Why We Support Innovative Schools
We love graduation season at NewSchools! It reminds us why we support innovative schools. A big part of our work is supporting new innovative schools with the potential to become great networks. Through our Invent program, we fund the planning and launch of the first and second schools of emerging innovative charter networks. (We also fund new […]
One Student’s Experience in an Innovative School
Last week we announced our latest round of investments in teams launching innovative schools in Fall 2016 and Fall 2017. Since last summer, we’ve invested in 25 new schools around the country. Of these, 22 are the first or second school in emerging charter networks, all of which intend to grow significantly in the coming […]
NewSchools Invent: Welcoming a New Cohort of Innovative Schools
We believe young people deserve schools that match the incredible aspirations they have for themselves, their families and their communities. Today, too many are in schools that don’t match those aspirations or the times we’re living in. Our role is to support teams of educators who are reimagining learning so that students are prepared and […]
Live From Summit 2016: Edtech in STEM Classrooms
This engaging discussion was led and moderated by Tonika Cheek Clayton, Managing Partner of NewSchools Venture Fund joined by five other speakers: Bill Kurtz, CEO of DSST Public Schools Chris Lehmann, Principal at Science Leadership Academy Jessie Woolley-Wilson, CEO at Dreambox Dan Meyer, Chief Academic Officer at Desmos Margaret Honey, CEO of New York Hall […]
Live From Summit 2016: XQ: Rethinking the American High School
Russlynn Ali, Managing Director of Education at Emerson Collective led a discussion on the XQ High School redesign challenge being led nationwide to rethink the high school experience. The panelists who joined her included: Larry Berger, Co-founder and CEO of Amplify Jennifer Golub, Executive Director of Content and Innovation at MAL\FOR GOOD Anna Lee, second year […]
Visiting Schools in the NewSchools Catapult Cohort (Post 3 of 3)
Over the last three months, we have been convening, learning from, and visiting schools across the country that are in our Catapult 2015 cohort. Each school we support is reimagining, redesigning and recreating the student experience. Through a series of blog posts, we are excited to highlight these schools and some of the ways they […]
Visiting Schools in the NewSchools Catapult Cohort (Post 2 of 3)
Over the last three months, we have been convening, learning from, and visiting schools across the country that are in our Catapult 2015 cohort. Each school we support is reimagining, redesigning and recreating the student experience. Through a series of blog posts, we are excited to highlight these schools and some of the ways they […]
Visiting Schools in the NewSchools Catapult Cohort (Post 1 of 3)
Over the last three months, we have been convening, learning from, and visiting schools across the country that are in our Catapult 2015 cohort. Each school we support is reimagining, redesigning and recreating the student experience. Through a series of blog posts, we are excited to highlight these schools and some of the ways they […]
Exciting New Evidence about the Promise of Personalized Learning
The number of schools designed for personalized learning is growing rapidly. At NewSchools, we’re helping teams of educators launch many such schools through our Catapult program. Why did we decide to focus here? One reason is early evidence of the positive effects personalized learning has on students. What do we know so far? The RAND […]
Launching NewSchools Catapult: Invent 2016!
In July 2015 we launched NewSchools Catapult, a program to invest in and support education entrepreneurs launching new schools with innovative instructional models. We recently announced NewSchools Catapult 2015, a cohort of 14 trailblazing district and charter schools that are reimagining PREK-12 education by personalizing learning and giving students greater agency over their experience. Innovation takes many […]