How Promethean’s product chief adopted Amazon-inspired business practices at edtech company Steven Halliwell, chief product officer for Promethean, calls himself a change agent. In his current role during the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read More
Working Geek: DreamBox’s upbeat CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson is focused on empowering kids DreamBox Learning CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson is a quote machine. As she explains the whys and hows of her successful math… Read More
Startup MindAntix empowers kids with creative thinking to keep job-stealing robots at bay Pronita Mehrotra has a plan for helping kids stay a step or two ahead of the machines and robots that… Read More
DreamBox Learning raises $130M, adds former U.S. Education Secretary to board DreamBox Learning, the Bellevue, Wash., maker of an adaptive K-8 math education platform, announced Tuesday that it has raised a… Read More
Lumen Learning raises $2.5M to help college students save money with open courseware Lumen Learning, a Portland-based startup that offers college students access to open courseware, today announced that it raised a $2.5… Read More
CreativeLive launches free 24/7 live online education broadcast network CreativeLive, the fast-growing online education startup founded by photographer Chase Jarvis and entrepreneur Craig Swanson, today announced something relatively unique: The… Read More
Startup Spotlight: EdStart accelerates student learning with personalized mobile experiences With more and more children using mobile devices, the education space is certainly ripe for innovation. Kirkland-based EdStart is another… Read More
Microsoft announces ‘buy one give one’ program for back to school deal We wrote earlier this summer about Chip In, Microsoft’s program to help students buy a new PC by creating a… Read More
LA schools plan to give free iPads to 640,000 students by 2014 After announcing a $30 million deal with Apple last month, the Los Angeles Unified School District said that the pilot… Read More
Apple lands $30M iPad contract with L.A. schools despite pushback As Microsoft continues to try and get Surface tablets in the hands of educators and students, Apple has just landed… Read More
This startup builds apps for a million customers that learn in bite-sized snacks Technology is certainly changing and improving how people are educated today, and one Seattle startup is well on its way… Read More
Remote learning: University of Washington to offer first online-only degree program In an attempt to fix a “national crisis in early childhood education,” the University of Washington is introducing its first-ever… Read More
The future of education: What entrepreneurs need to know about entering the e-learning space The education space is a promising field that has garnered tons of investor attention. The numbers don’t lie: education technology raised… Read More
