Apple is launching 58 new Today at Apple sessions to beef up its in-store education offerings for people who want to explore Apple’s products. The sessions, which cover video, photography, accessibility, coding, music, health and more, are free to attend and available at all of Apple’s retail stores across the world. For the unveiling, Apple […]
View More Apple unveils new in-store sessions covering photography, Garage Band, health and moreCategory: Education
Amazon to fund computer science classes in over 130 NYC high schools
Following Amazon’s decision to set up one of its new headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, the company announced this morning a plan to fund computer science classes in over 130 New York City area high schools. Specifically, Amazon will fund both introductory and Advanced Placement (AP) classes across all five NYC boroughs, including over […]
View More Amazon to fund computer science classes in over 130 NYC high schoolsYC-backed Our World in Data wants you to know that the planet is doing okay
News is exhausting. Mexican murders are sky-high. Ebola is ravaging the eastern Congo. China is erasing an entire culture of Islam from its Western hinterlands. That news — negative and intense though it is — can easily occlude the many positive, longer term stories that are fundamental drivers of the world. Africa is reaching new […]
View More YC-backed Our World in Data wants you to know that the planet is doing okaypi-top’s latest edtech tool doubles down on maker culture
London-based edtech startup, pi-top, has unboxed a new flagship learn-to-code product, demoing the “go anywhere” Pi-powered computer at the Bett Show education fare in London today. Discussing the product with TechCrunch ahead of launch, co-founder and CEO Jesse Lozano talked up the skills the company hopes students in the target 12-to-17 age range will develop and […]
View More pi-top’s latest edtech tool doubles down on maker cultureMicrosoft’s Code Jumper makes programming physical for children with visual impairments
Microsoft just unloaded a whole bunch of news in time for the BETT education show. The most interesting bit of the bunch, however, is probably Code Jumper. The tethered hardware device is design to teach children who are blind or have otherwise impaired vision how to code. The device is a continuation of Project Torino, […]
View More Microsoft’s Code Jumper makes programming physical for children with visual impairmentsVarsity Tutors acquires Veritas Prep to expand into live online classes
Varsity Tutors, the online learning platform that launched in 2011, has today announced the acquisition of Veritas Prep. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but, according to the press release, the Veritas Prep team will remain at its Calabasas, CA office and that the product will continue on as a separate brand. Veritas […]
View More Varsity Tutors acquires Veritas Prep to expand into live online classesUniversity of Virginia announces $120m gift to fund new data science school
One of America’s oldest universities is launching a school for one of the world’s youngest disciplines. The University of Virginia announced today that it has received a $120 million private donation to endow a new School of Data Science. The donation is the largest in the university’s history, and will create the twelfth school at […]
View More University of Virginia announces $120m gift to fund new data science schoolIn defense of screen time
Silicon Valley engineers who design our tech gadgets won’t let their kids anywhere near those devices — they’re convinced too much time in front of smartphones and iPads is rotting kids’ brains.
View More In defense of screen timeByju’s buys Osmo for $120M to add blended learning to its $4B digital education business
Weeks after it raised a massive $540 million funding round, Indian education unicorn Byju’s is on the M&A path. The company announced today it has snapped up U.S-based Osmo, a startup that develops apps for kids that use offline input, in a deal worth $120 million. Osmo has raised over $30 million from investors that […]
View More Byju’s buys Osmo for $120M to add blended learning to its $4B digital education businessThe rise of (societal) resilience tech
If you follow millennials on Twitter (and god help you), then you know that Anne Helen Petersen’s piece this past weekend “How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation” struck a deep chord for many. It’s longform and detailed, but Petersen’s primary thesis is that my generation has been dumped into one of the worst moments for […]
View More The rise of (societal) resilience techEmeritus, which develops online courses with universities, raises $40M
The funding streak for educational startups in Asia continues into 2019 after Emeritus, a U.S-Indian company that partners with universities to offer digital courses, landed a $40 million Series C round led by Sequoia India. The deal includes participation from existing investor Bertelsmann India Investments, and it takes Emeritus — founded in 2010 as offline management program company Eruditus — to […]
View More Emeritus, which develops online courses with universities, raises $40MTencent-backed homework app jumps to $3B valuation after raising $300M
Academic exams are a big deal in China as they determine the kind of universities, high schools and elementary schools that students get into and to a degree, the future that awaits them. Parents are thus willing to invest generously to help their children get ahead in school. One startup capitalizing on this need is […]
View More Tencent-backed homework app jumps to $3B valuation after raising $300M