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Venture capitalists make a big deal over education
Venture capitalists are pouring money into educational technology. If last year's numbers are any indication, the amount of spending could double to more than $2 billion in 2014. The above graphic uses…
Venture capitalists learn to love education
Education isn’t what you’d typically think of as sexy. It’s practical. It’s serious.But add a little tech and vavoom! Venture capitalists are very, very into it.Michael Moe is CEO of GSV Capital,…
Baltimore, Boston Move to Build Ed-Tech Hubs
Baltimore and Boston are cities with their own distinct economic identities, but more recently they’ve shared an economic-development strategy: Both have organizations working aggressively to establish their metro regions as…
Shauntel Poulson, Principal, NewSchools Venture Fund
Personalized learning models combine new technology with ongoing assessment, data use, and changes in how teachers use time and structure the school day, in order to create dramatically more personalized…
Game Developers Experiment With More Open-Ended Apps
A new group of developers is trying to tackle the educational app market, which has huge potential for profits, but has been hard to crack because of parent and teacher skepticism…