Orbrya is a 12-week curriculum for grades 6–12 that builds the critical thinking skills students need to evaluate AI outputs, not just produce them. Launching August 1, 2026.
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What is Orbrya
Orbrya is a self-paced curriculum for students in grades 6 through 12, organized into three progressive modules covering how AI actually works, how to verify and audit AI outputs, and how to use AI as a genuine thinking tool rather than a shortcut. The curriculum is designed to build in 12 weeks and continues to grow from there.
Founding families are part of the first cohort, working through lessons as they are developed and refined. Their feedback directly shapes the final curriculum. This is not a finished product being handed over. It is a structured learning experience being built with its first students, and founding families are the reason it will be better for everyone who comes after them.
There are no grades, no tests, and no rigid schedule. Progress is tracked through habit formation, because the goal is not knowledge recall but behavioral change that sticks. Families work through lessons at whatever pace fits their routine.
The curriculum is the foundation, but the subscription does not end when the 12 weeks do. Subscribers receive continued access to new standalone lessons, regular AI Events content that helps students apply their critical thinking skills to current news and developments in the AI space, and every update and expansion to the core curriculum as it is released.
When Orbrya opens to the public, regular pricing will be $9.99/month or $89/year. Families who join the waitlist and subscribe at launch receive founding-family pricing: $5.99/month or $59/year. That price is yours permanently as long as your subscription remains active, and it will never increase to the standard rate. This is Orbrya's way of recognizing the families who show up before the doors are open.
Why this matters
81%
of students say teachers never taught them to evaluate AI outputs
RAND, Sept. 2025
56%
wage premium identified for positions requiring AI skills
PwC, 2025
45%
of principals report having no AI policy at all
RAND, Sept. 2025
RAND's September 2025 research found that 81% of students say their teachers never taught them to evaluate AI outputs, and 45% of principals report having no AI policy at all. Separately, the College Board found in October 2025 that 69% of high school students have already used ChatGPT for school assignments. Orbrya's read of these findings together: widespread use is outpacing any meaningful guidance on how to think critically about what AI produces.
On the workforce side, PwC's 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer identified a 56% wage premium for positions requiring AI skills. Researcher Chahna Gonsalves at King's College London published related findings in 2024 on the distinction between using AI and evaluating it. Orbrya's interpretation of this body of work: the advantage will belong to students who can assess and direct AI output, not simply to those who use AI tools frequently. That distinction is exactly what this curriculum is designed to build.
What this means for families is that the opportunity is not to wait for schools to catch up. It is to build these skills now, at home, before uncritical AI habits have time to set in. That is what Orbrya is for.
The statistics above are drawn from the cited sources. The interpretive conclusions connecting these findings to AI critical thinking skill-building represent Orbrya's own analysis.
The curriculum
The curriculum is organized into three sequential modules designed to build on each other progressively. Students move at their own pace, with no deadlines and no grades. Founding families will work through lessons as they are developed during the pilot year, with their feedback shaping each module as it is finalized.
Module 1 · Weeks 1–4
What AI actually is, how it generates outputs, and why it gets things wrong. Students build the foundational understanding that makes every critical thinking skill that follows genuinely useful.
Module 2 · Weeks 5–8
The practical toolkit for evaluating any AI output. Cross-referencing sources, identifying reasoning gaps, recognizing confident errors, and building a personal verification process students can apply across any subject.
Module 3 · Weeks 9–12
How to use AI as a thinking partner rather than an answer machine. When to use AI, when not to, and how to stay genuinely in command of the work, not just nominally.
Who Orbrya is for
Orbrya is designed for any family that has decided not to wait for schools to figure this out. That includes two distinct groups, and we built with both of them in mind from the start.
Homeschool families already approach education with the understanding that thoughtful parents can provide what institutions have not yet caught up to. AI critical thinking is the most pressing of those gaps right now, and Orbrya is a self-contained addition that integrates cleanly alongside whatever else you are teaching.
The curriculum is built around habit formation rather than classroom mechanics, which means it fits naturally into a home learning environment. Group and family plan options will be available at launch for families working through it together in a co-op setting.
RAND's September 2025 research found that 45% of principals have no AI policy at all. If your child attends a school that is still working out its approach, Orbrya gives your family something concrete to do in the meantime. The curriculum runs entirely independently of what any school is teaching.
Students can work through lessons on evenings, weekends, or school breaks. You do not need to wait for a district announcement, a new principal policy, or a curriculum update that may be years away.
Whether your family homeschools or supplements, the goal is the same: a student who knows how to think critically about AI before that skill becomes a professional and academic necessity. Orbrya gives families the tool to build that now.
What families are saying
We are not going to put placeholder reviews here. When our pilot cohort completes the curriculum in summer 2026, we will share what they actually tell us. Join the waitlist and you could be among those first families.
“My goal is that a student who finishes Orbrya leaves with one clear habit: before they accept what AI tells them, they pause and ask whether they can verify it. That pause is worth more than any grade.”
Oliver, Founder of Orbrya
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You'll receive our newsletter with blog posts, videos, and updates as we build toward August 1. Waitlist subscribers receive founding-family pricing at launch.