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PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Here’s a irony: University of Michigan, one of the nation’s premier research universities, is a national leader in pushing teacher-training programs out of the realm of theory to put considerably more emphasis on practical. hands-on experience. And…

Classroom-management software company Engrade has closed a $3 million round of funding, just ten years after its creation by a high school student.

As a high school student in 2003, Bri Holt found himself increasingly frustrated by the fact that there was no easy way for he and his classmates t

Competition for financial backing is intense … “These people are fueled by passion, drive, and commitment, and we can see evidence of their work all over the educational landscape,” Jennifer Carolan, the seed fund co-director at the NewSchools Venture Fund,…

Goalbook could revolutionize how we approach differentiated instruction and outcome-based education. Four of my five kids have been on IEPs (Individual Education Plans) at one point or another. Two of them still are and I have little doubt that my…

Congress last week passed a bill that makes it easier for startup companies to raise capital and go public, two oft-cited barriers for new ventures

A new Washington, D.C., incubator, The Fort, debuted its first cohort of startups today. TechCruch<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/07/d-c-s-n

Christina Hall and Jennifer Green work to train better prepared, better informed city teachers. “Staggering.” That’s the word Jennifer Green uses. And she repeats it: “It’s staggering to realize you have students who have made it to the eleventh grade…

The increasing flow of venture capital into K-12 and heightened interest in educational technology are creating opportunities for market newcomers Less than a year ago, Sam Chaudhary and Liam Don met at the University of Cambridge in England during a…

The NewSchools Venture Fund in San Francisco has announced the launch of a fund that will provide support to entrepreneurs working to develop educa