Looking Glass OS & Sovereign Studio · Born Between 2 Generals, LLC · For school leaders

High School Principal & Civics/Journalism Teacher Pitch Sheet

1. The educational challenge: algorithmic noise vs. primary-source literacy

High school seniors (ages 17–18) are entering their first local and national elections while surrounded by partisan cable news and unverified social media algorithms. Traditional media-literacy worksheets fail to engage digital-native students. Looking Glass OS & Sovereign Studio turns a classroom into an interactive, walled-garden open-source research (OSINT) and civic research lab.

2. Curriculum & standards alignment

Students never scroll social media or interact with public comment sections. They investigate municipal budgets, public infrastructure, election administration, and national policy using primary government databases:

• Financial & contract literacy (FININT): reading real federal disbursements through the public USAspending.gov API, plus corporate registries and municipal ledgers.
• Geospatial & scientific verification (GEOINT): applying spherical trigonometry (solar-shadow chronolocation) and flight-log reasoning to check when and where events happened. Flight examples use fictional or institutional aircraft only.
• Cryptographic data integrity (STEM / computer science): fingerprinting primary records with SHA-256 for chain of custody, and the ideas behind zero-knowledge verification.
• College & scholarship portfolios: each completed investigation and sealed episode produces a signed, exportable record students can include in college applications, AP Capstone projects, and journalism portfolios.

3. Student safety: the Parent & Faculty Double-Key protocol

1. Walled-garden environment. No public social feeds, no outside users, no chat or comments, no ads, no trackers.
2. Privacy by design. No student accounts and no student data collection; work is saved on the school or family device.
3. Double-Key release gate. Episodes and civic reports are recorded Live-to-Tape and cannot be marked for release to a school showcase until both the Student Producer and the Faculty Sponsor or Parent/Guardian turn their own sign-off keys.
4. First names only on air, and no real tips: source-safety lessons use fictional cases.

4. Funding & the $2,500 classroom + student PC hardware grant

• Classroom Civic Lab License: $2,500 per semester, up to 30 students. May be eligible for Title IV-A (Student Support and Academic Enrichment: well-rounded education, STEM, and civics), Perkins CTE (digital media, cybersecurity), or local PTA and sponsor funding. Districts should confirm eligibility with their grants office.
• The 10% Student Workstation & Scholarship Pool: 10% of platform revenue goes to the Student Scholarship & PC Hardware Grant Fund, providing workstations, microphones, and waived tuition for qualifying students and classrooms.