| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.06.2024 | ThinkCERCA Foundational Reading Course Approved as Evidence-Based Reading Intervention Program in Ohio | COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ThinkCERCA, a recognized industry leader in student reading and writing growth, has had its Foundational Reading and Linguistics Course for students in grades 6-12 approved as an Evidence-Based ... |
| 13.04.2023 | ThinkCERCA Partners with Quill | ThinkCERCA, a recognized industry leader in student reading and writing growth, is partnering with Quill to offer Quill’s AI-powered language skills tools as a complimentary service to the ThinkCERCA platform.
ThinkCERCA’s robust platform a... |
| 22.11.2022 | ThinkCERCA Launches Core English Language Arts Curriculum | ThinkCERCA launched its new Core ELA Curriculum for grades 6-12, providing a seamless way to implement a comprehensive literacy program through relevant and engaging units that ensure students gain confidence in their ability to navigate th... |
| 05.01.2022 | ThinkCERCA Adopted by New Mexico Board of Education | CHICAGO, Jan. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ThinkCERCA, a recognized industry leader in student reading and writing growth, the New Mexico Public Education Department has approved its writing curriculum for English Language Arts, Social Studies, ... |
| 19.11.2021 | ThinkCERCA Adopted by Oregon State Board of Education | CHICAGO, Nov. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ThinkCERCA, a recognized industry leader in student reading and writing growth, the Oregon State Board of Education has approved its core curriculum for English Language Arts and reading for grades 6-8... |
| 05.10.2017 | ThinkCERCA Raises $10M in Series B Funding | ThinkCERCA, a Chicago, IL-based provider of technology for students to learn critical thinking in the classroom, raised $10m Series B funding round.
The round was led by Intuit Co-founder, Scott Cook, and his wife Signe Ostby, founders of t... |
| 05.10.2017 | ThinkCERCA Grabs $10M Series B Round |
NEW YORK, NY, Online educational resource ThinkCERCA has raised $10 million in Series B funding.
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| 29.09.2017 | The Importance of Teaching a 360° Perspective on Columbus Day | In 2015, the city of Albuquerque declared that instead of celebrating Columbus Day on the second Monday of October, it would commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Last year, Santa Fe followed suit, and just recently, Los Angeles announced th... |
| 20.09.2017 | ThinkCERCA Secures $10.1M in Series B Funding | ThinkCERCA, a Chicago, IL-based provider of personalized literacy solutions, secured $10.1m in Series B funding.
Backers included Scott Cook and Signe Ostby, founders of the Valhalla Charitable Foundation, a number of prominent hedge fund m... |
| 20.09.2017 | ThinkCERCA Raises $10.1M From Big-Name Investors | Chicago ed tech startup ThinkCERCA raised a new round of funding from some notable investors to grow its student literacy platform.
ThinkCERCA announced Wednesday that it has raised $10.1 million in a Series B round of funding. The round wa... |
| 20.09.2017 | ThinkCERCA Raises $10.1 Million to Build Critical Thinkers, Readers and Writers | “Everyone’s worried about people having to learn how to code,” notes Eileen Murphy. But “there’s an even more basic level of literacy that people need to pick up,” notes the former English teacher and administrator. “Like how to write an em... |
| 28.03.2017 | How to Get Engagement, Growth and Stickiness When Teaching Kids to Write | As an English teacher with 24 years of experience, I often feel I’ve explored every possible avenue to help my students grow as writers. That is truer today than ever as new technology has increased the instructional possibilities, and evid... |
| 08.03.2017 | Startup Showdown: Recruiting Startup 'The Whether' Takes Home Launch Competition Prize | Ten starry-eyed startups took to the stage this week for SXSWedu’s sixth annual Launch Competition, a two-part challenge where early-stage companies battle head-to-head for feedback, exposure and investment. From VR/AR anatomy learning tool... |
| 29.06.2016 | Impact Engine closes its accelerator and a $10 million impact fund | An accelerator that backed for-profit, for-good ventures, Impact Engine, is abandoning the bootcamp approach and shifting its focus to investing in these startups as a seed fund, according to CEO and Partner Jessica Droste Yagan.
