Everything you need to hear what students are really saying.

Polaris is a listening and learning tool that helps schools collect large-scale student feedback on the practices that matter most. Voice-first sessions, actionable insights, and privacy built into every layer.

Up to 10,000

Students recording at one time

Full

School or district analysis

20–60 min

Feedback sessions

Real

Actionable feedback

Current Features

Listen and Learn

Surveys and data meetings weren't built for .

Checkbox questionnaires flatten nuance. Focus groups don't scale. Polaris replaces both with interactive sessions where students share honest, detailed feedback on their own terms.

  • Students sign in via Google or Clever and join with a room code
  • Questions appear one at a time — voice, text, or group discussion
  • Teachers monitor participation live from a dedicated portal
  • Voice anonymization keeps students safe while preserving every insight

Recording

Student discussion

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Report

Hundreds of voices, .

Polaris processes every response and surfaces what matters — themes, sentiment, safety flags, and keyword patterns — backed by the original student audio. Ask questions about virtually anything at your school.

  • Emergent themes like real-world connections, pacing & workload, belonging, and engagement
  • Sentiment breakdown across every response — positive, neutral, mixed, negative
  • Query your data in plain language: school climate, extracurriculars, lunch, teacher support — anything
  • Every finding links to the original audio so you hear the evidence firsthand
  • Spot something interesting? Spin up a follow-up session in minutes to dive deeper

Students

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Conversations

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Keywords

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Response Rate

94%

Sentiment

Very Positive (22%)
Positive (34%)
Neutral (18%)
Negative (19%)
Very Negative (7%)

Themes

Real-world connections
68%
Pacing & workload
54%
Interactive learning
47%
Community & belonging
41%

Student Experience

Room Codes

Students join sessions with unique room codes so teachers can monitor participation in real time.

Audio-First Capture

Voice recording built in. Every insight links to the original audio.

Native Language Support

Students speak their first language. Auto-translate supported for teachers.

Student Choice

Group discussions, one-on-one interviews, or voice-to-text — students pick how they share.

Consent Flow

Students control their own privacy with built-in consent at session start.

Privacy by Design

FERPA/COPPA/CIPA compliant. Encrypted audio, automatic PII removal, and zero data sales — it's in our nonprofit bylaws.


Analysis & Insights

Theme Identification

Polaris clusters responses into emergent themes by frequency and sentiment.

Sentiment Analysis

Positive, neutral, mixed, and negative breakdowns across all responses.

Queryable Insights

Ask in plain English. Get evidence backed by real student quotes.

Research-Backed Reports

Recommendations tied to the latest educational research with audio timestamps.

Reviewed by Analytics Experts

Our process is refined in collaboration with qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods researchers.


Teacher Tools

Live Teacher Portal

Monitor sessions in real time. Track progress, manage questions.

Teacher Dashboard

Manage sessions, view reports, and track insights from one place.

Fast Turnaround

When conversations wrap up, generate your full report within a day.

Session Scheduling

Plan and schedule listening sessions ahead of time for your classes.

Data Export

Download reports, raw data, and analytics for your records.

Frequently Asked Questions

In Development

Translation & Multilingual Expansion

Full multi-language pipelines — transcribe, translate, and analyze in 50+ languages natively.

Multimedia Responses

Images, video, and drawing — students choose how they express themselves.

Advanced Question Builder

Drag-and-drop question flows, branching logic, and template library.

Additional Data Integration

Import your school or district's existing data — teacher surveys, discipline records, test results — and Polaris adds this context to its analysis.

Cross-Session Trends

Track how student sentiment and themes evolve over weeks and months.

Bulk Session Management

Create, schedule, and manage hundreds of sessions across schools from one control panel.

Demographic Lens

Cross-reference insights with demographics. See impact on specific student groups.

Advanced Mixed Methods

Anchor vignettes that add context to quantitative and qualitative data, bridging the gap between numbers and narratives.

Experiments

Ideas we're exploring that may find their way into Polaris.

Parent Portals

Parent visibility into school climate themes — no individual student data.

Polaris Facilitation Mode

Guided suggestions and prompts delivered in real time as the conversation unfolds.

Game-Based Feedback

Students play interactive games inspired by Jackbox that surface feedback about school processes and experiences.

Advanced Image Recognition

Students and staff submit photos or videos that feed into the analysis alongside voice and text data.

Ready to hear what students are really saying?

Closed beta — schools reimagining student feedback.

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