Brightpath by Excelsior Consulting Services LLC
Product Overview · Excelsior Solutions Center

AI literacy suite

AI literacy, taught with guardrails.

Brightpath teaches the two populations most exposed to AI and least served by it: K-12 students learning to think alongside AI, and seniors learning to defend themselves against AI-powered fraud. Built in Prince George's County by a service-disabled veteran-owned small business.

Scholars · in external testing Community · in external testing Higher Ed · concept
Where the products stand today: Brightpath AI for Scholars and Brightpath Community are fully developed applications in structured external testing. Higher Ed is a roadmap concept. We label status plainly because our consulting practice was built on forensic honesty about program claims.

The framework: READ, THINK, AI PROMPT, DISCUSS

The pedagogical core of Brightpath AI for Scholars. Students never start with the AI. They start with a text and their own reasoning, then use AI as a structured third step, then defend their thinking out loud. Click through the four stages.

Students read first, unassisted.

Every module opens with a grade-banded text the student reads without AI access. Comprehension comes before augmentation. Content is delivered in the student's language of instruction across English, Spanish, French, Arabic, and Urdu, and meets WCAG AA accessibility standards.

Shown for the middle grades band. Four grade bands adapt text complexity, prompt scaffolding, and discussion depth.

Three products, one mission

In external testing

Brightpath AI for ScholarsK-12

A guided AI literacy platform where the AI is a reasoning partner, not an answer machine.

  • Four grade bands, READ to DISCUSS framework
  • Multilingual: EN, ES, FR, AR, UR
  • PII-blind session architecture, Clever SSO
  • Multi-model backend, WCAG AA
In external testing

Brightpath CommunitySeniors 60+

AI literacy and scam defense for older adults, guided by Lumi, a friendly firefly character, with audio narration throughout.

  • Kiosk mode: no login, no accounts, anonymous sessions
  • Six-module curriculum, WCAG AAA
  • Module 2, AI Scam Protection, deployable standalone
  • Built for libraries, senior centers, and community rooms
Concept

Brightpath for Higher EdCommunity colleges & HBCUs

The roadmap layer: adapting the framework for first-year and workforce-development learners.

  • In conceptualization, not yet in development
  • Target partners: Maryland community colleges and HBCUs

Why Excelsior can deliver this

Forensic program credibility

20+ years in federal acquisition supporting $5B+ in programs, anchored by early failure identification on a $1.2B USPS program whose findings were later consistent with OIG conclusions. We apply the same evidence standard to our own product claims.

Certified Maryland small business

SDVOSB and HUBZone certified, Maryland SBR and VSBE. Founded by an Air Force veteran and warranted Contingency Contracting Officer, headquartered in Capitol Heights.

Rooted where it will be used

Brightpath is built in and for Prince George's County, with active relationships across community institutions where Scholars and Community are designed to live.