Education Nation New Orleans kicks off today, providing a week’s worth of programming focused on education challenges and opportunities throughout the area. The opening ceremony is today at 9:00 am with participating expected from Mayor Landrieu. The week hopes to be another implication for the future of education and education technology in New Orleans. The [...]
If you have big dreams and crazy ideas, New Orleans is the place to make them happen. On the last day of Entrepreneur Week, thousands gathered to support the remaining events, including The Big Idea, where 15 companies were vying for $50,000 in seed capital. The 15 companies showcased their early-stage companies outside of Manning’s [...]
Haystack EDU has officially launched! The company held a soft launch on Tuesday and then an official launch party last night at Bridge Lounge. Founder Tom Hayes considers Haystack the match.com for education purposes because the online platform helps match educators and schools based on needs. Haystack EDU’s platform will help replace more traditional methods [...]
For the second year in the row, members of the 4.0 Schools community swept Startup Weekend EDU Orlando, taking first, second, and third places. It comes as no surprise to many that the 4.0 Lab Cohort alums walked away with as winners. As many have noted, New Orleans is the, “only place for an ed [...]
After teaching in New Orleans for just one week, Tom Hayes experienced a personal uproot and a change in the New Orleans education system due to Hurricane Katrina. After helping out and working for FEMA for some time, Tom began working for Teach for America once the schools were open again. Fast forward a few [...]
Great news! 4.0 Schools just announced the opening of the Bay Area Lab Cohort. Read on for more information about the launch: What is the Lab Cohort? The Lab Cohort is a six week, part-time experience in the Develop stage of our programming. Designed to help passionate people build fluency in design, iteration, and prototyping, Lab [...]
We’re excited to announce the nominations are now open for the 2012 Silicon Bayou 100, a list of 100 people who have done the coolest stuff in Louisiana entrepreneurship and tech and have most influenced Louisiana’s startup, entrepreneurial, tech, and digital communities this year. Last year was the first year this list was published, making [...]
Last week, OnlineUniversities.com listed the ten cool(est) Ed Tech incubators aimed at forever changing education. Number three on the list is New Orleans’ own 4.0 Schools a company and community of people working towards solving the toughest problems in education faced today. This list coincides great with the announcement of the new Ed Tech Meetup [...]
In a city with as much hustle and bustle as the next, New Orleans has a good number of meetups, especially tech meetups, already on the radar. But, there’s always room for more that will help us learn and grow, which is why teacher Jin-Soo Huh has recently announced the newest meetup in town, Ed [...]
Like many industries, the world of education is a quagmire of technical and productivity issues. Nationwide budget cuts and falling test scores have caused the industry as a whole to rethink the approach to teaching, learning, testing, and communicating. A team of New Orleans Teach For America educators noticed a big problem with communication during [...]
