Lyft partners with Guild Education to offer drivers tuition discounts

Lyft is going to start offering its drivers access to college advising and tuition discounts for classes, certificates and degrees  throu...

Palo Alto nonprofit Benetech wins a $42.5M Dept. of Education grant, a nod to founder Jim Fruchterman’s quest to help the blind

Jim Fruchterman, founder of Palo Alto-based nonprofit Benetech, was very relieved when, at the end of September, he received a...

Wonder Workshop raises $41M for its chatty robots that help kids learn to code

The Bay Area-based  Wonder Workshop  announced today that it has closed a $41 million Series C round of funding. The team has built a num...

Kenzie Academy is an ambitious project to bring tech jobs to Middle America

The most logical thing to do when you decide to step back from your successful startup, which didn’t end up in the deadpool like the othe...

Engaging kids in design-based learning

While most kids their age are glued to various digital devices, often wasting hours playing mindless games or watching cat videos, 164 fou...