Based in C... |
| 12.05.2016 | How It Takes a Village—and a Summit—to Redress Education Inequality | Gone were the tables where entrepreneurs with their Apple laptops and iPads showed off their edtech apps. In their place were students from east Los Angeles and other parts of the country sporting XQ School Project tee-shirts who spoke fran... |
| 09.03.2016 | A Comprehensive List of Women Founders In Chicago Tech | The tech and startup world has long been a boys club. Despite making up half the population and almost 60% of the labor force, women only account for 30% of the US tech industry.
And the number of female startup founders is even lower. Only... |
| 26.02.2016 | Who Invests in Social Impact
| The idea of “making an impact” has exploded into our everyday vernacular. Millennials want to make an impact in their personal and professional lives, startups want to make an impact on the world, and investors want to provide the financial... |
| 02.12.2015 | Announcing This Year's 50 on Fire Winners | Tonight, we unveiled the 50 on Fire, a collection of companies, CEOs, startups, and entrepreneurs that are driving the city's innovation economy forward.
From Avant, one of Chicago's four Unicorns, to Todd Connor, Executive Director of the ... |
| 16.03.2015 | ThinkCERCA Grabs $3.2M Series A Round |
CHICAGO, IL, ThinkCERCA has raised a $3.2 million Series A round, led by the Follett Knowledge Fund.
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Chic... |
| 13.03.2015 | ThinkCERCA Raises $3.2M in Series A Funding | ThinkCERCA, a Chicago, IL-based provider of software for educators to differentiate instruction for English, science and social studies, raised $3.2m in Series A funding.
The round was led by the Follett Knowledge Fund, with participation f... |
| 13.03.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 3/13/15 | Do, Zuroa, Lingua.ly, Greenhouse, Memebox, Elastica, Looker, Bento, VaporChat, ClassKick, mySugr
Seed stage
Meeting management startup Do raised a $2 million seed round from NEA, Dave Morin, Kevin Colleran, Mark Pincus, Aayush Phumbhra, Jim... |
| 12.03.2015 | ThinkCERCA Raises $3.2M to Give More Students the Literacy Resources They Need | ThinkCERCA, a Chicago startup that provides educators with tools to teach literacy skills, announced that it has completed a $3.2 million Series A round of funding.
The round was led by the Follett Knowledge Fund, a $50 million capital fund... |
| 11.03.2015 | Follett Leads $3.2M Series A Investment in ThinkCERCA | ThinkCERCA, which offers a set of tools and lesson plans to help educators teach critical thinking skills, raised $1.5 million last June--but that’s not the end of it. Today, the Chicago-based company has raised $3.2 million in a Series A r... |
| 18.08.2014 | How Chicago is Bringing Together Edtech Entrepreneurs and Educators | When exploring the current landscape in edtech, it’s hard not to be excited. There is a proliferation of smart, scrappy entrepreneurs creating solutions to long-standing challenges in schools and classrooms. Edtech incubators and accelerato... |
| 13.08.2014 | Bay Area, Midwest Edtech Startups Pitch WI Investors, Target K-12 | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
It’s rare to hear of Silicon Valley startups pitching their companies to angel investors in Wisconsin. Usually it’s the inverse, with Badger State entrepreneurs trying to scor... |
| 12.07.2013 | What Real Collaboration Between Teachers and Techies Looks Like | This is what edtech should be: teachers, administrators, and even students, and edupreneurs participating in the same conversation.
On Thursday, July 11, hundreds of teachers and administrators from public, private and charter schools from ... |
| 04.06.2013 | Chicago Teachers Get Hands-On Day With Edtech | We'll admit we're wildly biased: this is exactly the kind of event that EdSurge loves best!
The Education Technology Start-up Collaborative is a one-day, free event in Chicago that aims to give teachers, principals and district leaders an o... |
| 10.08.2012 | Chicago’s accelerator for world-changing startups welcomes its first batch | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
OpenTable founder Chuck Templeton has launched Im... |
