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Selling technology to schools is still a formidable task, but it’s a far less expensive and extended process than…

San Francisco, May 1, 2013 – Zynga.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to using social games for social good, today…

Tom Friedman summed up what we saw as a major theme of the conference by saying “With edtech, don’t…

Zynga.org will spend $1 Million and partner with NewSchools Venture Fund to create an accelerator that focuses on edtech…

Heather Murtagh/Daily Journal U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, left, speaks with Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs? widow,…

“Education is the number one issue where ever you go,” said Tom Friedman to Ted Mitchell in the #NSVFSummit…

Ed tech entrepreneurs are getting yet another startup accelerator to choose from, but this one has a very specific focus: gaming.At…

BURLINGAME, CA.: Zynga founder and CEO Mark Pincus just announced that the gaming giant is launching a learning accelerator…

Zynga wants kids to play more games in class.The San Francisco-game company’s non-profit, Zynga.org, plans to announce Wednesday that…

Noah BergerMark Pincus, chief executive officer of Zynga Game Network Inc.A new high-profile partnership is helping creating social…

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Laurene Powell Jobs at NewSchools Summit 2013 on Wednesday. (Photo: Dennis…

BURLINGAME, Calif: Salman Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy, spoke this morning at the NewSchools Venture Summit on…

NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit that started out channeling philanthropic donations to charter schools and that now invests in a range…

In certain circles of ed reform, the famed marshmallow experiment by Walter Mischel at Stanford in the 1960’s is…

As dispiriting as our nation’s math scores can appear as evidence of fading international competitiveness, our position at the…

Like so many “No Excuses” schools in our portfolio and beyond, KIPP: DC changes the lives of students and…