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Watch this TIME video to see how BlueEngine schools are preparing students for success at high levels. http://ti.me/183Six3   On Tuesday night, Michelle Obama was joined by a handful of people to watch the President’s State of the Union address in…
Innovation is as much a part of the Bay Area as the fog in San Francisco, houseboats in Sausalito or sunshine in Santa Clara. It is where cre
Former educators with technology interests are increasingly making their way from classrooms into the startup world as they try to use their school
Co.lab is a start-up accelerator that focuses on learning games. A partnership between Zynga.org and the New School Venture Fund, co.lab “works with startups leveraging the power of digital games to build transformative educational technologies for PK-12 students and teachers.”…
It’s my first time at the New Schools Venture Fund conference, and I’m excited to exchange ideas with entrepreneurs, educators and policymakers. The day will be brimming with innovative approaches to transforming public education for underserved students. But what strikes…
Kelowna-based edtech startup FreshGrade has raised a $4.3 million seed round led by NewSchools Venture Fun
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 kids should be…
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 innovative ways to work with startups. “Why would a foundation…