligned — Illinois, California, New York, Ontario & more
  • 8 reading levels — every learner in the room, reached
  • Home & Family plan — $4.99/month or $59.99/year
  • School, district & non-profit pricing — see all plans
  • 11 interactive African math games — STEM curriculum, Gr K–12
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Mission

Mis-Education Harms Every Student. Not Just Black Students.

Every student who has ever sat in a classroom that taught European history as universal history has been mis-educated. Not just Black students — every student. The gaps, distortions, and omissions in standard K–12 curriculum produce a generation of learners with an incomplete understanding of mathematics, science, art, culture, and history.

Ashaware is built to fix that — grounded in Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (Ladson-Billings), Culturally Responsive Teaching (Geneva Gay), and the research-backed principle that accurate, inclusive curriculum improves outcomes for every student in the room. No additional professional development required. Classroom-ready from day one.

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Our Mission
Pedagogy & Practice

Built on Proven Educational Frameworks

Ashaware operationalizes the frameworks that North American educators, administrators, and equity advocates already know — and turns them into instant classroom practice.

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Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP)

Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings

Ashaware delivers lesson plans that connect academic content to students' cultural backgrounds — building academic success, cultural competence, and critical consciousness simultaneously. Every lesson is an act of CRP.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT)

Dr. Geneva Gay

Ashaware equips teachers with culturally responsive content without requiring additional professional development. A searchable library of 400,000+ pre-built, curriculum-aligned lessons — immediately accessible, no prep required — giving every teacher CRT capability from day one.

Curriculum Mandate Compliance

Districts & School Boards

Ashaware is aligned to Black history and ethnic studies mandates in Illinois, California, New York, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Georgia, Ohio, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Standards-mapped, procurement-ready, and purchasable through Choice Partners with no competitive bid required.

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Student Identity & Belonging

Research-Backed Outcomes

Research consistently shows students perform better when they see themselves in the curriculum. Ashaware improves outcomes for Black students — and builds accurate cultural understanding in every non-Black student alongside them.

400K+ Curriculum-Indexed Lesson Plans
11 Subject Areas
8 Reading Levels K–Higher Ed
10+ Curriculum Standards & Growing
500M+ Students Who Deserve the Truth

Built for every student in the classroom — not just one group. The curriculum gap Ashaware fills is not a Black problem. It is a truth problem. Every non-Black student who has been mis-educated about Black people — their history, their contributions, their mathematical and scientific foundations — is a student Ashaware was built to reach. Truth is not a culturally specific resource. Accuracy is not a DEI initiative. It is a quality standard.

Subjects

Some of Our Subjects...

We currently offer fun, educational and interactive content in 10 different subject areas:

Course

Age 2 - 6 Years

Here is a fun and engaging way to introduce early learners to the exciting world of letters.

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Age 2 - 6 Years

Learning to count is one of the greatest gifts you can give a growing mind.

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Age 3 - Adult

Our Library includes hundreds of books and literacy resources...

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Age 10 - Adult

The more we know about our history, the more we know about ourselves.

Course

Age 10 - Adult

Here's a great way to learn about the contributions to the field of mathematics...

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Age 10 - Adult

With the growing predominance of technology in our changing world, knowledge of science becomes even more important to today's learner...

Success

Our Success

For years, our software has successfully been used internationally in schools, universities, homes, libraries, and organizations.

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The Platform

What's Inside Ashaware

A searchable library of 400,000+ lesson plans — built with AI, indexed to curriculum standards, and pre-adapted across 8 reading levels from Kindergarten through Higher Education. 11 subjects. 11 interactive African math games rooted in 20,000 years of African mathematical heritage. Built for schools, families, districts, and organizations worldwide.

📄 400,000+ Lesson Plans
AI-Generated

Standards-Mapped Lesson Plans

A library of 400,000+ pre-built lesson plans rooted in the complete history of human civilization — built with AI, curriculum-mapped to state and provincial standards, pre-filtered by grade, and classroom-ready in seconds. Search and access instantly — no generation wait, no variability.

