Live From Summit 2017: Tactical Advice for For-Profit Sustainability and Fundraising
This candid small-group discussion was led by Shauntel Poulson from Reach Capital. Joining her at the table were Melissa Corto, Ben Grimley, Dr. Johnetta MacCalla, Rayford Davis, Maya Gat, Erin Mote and Cynthia Barbera. The discussion examined the current state of ed tech funding and how early stage companies can adjust their strategies to adjust […]
Live From Summit 2017: The ESSA Opportunity: Strategies from State and District Chiefs
This provocative thought-provoking session was moderated by Mike Magee from Chiefs for Change. Joining him as speakers were Pedro Martinez from San Antonio, Hanna Skandera from New Mexico and Lewis Ferebee from Indianapolis. The session explored how education system leaders are capitalizing on the flexibility and local control offered by the Every Student Succeeds Act […]
Live From Summit 2017: Parent Power: Building Movements to Win
We knew we wanted to showcase parent voices at Summit 2017, so we spent the previous eight months engaging parent networks. And when we planned the agenda, we put their stories center stage in our Lunch Plenary. This approach more than paid off – the powerful parent stories stole the show. The session opened with a video about Shaylean Hester, a […]
Live From Summit 2017: How to Personalize Learning with Rigor and High Expectations
Bethany Gross, a senior research analyst and research director at the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) moderated this thought-provoking session. Joining her as panelists were charter school founders Erin Mote of Brooklyn Lab Charter School, Oliver Sicat of Ednovate and Kyle Smitley of Detroit Achievement Academy, and Assistant Superintendent, April Madden of Henry County […]
Live From Summit 2017: Re-Thinking Student Discipline: What Schools Are Trying and Learning
This candid and thought-provoking session was led by John B. King, Jr., President and CEO of The Education Trust. Joining him as panelists were Anita Wadhwa, Amanda Aiken, Ric Zappa and Valissia Allen. Amanda Aiken, former Senior Director of Schools for Nola College Prep in Louisiana Eldridge Greer, Associate Chief of Student Equity and Opportunity […]
Live From Summit 2017: Achieving Breakthroughs with R&D
This thought-provoking and discussion-based session was moderated by Stacey Childress, the CEO of NewSchools Venture Fund and Russ Shilling from Digital Promise. The session discussed the need to emphasize R&D within education, how it might work, and then had small breakouts to gather insights from session participants on problems an R&D organization should prioritize […]
Live From Summit 2017: The Opening Plenary
The opening plenary was simulcast on Facebook Live. We hope you were able to listen, but if not…no worries! We’ve got a recap for you. Jahari Shelton, a tenth grader from Washington, D.C., was the first voice we heard this morning at NewSchools Summit 2017. And, if you don’t know who he is, you should. […]
Live From Summit 2017: Honoring Cultural Relevance to Promote Student Engagement
This thought-provoking Community of Practice session was led by Samir Bolar from Mastery Design Collaborative and Nick Monzi from Learn Fresh. Joining them as participants were Katherine Song from Goalbook, Rebekah Bergman from Flocabulary, Manjula Raman from ReadWorks, Emily Moore from PhET and Elisabeth Nouber from VocaliD. This small-group discussion took a closer look at how edtech developers can […]
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 […]
Let’s Get to Work: A Response to Robert Pondiscio
“Any group that only associates with like-minded people is susceptible to becoming extreme, inflexible, self-righteous, and losing its ability to see its own weaknesses.” This is the organizing idea in Robert Pondiscio’s Gadfly blog from May 25th, “The Left’s drive to push conservatives out of education reform.” At NewSchools, we actually agree with this […]