The Kauffman Labs for Enterprise Creation, a Kauffman Foundation initiatve, is joining with Startup Weekend to sponsor "Startup Weekend-Education" from August 27-29 in San Francisco. The event will bring together entrepreneurs, developers, designers to spend three days brainstorming new products and companies aimed at making an impact in education. At the end of the weekend, the winning idea, as determined by a panel of judges, will receive a $5000 prize.

Kauffman Labs recently launched the Education Ventures Program, a competitive search for up to 20 aspiring founding teams to launch high-growth, transformative companies in the education market.