Startups in K-12 and higher education can apply to this new accelerator that Intel Education and Intel Capital have started in Silicon Valley.
The sixth ASU+GSV Summit, attracting 2,500 education businesses, venture capitalists, and educators, opened Monday in a luxurious setting with the theme of tackling educational inequities.
Each of 10 selected ed-tech startups will receive $170,000 when they are chosen for the first class of this new accelerator in the Big Apple.
The challenges of time and money to buy and use technology innovations in the classroom are themes that recur through the decades.
Two ed-tech veterans have joined forces to launch an accelerator in the Big Apple to provide $170,000 in funding to each of 10 selected companies.
Educators in the United States and abroad judged 395 ed-tech products, narrowing the field to 157 finalists. In May, 28 winners will be announced.
Seven countries provided 500,000 or more mobile devices to their students in K-12 last year, according to Futuresource Consulting.
A coalition of more than 20 companies and organizations want the Senate to fold a bill about school libraries into the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Digital resources that teach and measure “higher-order” competencies like critical thinking and problem solving, and character qualities like grit and adaptability, are in short supply.
Whether it’s about student-data-privacy concerns or diversity among developers of ed-tech products, experts say schools have the power to change how businesses operate.