Author archive for Joe Ventura

Heiber is founder and executive director of Concentric Educational Solutions, an organization that helps incorporate student support services in…

Young entrepreneurs put their education innovations to the test to win $100,000 prize and assistance making their venture a…

Investment aims to spark the development of tools that educators can use to personalize learning for students Media Contact: Joe…

NewSchools Venture Fund does it again, investing in an awesome startup with big goals.Earlier this year, I covered Goalbook, an…

As kids head back to school this month and next, some will find a rather new arrangement greeting them:…

Chicago-based startup eSpark Learning, which founder and CEO David Vinca describes as “Pandora for education apps,” has secured $5.7 million…

When I decided to begin covering the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship and education more seriously, my first goal was…

BURLINGAME, CA--August 29--EdSurge, the leading news source on education technology, announced that it has closed a $400,000 seed-funding round…

Over 50K teachers and 12K schools using Educreations to “flip the classroom” and provide personalized learningEducreations, the creators of the…

Contact:  Joe Ventura, (415) 615-6862/ jventura@newschools.orgOAKLAND, CA – July 31, 2012 – NewSchools Venture Fund CEO Ted Mitchell congratulated NewSchools…

Joanne Weiss is chief of staff to Secretary Arne Duncan at the U.S. Department of Education. She joined the department in 2009…

When U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan opened the Race to the Top competition to individual school districts two weeks ago,…

PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- Here's a irony: University of Michigan, one of the nation's premier research universities, is a national leader…