EdBizWatch

Nearpod Gets $1.5M From NewSchools

Platform lets teachers create, share presentations with students’ mobile devices in realtime.

Nearpod Gets $1.5M From NewSchools, Rip Empson, TechCrunch

Smart Cities: San Francisco

10 yrs ago it was all about Silicon Valley, but now Oakland is emerging as an edtech hotspot.

Smart Cities: San Francisco, Tom Vander Ark, Getting Smart

Desmos Gets $1 Million+ in Funding from Google Ventures

Desmos is known for its web-based graphing calculator for today’s wireless classrooms. 

Google Ventures Backs Math Eduation Startup Desmos, Getting Smart

Startups Try to Crack Education Market

Pre K-12 education software and digital-content industry estimated at $7.5 billion in the U.S.

Startups Try to Crack Education Market, Jessica Vascellaro, WSJ

Can Education Entrepreneurs Do Well and Do Good?

A generation of "edupreneurs" repsonds to genuine classrom needs in ways big companies can't.

Can Education Entrepreneurs Do Well and Do Good?, Annie Murphy Paul, Time