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Sesame Street Seed Fund Launches With $10m
Beloved children’s TV program “Sesame Street” is getting into venture capital. Sesame Workshop has joined with with Collaborative Fund to launch a $10 million joint investment vehicle to invest in startups focused on education, health and social welfare for children.
Math And Coding Helps Kids Teach Each Other To Code
Non-profit movement MathAndCoding.org was launched by teenagers Vineet Kosaraju and Nikhil Cheerla. Their inspiration is to provide hands-on coding classes to kids of varying ages, ranging from grade school through high school. But instead of being taught by adults or industry professionals, this movement has kids teach other kids what they have learnt.
Software That Learns As It Teaches Is Upgrading Brazilian Education
André Urani Municipal School, a tech academy in Rio de Janeiro’s largest favela, is pioneering innovative educational software from São Paulo startup, Geekie. The system delivers the high-school syllabus in digital lessons, constantly evaluating students’ performance to feed real-time data to teachers and school.
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Musical T-shirts Turn Kids Into Little Beatles
John Paul George & Me brings musical creativity to children through interactive t-shirts adorned with conductive paint.