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FreshGrade Raises $4.3M to Connect Teachers, Students and Parents
Club Penguin founder Lane Merrifeld sold his kid-safe, massively multiplayer online gaming community to Walt Disney Co.DIS -0.88% in 2007 in what amounted to a $350 million deal.But he never gave up on the idea that…
How Foundations Can Engage the Startup Community to Accelerate Impact
Foundations and startups are two words you don’t often see together. Typically, foundations fund established nonprofits in order to further foundations’ missions. Yet, foundations could increase their impact by finding…
Accelerated: Inside Pixowl’s Decision to Focus on Parents Rather than Schools
A lot can change in two months. When we talked with Pixowl in late May, they had just finished their first test of their educational game Sandbox EDU in a Bay area classroom.Now,…
Ellevation Education adds $2 million in funding to help teachers working with English language learners
Boston-based Ellevation Education, which offers teachers tools to help plan, report, and track the instruction of English language learners, announced earlier this month that it has raised $2 million in funding…
Adding Things Up: Behind the Success of Motion Math’s Suite of Apps
Building a brand, especially in a Wild West world like the App Store, is no small feat. But there are a number of companies that have managed to rise to…