NewSchools Venture Fund to address shortage of ed-tech capital
By Guest in Uncategorized onSelling technology to schools is still a formidable task, but it’s a far less expensive and extended process than…
Zynga.org and NewSchools Venture Fund Announce Learning Games Accelerator
By Guest in Uncategorized onSan Francisco, May 1, 2013 – Zynga.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to using social games for social good, today…
NewSchools & New Tools: PD, Games & MOOCs
By Guest in Uncategorized onTom Friedman summed up what we saw as a major theme of the conference by saying “With edtech, don’t…
Zynga To Launch Learning Games Accelerator
By Guest in Uncategorized onZynga.org will spend $1 Million and partner with NewSchools Venture Fund to create an accelerator that focuses on edtech…
Embracing education change: Summit in Burlingame focuses on standards, school needs
By Guest in Uncategorized onHeather Murtagh/Daily Journal U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, left, speaks with Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs? widow,…
Education in a Defined Benefits World
By Guest in Uncategorized on“Education is the number one issue where ever you go,” said Tom Friedman to Ted Mitchell in the #NSVFSummit…
Zynga and NewSchools Venture Fund create accelerator for educational gaming startups
By Guest in Uncategorized onEd tech entrepreneurs are getting yet another startup accelerator to choose from, but this one has a very specific focus: gaming.At…
Zynga & NewSchools team up to launch an accelerator for educational gaming startups
By Guest in Uncategorized onBURLINGAME, CA.: Zynga founder and CEO Mark Pincus just announced that the gaming giant is launching a learning accelerator…
Zynga to Give Education-Tech Startups a Boost
By Guest in Uncategorized onZynga wants kids to play more games in class.The San Francisco-game company’s non-profit, Zynga.org, plans to announce Wednesday that…
Zynga, NewSchools partner to build accelerator for ed-tech games
By Guest in Uncategorized onNoah BergerMark Pincus, chief executive officer of Zynga Game Network Inc.A new high-profile partnership is helping creating social…
Laurene Powell Jobs Engages Education Secretary Arne Duncan On School Reform, Immigration Legislation
By Guest in Uncategorized onU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Laurene Powell Jobs at NewSchools Summit 2013 on Wednesday. (Photo: Dennis…
Khan Academy CEO: Education in 2028 won’t be about ‘sitting passively & not questioning authority’
By Guest in Uncategorized onBURLINGAME, Calif: Salman Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy, spoke this morning at the NewSchools Venture Summit on…
NewSchools Fund Attracts More Capital
By Guest in Uncategorized onNewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit that started out channeling philanthropic donations to charter schools and that now invests in a range…
Virtual School Tours: Providing Parents with Greater Access to Compare School Quality
By Guest in NewSchools Ventures onBy David Pickens, Executive Director, DC School Reform Now This time of year in Washington, DC, is public school application…
Fat SOTUesday: Benjamin Riley’s Take on the SOTU Address
By Guest in Policy and Politics onI have a confession to make. I did not watch the President’s State of the Union speech last night.…
Edu-implications of the Election
By Guest in Policy and Politics onI came into work this morning to find a note on my monitor that reads, “4 More Years!! :).”…
Rounding Up: The Other Half of Education
Last week, as our summer together in the Bay Area was drawing to a close, a group of Education…
Grit to Graduate, part 2: Character Education
By Guest in Uncategorized onIn certain circles of ed reform, the famed marshmallow experiment by Walter Mischel at Stanford in the 1960’s is…
Grit to Graduate, part 1: College Success
By Guest in Uncategorized onAs dispiriting as our nation’s math scores can appear as evidence of fading international competitiveness, our position at the…
The J-Factor
By Guest in Uncategorized onLike so many “No Excuses” schools in our portfolio and beyond, KIPP: DC changes the lives of students and…