Fund me, Elmo: Sesame Street’s venture arm invests in education tech
The goal is to help boost tech companies that share the company's vision.
GoFundMe will match education donations to salute teachers
The crowdfunding initiative coincides with Teacher Appreciation Week
The Maker Movement Is Going Mainstream -- What Happens Next?
The next generation can have a real shot -- while still young -- of reinventing the products the rest of us take for granted.
Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi Says Young People Should Study Computer Science, Even if They Won't Become Programmers
"How does the Internet work? How does cyber security work? How is data encrypted? These are all part of computer science."
President Obama Wants $4 Billion to Bring Computer Science to All Schools
But the administration needs congressional approval for most of those billions.
Google's Chromebooks Make Up Half of U.S. Classroom Devices
In schools, Chromebooks have leapfrogged Apple and Microsoft devices in just a few years.
Google: No, We're Not Snooping on Students With Our Chromebooks, Apps
Search giant pushes back against EFF allegations.
Silicon Valley Urges Cal, CSU to Give Computer Science Full Credit in Admissions (Updated)
Twenty-seven states count computer science classes toward high school graduation. California doesn't.
'Re/code Decode': Two Bit Circus Says Games Can Inspire a Generation of Engineers
Education is broken, Two Bit Circus CEO Brent Bushnell and CTO Eric Gradman say. Can a carnival fix it?
'Star Wars' Partners With Code.Org for Hour of Code Tutorial
“We want to make coding more fun, cool and hip.”
Why Oracle Is Building a Public High School on Its Campus
The software giant has adopted a new charter school, and is building it a building right on its own land.
The View From the Classroom: A Response to 'The Ed-Tech Unicorn'
The problem is not with the state of the technology.
Pursuing the Ed-Tech Unicorn
Only one of the 110 mystical "unicorn" companies has a connection to education, and none touch the K-12 market.
The 26%: Twitter Engineer Says Tech's Gender Gap Is Tech's Fault (Video)
"The problem isn't with women. The problem is with tech."
BubbleSort Zines Lure Teen Girls to Computer Science
An Airbnb engineer had a lifelong dream to show high-school girls how creative computer science can be.
Apple Adds New Features to iTunes U
The upgrade will help teachers communicate with students, handle homework and incorporate educational apps.
iPad Gaming Company Osmo Nabs Google Artificial Intelligence Manager as COO
Srikanth Rajagopalan, the product manager for machine intelligence at Google, is joining the educational gaming startup.
Elizabeth Warren: No Need to Stop Uber-ized Workforce, but Must Invest in Education (Video)
Senator Warren isn't worried about the robot economy.
Where Are All the Educational Video Games for Adults?
There are learning games for babies, and for toddlers, and for children, and for students. What about everyone else?
zSpace Says It Can Make Virtual Reality Simpler and Less Antisocial (Q&A)
"Social isolation" may keep headsets like the Oculus Rift out of the classroom, zSpace says.
LinkedIn to Buy Online Education Company Lynda.com for $1.5 Billion
LinkedIn said it would pay about 52 percent in cash and about 48 percent in stock for the acquisition.
Today in Silicon Valley: Re/code Interviews President Barack Obama
Cyber security, NSA spying, the Healthcare.gov debacle and does the commander-in-chief Snapchat?
'Universities Are Selling Salvation': Touring the New General Assembly Campus
Success will be when there's a Vows column with two people who met here.
Why a Computer Is Often the Best Teacher, According to Duolingo's Luis Von Ahn (Full Video)
"I think all of education should be like this."
Wikipedia Aims to Become More Mobile, Global
The nonprofit's new executive director says mobile changes who they can reach and how they can do it.
Minerva Project Raises $49 Million, Led by Chinese Investors
Minerva Project — the elite semi-online university — has raised $49 million of what it says will be a $70 million Series B round led by a consortium of investors from China: TAL Education Group, ZhenFund and Yongjin Group, along with previous...
How We Solve the Tech Industry's Gender Gap
The biggest reason for a lack of diversity in tech isn't discrimination in hiring or retention. It's the education pipeline.
Remind Raises Another $40 Million for Teachers' Messaging Service
Remind, the secure messaging app for teachers, students and parents, said it had garnered another $40 million, bringing total capital raised to $59 million. The Series C funding round was led by current investor Kleiner Perkins, as well as Social...
Xprize Offers $15 Million for Tablet Apps That Help Kids Teach Themselves
The goal is to help the 250 million school-age children in the world who can't read or write.
iPad Camera-Toy Osmo Wants Players to Customize Its Games
A techie new look at teaching kids to spell.
Y Combinator Releases Its Curriculum as a Stanford Class -- And Online
Lecturers include Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway and Ben Silbermann.
A Higher Education: Satellite Startup Aims to Inspire Students Through Experiments in Space
Ardusat has already signed up several dozen schools.