🤖 Anthropic + OpenAI
Dual AI Engines

Powered by Leading AI

Ashaware's content library was built using Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT — each lesson plan AI-authored, curriculum-indexed, and stored in a searchable database. Users access a curated, consistent library. No real-time AI generation interface, no prompt engineering required, no variability in quality. The AI worked upstream so your teachers don't have to.

🏫 K to Higher Ed
Every Grade

Kindergarten Through Higher Ed

Every lesson plan covers the full educational journey — from early learners through post-secondary. One platform for every stage.

🌎 History & Geography
History · Geography

Ancient to Modern — Truth in Full

African civilizations, the diaspora, modern achievements — accurate, engaging, and curriculum-mapped across all grade levels for every student.

✍️ Language Arts · SEL · Careers
Literacy & Wellbeing

Language Arts, SEL & Careers

Reading, writing, social-emotional learning, and career exploration — all grounded in African heritage and the cultural truth that improves engagement and outcomes for every learner.

🕮 Curated African Heritage Library
Library

African Heritage Book Library

Hundreds of curated books on African and African diaspora history, culture, and contributions — each with pre-built lesson plans and curriculum standards mapping layered on top, authored using AI and stored in the platform.

🔬 Science & Music
Science · Music

Science & Music

African contributions to science and music — from ancient astronomical knowledge to the global influence of African musical traditions.

🔤 Social Studies
Social Studies

Social Studies

African and diaspora communities, civics, governance, and cultural identity — taught with accuracy and depth.

🔢 Alphabet & Numbers
Early Learning

Alphabet & Numbers

Fun, engaging early learning — introducing young learners to letters and numbers through African heritage content from the very start. Identity and accuracy, built in from day one.

🔎 AI Reading Adaptation
AI-Powered

8 Reading Levels — One Click

Every lesson is automatically rewritten across 8 reading levels. One content input. Eight differentiated outputs. Every learner in the room, reached.

👤 K · Gr 2 · Gr 4 · Gr 6
Early & Middle

Early Learning to Middle School

Kindergarten, Grade 2, Grade 4, and Grade 6 levels — age-appropriate language, vocabulary, and structure for developing readers.

🎓 Gr 8 · Gr 10 · Gr 12 · Higher Ed
Secondary & Post-Secondary

High School to Higher Education

Grade 8, Grade 10, Grade 12, and Higher Education levels — academic depth and rigour for secondary and post-secondary learners.

Gr 2–10 · Counting & Strategy
Gr 2–10

Oware / Wari

An ancient African strategy game — counting, strategy, and arithmetic through one of the world's oldest board games, played across the continent for 7,000+ years.

🎮Gr 3–8 · Strategy & Probability
Gr 3–8

Hyena Chase

Strategy and probability rooted in North African tradition. Multiplayer, browser-based. Teaches critical thinking and mathematical reasoning through play.

🎮Gr 3–8 · Logic & Spatial Reasoning
Gr 3–8

Tsoro Yematatu

Traditional strategy of the Shona people of Zimbabwe — placement and movement on a compact grid. Spatial reasoning and pattern thinking through African tradition.

🎮Gr 3–9 · Combinatorial Strategy
Gr 3–9

3 in a Row / Morabaraba

A traditional strategy game played across many African countries for hundreds of years — blocking, placement, and combinatorial thinking on an ancient board.

🎮Gr 4–9 · Geometry & Networks
Gr 4–9

Square Network

Traditional strategy of the Asante people of Ghana — network building, spatial logic, and geometric thinking rooted in West African cultural heritage.

🏭Gr 4–9 · Logic & Reasoning
Gr 4–9

The River Crossing

A logic puzzle from the Kpelle people of Liberia — a West African riddle solved through systematic logical reasoning and step-by-step problem decomposition.

🧮Gr K–5 · Arithmetic Foundations
Gr K–5

The Ishango Bone

An ancient mathematical mystery — arithmetic foundations through the world's oldest mathematical artifact, 20,000 BC, DR Congo.

