Tag: edtech
How victims of PowerSchool’s data breach helped each other investigate ‘massive’ hack
On January 7, at 11:10 p.m. in Dubai, Romy Backus received an email from education technology giant PowerSchool notifying her that the school...
Arizona’s getting an online charter school taught entirely by AI
The newest online-only school greenlighted by the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools comes with a twist: The academic curriculum will be taught...
ASL Aspire wants to gamify STEM education for deaf kids
Poor literacy skills have plagued the deaf and hard of hearing community for decades. The median literacy rates of deaf high school graduates...
Stepful raises $31.5M to address healthcare staffing shortage with AI-powered training
Carl Madi spent a chunk of the last decade working for Uber and Handy, an online marketplace for cleaners. “I spent a lot...
AI reading coach startup Ello now lets kids create their own stories
Ello, the AI reading companion that aims to support kids struggling to read, launched a new product on Monday that allows kids to...
India’s Physics Wallah raises $210M at $2.8B valuation even as edtech funding remains scarce
Physics Wallah, an Indian edtech startup, has secured $210 million in fresh financing amid a tough funding environment for edtech companies in the...