Summit 2021 Full Session Videos
Opening Plenary: Provocations for the Future Racial equity and philanthropy: Change is overdue Supporting student and educator mental health Parents and real power What smart leaders are doing with those emergency funds Design it for us: Students speak out on what learning should look like
Summit 2019 Full Session Videos
Watch full sessions from our 2019 Summit.
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Opening Plenary: The Future of Our Democracy Lunch Plenary: The Future of Technology Closing Plenary: The Future of Work Advancing Equity Through Social Emotional and Academic Development Beyond the Hype: What the Data Says About Personalized Learning Failing Forward: Learning From Our Mistakes Getting to the Heart of Entrepreneurship Moving Beyond Diversity to True Inclusion […]
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Opening Plenary: The Founders Lunch Plenary: Parent Power: Building Movements to Win Closing Plenary: Why Can’t We Be Friends?: Disagreements, Tradeoffs and Common Ground Achieving Breakthroughs with R&D Charters: Bigger, Better or Different? Delivering on the Promise of Inclusive Classrooms: Special Education Technology Diversity in Education: The State of the Field Driving Statewide Quality: Stories […]
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Opening Plenary: Movements for the Next America Lunch Plenary: A Conversation with Nate Parker Closing Plenary: Hopes for the Future Advancing Social-Emotional Learning for Students and Teachers Edtech in STEM Classrooms: Trapped in the 20th Century? Edtech Research that Empowers Educators and Entrepreneurs Expanding the Definition of Student Success: A Roadmap for Action Helping Children […]
Summit 2014
Summit 2014 brought 1,000 leading entrepreneurs, educators, public officials, policy makers, journalists, funders and community members to Burlingame, CA to propel the work of transforming K-12 education. This year’s Summit was distinguished by a focus on educational equity as a core aspiration of education reform. On the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, Summit […]
Summit 2015
More than 950 attendees representing 578 organizations convened in San Francisco on May 5 and 6 for NewSchools Summit 2015, the annual gathering for education innovation thought leaders who bring some of the most important voices and perspectives in K-12 education reform today. An invitation-only convening of entrepreneurs, educators, community leaders, funders, and policy makers, […]
College Achievement Network Founders Convene in Denver: Common Core Mysterious No More
Over 100 participants and presenters joined us last week in Denver for a College Achievement Network convening focused on the Common Core. The two-
Focusing on College Readiness
Exciting things happening in Minneapolis today. NewSchools Partner Deborah McGriff led a session at the
Summit 2012 Event Details
NewSchools-Aspen Institute Summit 2012, produced in partnership with NBC News’ “Education Nation” Fifteen Million Children in Poverty: Education Entrepreneurship and America’s Most Urgent Challenge The NewSchools-Aspen Institute Summit is an invitation-only event featuring top practitioners and thinkers working to transform education in underserved communities. Summit 2012 will begin with evening festivities on May 1, 2012 and continue through the […]