EdBizWatch

The Man with 26 Million Students

Zach Sims, founder of Codecademy, says, "Education is having a moment."

The Man with 26 Million Students, Joe Miller, BBC

Thinkful Raises $4.25M led by Floodgate Fund

Learn-to-code startup's $1M seed round included Peter Thiel. Total funding $5.25M.

Thinkful Raises $4.25M led by Floodgate Fund, Tony Wan, edSurge

Coding Ed Programs Expand As IT Jobs Market Flourishes

Programming is a trade that more people than you would expect can learn...

Coding Ed Programs Expand As IT Jobs Market Flourishes, J. Shieber, TechCrunch

Ed Startups Ally Against FCC Proposed Net Neutrality Rules

4 startups highlight 4 ways the new rules would thwart innovation & growth in education.

Ed Startups Ally Against FCC Proposed Net Neutrality Rules, Sarah Buhr, TechCrunch

Codecademy to Launch Redesign, Includes Job Help Feature

“It’s about ‘What have you built,’ not ‘What you’ve learned,’” Codecademy CEO.

Codecademy to Launch Redesign, New Features Help You Get a Job, David Holmes, Pando

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: Coding and "Making"

About the Everyone-Needs-To-Learn-to-Code and the Manufactured STEM crisis trends.

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: Coding and "Making", Audrey Watters, Hack Education

Edu Companies Exert Public-Policy Influence

Some observers are alarmed at the increasingly aggressive moves by edu companies.

Edu Companies Exert Public-Policy Influence, Michele R Davis, Ed Week

Pluralsight Releases Online Coding Courses for Kids

90 percent of U.S. schools don’t offer programming.

Pluralsight Releases Online Coding Courses for Kids, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

The 2012 Crunchies Finalists

For the first time education is a category. See who is nominated for best education startup.

Announcing the 2012 Crunchies Finalists, Susan Hobbs, TechCrunch

What is a Mechanical MOOC?

The mechanical MOOC patches together existing resources from open-learning sites.

Free Online Course Will Rely on Multiple Sites, Tamar Lewin, NYT

Field Guide to Online Education Startups

In the past 3 months, at least 7 online course startups launched or announced funding.

Online Education Startups: A Field Guide, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

Codecademy Raises $10 Million Led by Index Ventures

Codecademy, site teaching computer programming to 5 million, also wants to find them jobs.

Codecademy Raises $10 Million, Sees Job Service in its Future, Sarah Frier, Bloomberg

Knewton, Codecademy on the Future of Education

“Is anyone on this panel even close to making money?”

Founders Conference on the Future of Education, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

New Way to Make 6 Figures Online: Teaching

Read about the success teachers are starting to have teaching folks online.

New Way to Make 6 Figures Online: Teaching, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

Company Makes all its Employees Learn How to Code

FreeCause armed employees with new skills and boosted product understanding.

Why One Company Makes all its Employees Learn How to Code, Michael Jaconi, Venture Beat

Does Online Education Mean the Death of the Diploma?

As the options for self-education explode, what does a college education mean?

Does Online Education Mean the Death of the Diploma? Michael Karnjanaprakorn, FastCoExist

Who is Zack Sims?

The CEO of Codecademy says, "Programming is the new literacy."

How Codecademy Got So Hot, So Fast, Colleen Taylor, GigaOM

A Wave of Ventures that Teach Computer Programming

Programmers are in demand, making new start-ups that teach coding skills hot properties.

Teaching Ventures Catch the Programming Wave -Jessica E. Vascellaro, Wall Street Journal

Codecademy Raises $2.5 Million from Union Square Ventures

Codecademy teaches you how to code.

Codecademy Raises $2.5 Million, Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch