Harris School Solutions, a provider of technology solutions for K-12 districts, charter schools, and continuing education programs across North America, has hired industry veteran Michael Torrenti to take over as vice president of sales for the company’s student information solutions business unit. Torrenti, who has worked
A global leader in educational robotics, Abilix launched their latest line of educational robotics in North America. Called Robotics U, the line is set to “enhance the robotics industry with a revolutionary approach to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education, bringing educational robotics to
Following their initial announcement in June, Hero K12 and BV Investment Partners announced SchoolMint will be joining their EdTech platform. A leading provider of cloud-based student enrollment and school choice systems for PreK-12 district, charter, and independent schools, SchoolMint is an example of Hero K12
Gimlet is a live classroom quiz game for high school students to make learning fun and engaging. Students go to Gimlet on any phone, tablet, laptop, Chromebook, or desktop, input their names and a specific four-digit code provided by the teacher, and answer questions on
Blue Canoe Learning announced the completion of $1.4 million in financing from Kernel Capital. Blue Canoe Learning has created mobile games based on established curriculum and machine learning to help non-native English speakers improve their pronunciation and English communications skills. Users simply speak into the mobile
Bedtime Stories offers kids an ever-growing collection of empowering children’s stories. Users can choose from many different Storyworlds in every kind of genre written by authors from all around the world. Each Storyworld contains at least five stories with familiar characters and settings. To help
Brainly announced the close of $14 million in financing led by Kulczyk Investments. Naspers Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Point Nine Capital, and Runa Capital also participated in the funding. Brainly has 100 million monthly users from more than 35 countries, and claims that it’s “the
Progate is an education web service where everyone can learn to code. It offers a fully equipped coding environment to get users started, along with a total of nine courses and 36 lessons, including HTML & CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Ruby, and Python. The Tokyo-based company
AMOpportunities announced the completion of $1.1 million in financing led by OCA Ventures and HealthX Ventures. Rather than individual searches and applications to many hospitals and schools, AMOpportunities arranges more than 7,700 U.S. clinical rotations for international medical, nursing, and research trainees based on trainees’ preferred
According to a recent SEC filing, Galvanize has raised $7 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. Galvanize is a network of urban campuses where students and entrepreneurs can access the skills, knowledge, and networks they need to level up and make an impact. The company’s