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Funding signals importance of using technology to engage parents with their child’s learning & growth in the classroomKaymbu, an…

Former educators with technology interests are increasingly making their way from classrooms into the startup world as they try…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – We launched co.lab — the first and only startup accelerator focused on the intersection of…

Co.lab is a start-up accelerator that focuses on learning games. A partnership between Zynga.org and the New School Venture…

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven education technology startups from across the nation emerged as winners today…

It’s my first time at the New Schools Venture Fund conference, and I’m excited to exchange ideas with entrepreneurs, educators and…

Kelowna-based edtech startup FreshGrade has raised a $4.3 million seed round led by NewSchools Venture Fund, Emerson Collective, Accel Partners…

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…

Foundations and startups are two words you don’t often see together.  Typically, foundations fund established nonprofits in order to…

A lot can change in two months. When we talked with Pixowl in late May, they had just finished their…

Boston-based Ellevation Education, which offers teachers tools to help plan, report, and track the instruction of English language learners, announced…

Building a brand, especially in a Wild West world like the App Store, is no small feat.  But there…

I recently participated on a Digital Promise panel about whether what economists call"pull mechanisms" can create more incentives for innovation in education…

School leaders debating whether to buy educational technology often find themselves weighing the promised benefits against their worst fears—soaring…

A sharp rise in investment flowing into K-12 educational technology and a flood of new startups entering the market…

One of the primary ways in which firms are getting products to market or ready to seek larger VC…

Here follows the third entry in Fordham’s “Charter School Policy Wonk-a-Thon,” in which Mike Petrilli challenged a number of…

Venture capitalists are pouring money into educational technology. If last year's numbers are any indication, the amount of spending…

 Education isn’t what you’d typically think of as sexy. It’s practical. It’s serious.But add a little tech and…

Baltimore and Boston are cities with their own distinct economic identities, but more recently they’ve shared an economic-development strategy:…