Live From Summit 2016: A Conversation with Nate Parker
Nate Parker lit up the crowd (and the Internet) with his provocative, challenging and uplifiting conversation with Carlos Watson of OZY Media. Parker, the writer, producer and star of the upcoming film “Birth of a Nation,” won the Sundance Grand Jury prize in January for his film about Nat Turner, the black preacher who led […]
Live From Summit 2016: Movements for the Next America
NewSchools Summit 2016 officially began this morning with an inspirational opening plenary. Two young women — one Latino and one Black – stepped onto the stage, and beneath a single spotlight shared the stories of their educational journeys. NewsSchools CEO Stacey Childress followed the students and set the tone for the day with powerful opening […]
Live From Summit 2016: Inside the SAT
Aaron Lemon-Strauss, Executive Director of College Board, led a session exploring the personalized practice tools that more than one million students have used to prepare for the new SAT. The education leaders joining him as panelists were: Elizabeth Slavitt, VP of Learner Strategy and Operations at Khan Academy Bernard McCune, Deputy Chief of the Office of Post-Secondary Readiness […]
Live From Summit 2016: Left, Right, Kids in the Middle
Cynthia Tucker Haynes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist and a popular radio and television commentator led a lively discussion along with two panelists: Roland Martin is the host and managing editor of TV One’s News One Now Lisa Snell, Director of Education of the Reason Foundation The session discussed how education issues have come up […]
Live From Summit 2016: Advancing Social-Emotional Learning for Students and Teachers
This inspiring session featured four school leaders who have launched schools because they believe important aspects of school need to be redesigned to support authentic development of social-emotional learning (SEL) in students. The school leaders who presented on their models included: Jonathan Hanover, Executive Director and Principle of Roots Elementary School Sara Cotner, Founder and […]
Live From Summit 2016: Newark Beyond the Headlines
Jen Holleran of Startup: Education, moderated a thought-provoking session exploring some of the inherent conflicts – fiscal, facilities and enrollment policies – that result from creating a system of diverse school options. The panelists that joined her were: Christopher Cerf, Newark Public Schools Superintendent Mashea Ashton, Newark Charter School Fund’s CEO. In addition, the speakers discussed […]
Live From Summit 2016: The Time is Now for ELL Edtech Tools
Esther Tricoche, Associate Partner at NewSchools Venture Fund, moderated a session examining the rapidly changing demographics in the US. The panel of leaders who joined her included: Jordan Meranus, Co-founder and CEO of Ellevation Education Mirta Desir, CEO and Founder of Smart Coos Roberto Gutiérrez, President of Latino Educational Equity Partnerships Jenny Ancheta-Garcia, Associate Trainer for The Sobrato Family Foundation The panelists explored how schools […]
Live From Summit 2016: Jeopardy!
Debbie Veney, Director of Communications for NewSchools Venture Fund, kicked off a lively discussion about the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), using a fun, game-show style competition and Q&A. The games participants included: Alyson Klein, Assistant Editor for Education Week Michael Watenpaugh, Superintendent of San Rafael City Schools Shavar Jeffries, National President, Democrats for Education Reform The session focused on […]
Live From Summit 2016: Diversity & Inclusion: What, How and Why Now
Cameron White, Associate Partner at the NewSchools Venture Fund, led a discussion that shed light on the problem with traditional, homogenous teams, explained possible strategy options and discussed why now is the time for companies and organizations to establish diverse strategies. Joining him as panelists were: Michelle Molitor, (FREE, Fellowship for Race and Equity in Education) […]
Live from Summit 2016: Rapid-Prototyping to Address Critical Student Needs
This interactive and innovative workshop was led by Rich Crandall, Director at Intentional Futures, and formerly an Associate Partner at NewSchools Venture Fund and the K-12 Lab Director at the Institute of Design at Stanford. The session gave entrepreneurs the opportunity to think about the critical student need areas identified by NewSchools and how to […]