📈Gr 3–8 · Topology & Symmetry
Gr 3–8

Sand Drawing

A traditional drawing game from the DR Congo — tracing continuous paths through geometric patterns, exploring symmetry, topology, and spatial reasoning.

👑Gr 5–10 · Fractions & Ratios
Gr 5–10

Eye of Horus

Sacred fractions of Ancient Egypt — the Eye of Horus symbol and its mathematical meaning, connecting Egyptian mythology to fractions, ratios, and ancient measurement.

🏭Gr 5–12 · Geometry & Engineering
Gr 5–12

Pyramid Math Quest

The mathematics of Giza — extraordinary engineering and mathematical precision behind the Great Pyramids, connecting geometry, measurement, and ancient African science.

🏭Gr 1–6 · Probability & Chance
Gr 1–6

Ancient Egyptian Dice Sticks

People in ancient Egypt created a fun game using special dice sticks — exploring probability, chance, and number sense through the play of the ancient world.

🇨🇦 Canada
Canada

Ontario & Nova Scotia

Mapped to Ontario K-12 curriculum standards — supporting TDSB, TCDSB, and boards across the province. Nova Scotia curriculum alignment included, supporting one of Canada's most diverse student populations.

🇺🇸 New York · Illinois · California
United States — Mandate Markets

NYC, Illinois & California

NYC DOE PK-12 Black Studies curriculum, Illinois Black History Education Act (852 districts), and California AB 101 & SB 510 Ethnic Studies — all curriculum-mapped and ready to deploy.

Texas · Georgia · Ohio · Nevada · Pennsylvania
United States — Expanding

Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Nevada & Pennsylvania

Texas TEKS, Georgia Standards of Excellence, Ohio Learning Standards, Nevada Academic Standards, and Pennsylvania Core Standards — mapped and expanding Ashaware's reach across major US education markets.

🌍 Caribbean & Africa
International

Caribbean & African Standards

CSEC-aligned content for the Caribbean and framework alignment for African curriculum systems — growing with every new market entered.

🚀 10+ Standards & Growing
Expanding

10+ Standards & Growing

Ashaware actively maps to new curriculum standards as we expand into new jurisdictions, districts, and countries. Built to scale globally.

Choice Partners Approved
US Procurement

Choice Partners Approved Vendor

Federally compliant US purchasing cooperative — schools, districts, universities, and municipalities can purchase Ashaware with no competitive bid required.

Ashaware is available to schools, institutions, families, and organizations. View our plans or contact us to book a demo.

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Interactive Content

Math Was Born in Africa. Every Student Deserves to Know That.

11 browser-playable African math games. No install required. Curriculum-aligned to math standards from Kindergarten through Grade 12. For every student in the classroom.

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Oware / Wari

Gr 2–10

Counting, strategy, and arithmetic through one of the world's oldest known games — an ancient African strategy game played across the continent for thousands of years.

🏭 Pan-African — 7,000+ years old

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Hyena Chase

Gr 3–8

Strategy and probability rooted in North African tradition. Multiplayer, browser-based. Teaches critical thinking and mathematical reasoning through play.

🏭 North African tradition

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Tsoro Yematatu

Gr 3–8

Traditional strategy game of the Shona people of Zimbabwe — placement, movement, and pattern thinking on a compact grid. Logic and spatial reasoning through African tradition.

🏭 Zimbabwe · Shona tradition

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3 in a Row / Morabaraba

Gr 3–9

A traditional strategy game played across many African countries for hundreds of years — placement, blocking, and combinatorial thinking on an ancient board.

🏭 Pan-African strategy tradition

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Square Network

Gr 4–9

A traditional strategy game of the Asante people of Ghana — network building, spatial logic, and geometric thinking rooted in West African cultural heritage.

🏭 Ghana · Asante tradition

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The River Crossing

Gr 4–9

A classic logic puzzle from the Kpelle people of Liberia — a West African riddle that challenges students to solve a river crossing problem through systematic logical reasoning.

🏭 Liberia · Kpelle people

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The Ishango Bone

Gr K–5

An ancient mathematical mystery — explore arithmetic foundations through the world's oldest mathematical artifact, dated to 20,000 BC in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.

