education : Innovation & Job News

Badges for the Challenge Festival, a week-long series of events surrounding the Global Challenge Cup Finals, have been released. Here's an overview of what to expect during D.C.'s week in the spotlight.

CampEasy founder Brooke Salkoff calls planning kids' summers "a giant Sudoku puzzle." She wants to provide the solution.

Anacostia's coworking space, The HIVE 2.0, welcomes new members (and a wedding--really) and gets set to open Nurish Cafe.

Ideaventions, an enrichment center for kids ages 3-13 provides classes in science, technology, engineering and math. And Minecraft. And Python. And....

CoFoundersLab, the entrepreneurial matchmaking engine born in Rockville, MD, is making matches in Brazil and Israel and now has an iOS app.

Edbacker, a crowdfunding platform for K-12 school projects, is raising funds and is looking for an app developer.

After nearly four hours of anxious pitches, the D.C. regional Challenge Cup winners have been crowned.

Coming in February 2014: an ideaspace for makers, tinkerers and thinkers in DC.

Energy Houses 7 and 8 are coming to Arlington, will offer geothermal heating, LEED and 60 percent efficiency over code.

My Study Rewards, a new app that offers incentives for mastering content, is about to hit the App Store.

1776 invites startups and entrepreneurs back to the classroom to take advantage of a host of classes, courses and workshops, thanks to a partnership with NY-based General Assembly.

The D.C. chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization is hosting a regional pitch competition for the Global Student Entrepreneur Award. The winner gets $2,500.

Tired of walking your parents through attaching a photo to email for the millionth time? IT IS SIMPLE will teach them for you.

Canvas, the coworking space near Dupont Circle, doubled in size in March and promptly sold out its dedicated desk space. 

The D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer and the Latino Economic Development Center have been helping District small business owners  integrate tech into their businesses for nine months. They will celebrate tomorrow by awarding free hardware and software to 21 small business owners.