Dive Brief:
- New York City-based Flatiron School raised $9 million to grow its operations, which primarily include 12-week coding classes in Manhattan and Brooklyn at this point.
- The fledgling program raised $5.5 million in seed funding just last year, according to EdSurge.
- EdSurge also reports Flatiron claims a 99% job placement rate for its graduates and recently started offering classes for high schoolers.
Dive Insight:
Quick coding courses and programs, often called bootcamps, are becoming increasingly available to adults interested in retraining for a new career. The Obama administration has encouraged such programs, decrying the workforce skills gap that potentially leaves hundreds of thousands of tech jobs unfilled. Some traditional universities have begun to partner with tech startups similar to Flatiron to offer coding courses and certifications under their accreditation. Learning House recently acquired the Software Craftsmanship Guild to produce exactly these partnerships.