Give Teachers Back Their Time
Every day, teachers spend precious hours reconstructing behavior data from memory— time that should be spent with students, or with their own families.
BrighterBalance exists to fix what's broken in behavior documentation. No more sticky notes. No more tally marks. No more mental notes forgotten by lunch. No more data reconstructed at 5 PM from exhausted recall.
Real-time capture. Automatic reports. AI-powered advisor insights. Technology that helps teachers instead of adding to their burden.
Built by People Who Know Education
The BrighterBalance team has spent decades building successful EdTech platforms, serving thousands of schools with solutions that actually work in the classroom.
Lindsey Cook
Co-Founder & Chairman
Lindsey has spent over two decades building education technology that works for real classrooms. He has led companies through transformational growth, serving thousands of schools with personalized learning solutions for special education and tiered intervention. His unique combination of legal expertise, business acumen, and deep understanding of K-12 education makes him ideally suited to navigate the complex landscape of student data privacy and district partnerships.
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Melissa Cook
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Melissa has dedicated her career to transforming student outcomes through technology. She has led the transformation of legacy software into cutting-edge MTSS and Special Education platforms, pioneering the integration of Generative AI to enhance personalized learning. Her deep expertise in product planning and innovation ensures that BrighterBalance is built around what educators actually need.
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Jerry Henley
Co-Founder & CTO
Jerry has spent his career at the intersection of education, SaaS, and AI—building platforms that scale and products that truly make a difference. He has led the development of award-winning AI assistants and has deep expertise in cloud architecture, security, and seamless integrations with systems like PowerSchool, NWEA, and Renaissance. For Jerry, AI is not about replacing teachers—it's about freeing them to focus on what matters most: their students.
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Built by Educators, for Educators
BrighterBalance is built on decades of K-12 experience. The challenges are understood because they were lived.
Privacy is Non-Negotiable
Student data is sacred. BrighterBalance will never sell, share, or exploit it. Period.
Technology Should Disappear
The best tools get out of the way. Teachers should focus on students, not software.
Every Student Deserves Support
Behavior challenges don't define students. Better data leads to better interventions.
Ready to See BrighterBalance in Action?
Join the teachers and districts who are already using BrighterBalance to transform behavior documentation.
The real-time behavior capture layer for K-12 education. Built by educators with 75+ years of combined experience.
Compliance
Student data is encrypted and never shared. We take privacy seriously.
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