iCivics creates online game to teach kids about the Constitution
iCivics and George Washington’s Mount Vernon museum are announcing Constitutional Compromise, an online game that teaches kids about the making of the U.S. Constitution....
99math raises $2.1M to make teaching and learning math fun
Estonian startup 99math has raised $2.1 million to boost its edtech math gaming platform aimed at making math fun. The new funds will help...
Tilting Point acquires edutainment maker Budge Studios
Most of the time, when we talk about games, it’s about the giant industry that creates titles like Elden Ring and Call of Duty....
Byju’s acquires Tynker edtech firm as part of U.S. expansion
India’s Byju’s has agreed to acquire creative coding platform Tynker as it continues its expansion into edtech and educational games in the United States....
Kalam Labs raises $450K for its livestreaming platform for educational games
Kalam Labs has raised a preseed round of $450,000 in funding for its livestreaming platform for educational games. The platform from Kalam Labs is...
How video games can address climate change
65% of Americans play video games. So what better way to educate people about an issue like climate change than a video game. That...
Numbala celebrates Pi Day with a sci-fi adventure that teaches kids math
Indie studio Neurodio is celebrating Pi Day with Numbala, a mobile game that teaches children math. The first six levels of the sci-fi adventure are available...
iCivics teaches kids about politics, not partisanship
Politics has become virtually inescapable, whether on social media or in games. For the nonprofit iCivics, this isn’t a recent development. Former U.S. Supreme...
Minecraft’s Education Edition launches November 1 for $5 a student
Recess could soon become a lot kids’ second-favorite subject at school. Developer Mojang announced that Minecraft: Education Edition hits November 1 for computers running Windows...
Triseum gets $1.4 million to make educational games on art and calculus
Triseum has raised $1.43 million to create better game-based learning systems for students. And today marks the launch of its first educational game, ARTé: Mecenas,...