Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff
Financial troubles have forced Maker Media, the company behind crafting publication MAKE: magazine a ...
ObjectiveEd is building a better digital curriculum for vision-impaired kids
Children with vision impairments struggle to get a solid K-12 education for a lot of reasons — ...
Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-Man Ozobots are on the way
Ozobot, a golf-ball sized toy robot that helps kids learn to code, will be available in the form of ...
Why Flybrix skipped crowdfunding to launch its LEGO drone kits
Flybrix first dreamed up a drone that kids could build with LEGO bricks in 2015. At the time, ...
This AR-enhanced globe would be a fun addition to any iPad-equipped classroom
Geography is cool, whatever middle-schoolers say. In fact, the only thing cooler is augmented ...
Student projects leapfrog governments and industry in ‘Data Science for Social Good’ program
Big data is hardly new at this point — nor has it wrought anywhere near its potential effects on ma ...
NSF puts $110 million toward building out the XSEDE national computing initiative
It’s in the country’s best interest to stay at (or at least near) the forefront of adva ...
The 48 startups that launched at Y Combinator S16 Demo Day 2
The world’s most prestigious startup school launched 48 companies today at part 2 of its Summ ...
Newsela rolls out Library to help students read beyond the news
When Newsela was created in 2012, the edtech startup aimed to help students master reading at their ...
Mimo’s new app teaches you how to code on your iPhone
Apple’s new iPad app Swift Playgrounds is popularizing the idea of learning to code on mobile devic ...