🏭 DR Congo — 20,000 BC

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Sand Drawing

Gr 3–8

A traditional drawing game from the Democratic Republic of Congo — tracing continuous paths through geometric patterns, exploring symmetry, topology, and spatial reasoning.

🏭 DR Congo · Sona tradition

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Eye of Horus

Gr 5–10

Sacred fractions of Ancient Egypt — explore the Eye of Horus symbol and its mathematical meaning, connecting Egyptian mythology to fractions, ratios, and ancient measurement systems.

🏭 Ancient Egypt · Sacred mathematics

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Pyramid Math Quest

Gr 5–12

The mathematics of Giza — explore the extraordinary engineering and mathematical precision behind the construction of the Great Pyramids, connecting geometry, measurement, and ancient African science.

🏭 Ancient Egypt · Giza

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Ancient Egyptian Dice Sticks

Gr 1–6

Long ago, people in ancient Egypt created a fun game using special dice sticks — exploring probability, chance, and number sense through the play of the ancient world's most advanced civilization.

🏭 Ancient Egypt · Dice tradition

African Mathematical Heritage — 11 Games, 20,000 Years of Mathematics

20,000 BC Ishango Bone DR Congo — world's earliest mathematical tool. Tally marks encoding arithmetic and prime number patterns.
Ancient Egypt Eye of Horus & Pyramid Mathematics Sacred fractions, geometric precision, and engineering mathematics behind the Great Pyramids of Giza.
7,000+ years Oware / Wari Pan-African strategy game — one of humanity's oldest, teaching counting, probability, and arithmetic.
Centuries old Sona Sand Drawing DR Congo — continuous-path geometric drawings encoding symmetry, topology, and spatial mathematics.
Centuries old Morabaraba / 3 in a Row Pan-African strategy — combinatorial thinking and pattern recognition played across the continent for hundreds of years.
Centuries old Tsoro Yematatu · Zimbabwe Shona tradition — spatial logic and strategic placement on a compact grid. Logic mathematics through African play.
Centuries old Square Network · Ghana Asante tradition — network geometry and spatial reasoning rooted in West African cultural and mathematical heritage.
Oral tradition River Crossing · Liberia Kpelle people — a logic puzzle tradition teaching systematic problem decomposition and mathematical reasoning.
Ancient Egypt Egyptian Dice Sticks Ancient Egyptian probability game — one of the earliest known uses of chance and randomness as a mathematical concept.

"Math was not invented in Europe. Every student — of every background — deserves to know where it really came from."

🧮 Ashaware's 11 African math games qualify for NSF STEM K‑12, NSF ITEST, Perkins CTE, and F5 AI Education grants. See STEM funding options →

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Who It's For

One Platform. Every Learner.

Ashaware serves K-12 schools, higher education institutions, families, homeschool families, and non-profit organizations with an educational mission — across North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and the global diaspora.

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K-12 Schools & Districts

Kindergarten to Grade 12

A searchable library of 400,000+ curriculum-indexed lesson plans aligned to standards in Ontario, Nova Scotia, New York, Illinois, California, Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and beyond. Rooted in the complete history of human civilization — accurate, complete, and classroom-ready in seconds.

  • 852 Illinois districts — Black History Education Act
  • California AB 101 & SB 510 Ethnic Studies
  • NYC DOE PK-12 Black Studies curriculum
  • TDSB & TCDSB Ontario school boards
  • Choice Partners — no competitive bid required
  • Multiple plans available — single user to site-wide
School Plans
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Higher Education

Colleges & Universities

AI-adapted content at Higher Education reading level — for HBCUs, community colleges, universities, and African institutions. Curriculum grounded in African and African diaspora history, science, and culture.

  • Higher Ed reading level — AI-adapted content
  • 101 US HBCUs — Afrocentric curriculum
  • UWI — 17 Caribbean territories
  • African university licensing
  • Faculty and student access tiers
  • Institution-wide site license available
Institution Plans
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Homeschool Families

Learn at Home

Black homeschool families are the fastest-growing homeschool demographic. The #1 reason: the curriculum does not reflect their children. Ashaware was built for exactly this.

