Category: LearnLaunch News
Women in Edtech: A Q&A with LearnLaunch Co-Founders Jean Hammond and Eileen Rudden
In honor of Women’s History Month, we sat down with two of the women who are LearnLaunch’s Co-Founders: Jean Hammond and Eileen Rudden. In this interview, Jean and Eileen share their stories, including their roles in the start of LearnLaunch, Boston’s education innovation hub. They discuss the significance of finding and forming great teams, the Read More
Four Key Takeaways from #LearnLaunch2019
By Colin Magee | February 11, 2019 Last week LearnLaunch held our signature conference, Across Boundaries, which is also demo day for our accelerator program. Across Boundaries brings together investors, entrepreneurs, and educators from across the world to forge relationships and swap notes on the future of education. Below are the key takeaways from Read More
LearnLaunch Accelerator Companies Collectively Raise More Than $10 Million in the First Quarter of 2017
BOSTON and AUSTIN, Texas, March 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LearnLaunch Accelerator, the leading startup program personalized for edtech entrepreneurs, announced today that six of its companies, active in the education technology sector, closed on funding in the first month of 2017. Read More
LearnLaunch’s Across Boundaries Conference Brings EdTech Leaders to Boston
BOSTON, Feb. 02, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The edtech world’s attention turns to Boston today, as the LearnLaunch Institute’s fifth annual Across Boundaries Conference, co-hosted by the MIT Office of Digital Learning, opens at the Hynes Convention Center. Drawing more than 1,100 participants, from 13 countries and 30 states, Across Boundaries has grown by more than Read More
LearnLaunch & Rocky Hill School Pioneer Bringing EdTech Development into Schools; Building New Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs, Students & Faculty
BOSTON, Feb. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LearnLaunch, a leading education technology program, and Rocky Hill School, an independent day school for preschool through grade 12, announced a partnership that will pioneer a new paradigm for bringing EdTech into schools. By operating on-site at Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, LearnLaunch becomes the Read More
WriteSteps Joins LearnLaunch Accelerator; Benefits from Boston-Based Edtech Industry Leader
LearnLaunch Accelerator, the leading education technology startup program, today announced that WriteSteps, a Michigan-based edtech company, is joining its 2017 Breakthrough Accelerator Program. Focused on standards-based writing and grammar programs for K-5, WriteSteps has emerged as an important innovator in the growing education space. Read More
LearnLaunch Announces Full Agenda for Across Boundaries Conference
LearnLaunch, along with co-host MIT Office of Digital Learning, unveiled today the full agenda for the upcoming Across Boundaries Conference, to be held on February 2-3, 2017 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. With a theme of “Personalizing Pathways to Learning and Careers,” the conference will bring together professionals from across the edtech sector, to discuss critical challenges toward moving education practice forward, to play with cutting- edge products, and to learn from leaders in the field. Read More
MassNET's 5 Principles for Software Piloting
Insights on Software Piloting in an Urban School District: MassNET’s 5 Principals for Successful Implementation Read More