Education

The Lean Lab will award $100K to education entrepreneurs

By Tommy Felts / June 10, 2016

Local efforts to inject innovation into education received a boost Friday as The Lean Lab announced fellows in its incubator program will earn seed capital for their projects aimed at disrupting traditional learning.   Founded in 2013, The Lean Lab welcomed five new teams of fellows from around the nation for its incubator, which develops…

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Laura Gilchrist: What KC can learn from Silicon Valley education

By Tommy Felts / June 9, 2016

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. A few weeks ago, several of my fellow educators and I toured five innovative Bay Area schools. Being in the heart of Silicon Valley, it’s no surprise that educators there understand the importance of finding new ways to engage and educate kids in…

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Kansas City’s east side to receive free wireless gigabit network

By Tommy Felts / May 26, 2016

Kansas City is diligently continuing work to become the most connected city on earth. Three organizations are now working to create a free, large-scale wireless gigabit network on Kansas City’s east side. The project — led by Siklu Communications, the Urban Neighborhood Initiative and KC Digital Drive — will help eliminate cost barriers to help…

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Help wanted: Addressing KC’s (big) techie shortage

By Tommy Felts / April 26, 2016

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone.   Kansas City posted nearly 7,700 STEM job openings in 2015 — but only filled 2,550 of them. That means that for every STEM job candidate, there were three job openings. That’s great for job searchers, but terrible for Kansas City business and…

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Google opens applications for Digital Inclusion Fellowship

By Tommy Felts / April 21, 2016

Just two months after it unveiled free access to gigabit internet for low-income households in Kansas City, Google Fiber is again ramping up efforts to close the digital divide. In partnership with the Nonprofit Technology Network, Google Fiber has again opened applications for its Digital Inclusion Fellowship, this time looking for 22 bright minds to…

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