DC to VC: Boston
There is a fast growing ecosystem of early-stage ventures focused on education. However, for those ventures working in and selling to the tradition
The NewSchools Seed Fund
NewSchools Venture Fund is excited to announce the launch of the Seed Fund, an initiative to support high-impact, K-12 education technology companies. We’ve been supporting education entrepreneurs for 13 years through four funds and have invested over $180 million dollars in some of the leading education organizations—including, Aspire, KIPP, BetterLesson, GreatSchools, Revolution Foods and Education […]
Grading the New York Times on Education Technology
This morning, the New York Times had the latest in its occasional
The brainy, out-of-touch computer geek has long been a sitcom archetype. From Doogie to Leonard and Sheldon, these intelligent yet hapless characters’ struggles to communicate with normal folks is a source of amusement. But these delightful storylines about experts frustrated by the need to occasionally communicate their esoteric knowledge with the laypeople in their lives hyperbolizes […]Overcoming the Beta-Test Blues
Mapping the K-12 Ed Tech Market
When Amerigo Vespucci made a map that showed how to find North America, people liked it so much they named the place after him.
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