  • 675,000+ Black homeschooling families in the US
  • Black homeschool rate grew 9.6x since 1999
  • $4.99/month or $59.99/year — save 2 months
  • No procurement process — buy direct
  • Full access — 11 subjects, 8 reading levels
  • Available globally — Canada, Caribbean, UK, Africa
Home Plan
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Families

Every Family, Every Background

Ashaware is not only for Black families. Every family that wants their children to learn an accurate, complete history — including the contributions of African people to mathematics, science, language, and culture — will find a home here.

  • Truth in education — for children of every background
  • Supplemental learning alongside school curriculum
  • Age-appropriate content from age 2 through adult
  • Interactive games, multimedia, and lesson plans
  • $4.99/month or $59.99/year — no long-term contract
  • Available in Canada, US, Caribbean, UK, Africa
Family Plan
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Non-Profit Organizations

Mission-Driven Organizations

Libraries, community organizations, housing authorities, after-school programs, cultural centres, and faith communities with an educational mission — Ashaware provides complete, accurate curriculum infrastructure at scale. 21st CCLC, Head Start, McKinney-Vento, and REAP eligible.

  • Active pilot with major Ontario public housing authority
  • Active pilot with Ontario provincial non-profit
  • Libraries, cultural centres, after-school programs
  • Faith communities and diaspora organizations
  • Choice Partners eligible — no bid required (US)
  • Multi-user and site license tiers available
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Not Sure Which Plan?

Home & Family plan from $4.99/month. School, district, and non-profit plans available — view all options or contact us and we'll find the right fit.

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K–12 Schools & Districts
Higher Ed HBCUs & Universities
Families All Backgrounds Welcome
Homeschool 675K+ Black Families in US
Non-Profits Educational Mission Orgs
$4.99 Home & Family Plan Per Month

✅ US Schools: Fund Ashaware with Federal & State Dollars You Already Have

Ashaware is an approved vendor on the Choice Partners National Purchasing Cooperative — federally compliant (EDGAR / 2 CFR 200). Schools, districts, universities, and non-profits across the US can purchase Ashaware with no competitive bid required, using Title I, Title IV-A, NSF STEM grants, Perkins CTE, state mandate budgets, and more.

Title I — $18.38B Title IV-A — $1.6B NSF STEM K-12 NSF ITEST Perkins CTE — $1.4B Illinois Black History Act NYC EEAP Black Studies CA AB 101 Ethnic Studies Ontario BYAP & STEM Strategy Nova Scotia ANSA Programs Nevada Victory Fund McKinney-Vento · REAP · Head Start
Global Reach

Africa. Caribbean. Diaspora. The World.

The mis-education of Black history is not a North American problem. It is a global one. Every school system on earth that inherited a Eurocentric framework is teaching an incomplete story. Ashaware serves schools, universities, families, and organizations across North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and the global diaspora — wherever the truth is needed.

🇨🇦 North America

United States & Canada

Paying schools in both countries. Aligned to standards in Ontario, Nova Scotia, NYC, Illinois, California, Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Choice Partners approved for immediate purchase across the US.

🌍 Africa — 54 Nations

The Continent

Most African school systems still teach from Eurocentric frameworks inherited from colonialism. Students learn their own history through a foreign lens. Ashaware corrects that.

🇨🇿 Caribbean

Jamaica, T&T, Barbados & Beyond

CSEC math pass rate of 36% — curriculum disconnected from culture. Aligned to Caribbean curriculum standards. University of the West Indies partnerships in development.

🇬🇧 Global Diaspora

UK, Europe & Beyond

The African diaspora spans every continent. Ashaware is accessible globally — schools, homes, and organizations in the UK, Europe, and beyond can subscribe directly.

"Centuries of mis-education about Black people have not just failed Black students — they have failed every student on earth who inherited a distorted view of human history. Ashaware fixes that. For every student. In every classroom."

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