Education : Innovation & Job News

Surprise Ride, the startup that mails educational, hands-on activities to kids each month, already survived an appearance on "Shark Tank." Now the D.C. startup is prepping to appear on the spinoff "Beyond The Tank."

The advocacy platform is spending $250,000 to educate high-school and college-aged DC kids on how to build apps and a career in tech.

Native Washingtonian James Arawole says "Blood is Thicker Than Sugar" is the only young adult novel of its kind.

“After many years of being a museum without walls, we are thrilled to make such experiences possible every day,” Children’s Science Center Executive Director Nene Spivy said in a press release.

Check out 23 electric vehicles built by DC students Saturday.

Today's jobs are a little off the beaten path--we're serving up doughnuts and theater alongside our normal dose of development, design and marketing jobs.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is expected tomorrow to announce a new program called DC Innovation Opportunity that will serve high-potential, low-income D.C. residents.

When it announced it had acquired Disruption Corp in Arlington, VA, and Hattery in San Francisco, 1776 cofounders Evan Burfield and Donna Harris and now managing director Paul Singh faced lots of questions from the #DCtech community. They just released a podcast to explain more on their plans.

1776, the growing incubator, coworking space and seed fund, announced today that it has acquired Hattery in San Francisco.

According to math nerds, this Saturday is Super Pi(e) Day! Here's how to celebrate.

PYT Funds, a crowdfunding platform for current and future college students, is designed to help when financial aid and student loans just aren't enough.

The latest jobs in DC Tech, served piping hot!

The minds of entrepreneurs and innovators will meet in downtown D.C. Friday and Saturday as the Fosterly community combines Day of Fosterly and GovFest into one giant conference called Collaborate.

The Halcyon Incubator, an initiative of the S&R Foundation located in Georgetown, will welcome its second class of social entrepreneurs in January. Meet the companies working to improve living conditions across the globe.

Capital Call, a semi-annual pitch event hosted by Cooley LLP, draws entrepreneurs and investors together for potential matchmaking. Meet the companies who pitched last week.