News Release – Kaymbu Announces Funding from NewSchools Venture Seed Fund
By Guest in Uncategorized onFunding signals importance of using technology to engage parents with their child’s learning & growth in the classroomKaymbu, an…
Startup Founders Apply Education Experience
By Guest in Uncategorized onFormer educators with technology interests are increasingly making their way from classrooms into the startup world as they try…
News Release – Learning games continue to gain momentum as co.lab announces cohort #3
By Guest in Uncategorized onSAN FRANCISCO, CA – We launched co.lab — the first and only startup accelerator focused on the intersection of…
Zynga.org’s Game-Based Learning Accelerator Pairs Newbies With Experienced Players
By Guest in Uncategorized onCo.lab is a start-up accelerator that focuses on learning games. A partnership between Zynga.org and the New School Venture…
News Release – Seven Edtech Companies Win ‘iHub Pitch Games’ Challenge to Test Their Technology in Classrooms
By Guest in Uncategorized onSAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven education technology startups from across the nation emerged as winners today…
Educators must do more to reach young men of color
By Guest in Uncategorized onIt’s my first time at the New Schools Venture Fund conference, and I’m excited to exchange ideas with entrepreneurs, educators and…
KELOWNA EDTECH STARTUP FRESHGRADE RAISES $4.3 MILLION SEED ROUND
By Guest in Uncategorized onKelowna-based edtech startup FreshGrade has raised a $4.3 million seed round led by NewSchools Venture Fund, Emerson Collective, Accel Partners…
FreshGrade Raises $4.3M to Connect Teachers, Students and Parents
By Guest in Uncategorized onClub 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…
How Foundations Can Engage the Startup Community to Accelerate Impact
By Guest in Uncategorized onFoundations and startups are two words you don’t often see together. Typically, foundations fund established nonprofits in order to…
Accelerated: Inside Pixowl’s Decision to Focus on Parents Rather than Schools
By Guest in Uncategorized onA lot can change in two months. When we talked with Pixowl in late May, they had just finished their…
Ellevation Education adds $2 million in funding to help teachers working with English language learners
By Guest in Uncategorized onBoston-based Ellevation Education, which offers teachers tools to help plan, report, and track the instruction of English language learners, announced…
Adding Things Up: Behind the Success of Motion Math’s Suite of Apps
By Guest in Uncategorized onBuilding a brand, especially in a Wild West world like the App Store, is no small feat. But there…
It’s Time: Connecting What Students Need & What Entrepreneurs Create
By Guest in Uncategorized onI recently participated on a Digital Promise panel about whether what economists call"pull mechanisms" can create more incentives for innovation in education…
K-12 District Leaders Evolving Into Smarter Ed-Tech Consumers
By Guest in Uncategorized onSchool leaders debating whether to buy educational technology often find themselves weighing the promised benefits against their worst fears—soaring…
Investors Debate Possible Bubble in the Ed-Tech Marketplace
By Guest in Uncategorized onA sharp rise in investment flowing into K-12 educational technology and a flood of new startups entering the market…
Co.lab Game Accelerator Opens Applications for Next Round
By Guest in Uncategorized onOne of the primary ways in which firms are getting products to market or ready to seek larger VC…
Strong standards, political air cover, and talent: Exporting the success of Boston’s charter school sector
By Guest in Uncategorized onHere follows the third entry in Fordham’s “Charter School Policy Wonk-a-Thon,” in which Mike Petrilli challenged a number of…
Venture capitalists make a big deal over education
By Guest in Uncategorized onVenture capitalists are pouring money into educational technology. If last year's numbers are any indication, the amount of spending…
Venture capitalists learn to love education
By Guest in Uncategorized onEducation isn’t what you’d typically think of as sexy. It’s practical. It’s serious.But add a little tech and…
Baltimore, Boston Move to Build Ed-Tech Hubs
By Guest in Uncategorized onBaltimore and Boston are cities with their own distinct economic identities, but more recently they’ve shared an economic-development strategy:…