With peerTransfer, a way to pay tuition abroad
A Boston startup born out of an international student’s frustration with overseas payments is pegging its future success on China, the largest source of foreign learners in the United States. The...
View ArticleSchool survey startup Panorama Education nets $12m investment
Startups have made plenty of noise about using technology to replace parts of the education system. One Boston-based company is finding early success by helping teachers and school districts do their...
View ArticleTechstars alum Testive adds $1.15M to boost college test-prep service
Companies like Kaplan and Princeton Review built big brand names by charging for college entrance-exam preparation. Boston startup company Testive is hoping that free software lessons can help it make...
View ArticleVisitDays, focused on college admissions process, moves to Cambridge after...
Boston’s annual influx of new students is about to begin. And this year, at least one startup company is also coming to town. VisitDays, which helps colleges and universities communicate with...
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TV-worthy live studio pumps up Harvard Business School’s online lessons
When Harvard Business School launched the online education program HBX last year, the idea was to reach undergraduates who might want a basic grounding in business principles by learning fundamentals...
View ArticleInternational tuition-payment startup peerTransfer is now Flywire
A fast-growing company that helps international students make their tuition payments is getting new offices and a new name. Boston-based PeerTransfer is changing its name to Flywire. The company also...
View ArticleLego Education’s new kit will teach elementary students the basics of...
When you’re about 7, getting to play with Lego bricks in science class is kind of like being allowed to eat ice cream for dinner. Ahead of its planned move to Boston this year, Lego Education is...
View ArticleFlywire acquires another competitor: Canada’s ScholarFX
Online tuition-payments service Flywire is gobbling up another competitor. The Boston startup says it’s acquired ScholarFX, a Toronto-based company that processes tuition and housing payments for...
View ArticleLearnLaunch, McGraw-Hill Education team up to school edtech startups
Executives from McGraw-Hill Education will mentor local entrepreneurs as part of a partnership with Boston’s LearnLaunch ed-tech startup accelerator. “Startups play an important role in the digital...
View ArticleJobs, Zuckerberg, Omidyar invest $6.4M in edtech startup Ellevation
Some of the tech industry’s most prominent education investors are throwing their support behind Ellevation, a Boston startup that helps teachers who work with kids trying to learn English. Ellevation,...
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