...develop or validate new educationally-relevant tools
On that note, I came across an interesting sounding Canadian learning platform that received seed funding recently! It's very much akin to a scalable AOPS + Alcumus model. Think: Shopify ecommerce capabilities + connected communities + Google Classroom.
https://betakit.com/virtual-live-learning-platform-disco-raises-6-million-cad-seed-round/aeh, if your teachers are interested, Disco just finished its beta test and is taking a waitlist for its early adopters.