Pathbrite and readImagine: the cool ideas that didn’t get on the TODAY Show
Even if you didn't see the TODAY show last Wednesday, you've probably heard a good bit about the winners…
Who said it? Teachers Union Leader or Ed Tech Entrepreneur?
Even a handful of years ago, the scene would have been improbable: the leaders of the two major teachers…
What America thinks about education, 2012 edition
By Jonathan Schorr in Uncategorized onThere's a big problem with public education in this country, but it doesn't affect my kid. If you had to…
What does a moon shot in education mean?
By Jonathan Schorr in Uncategorized onLately, leaders seeking to describe a bold effort to make massive change have used the metaphor of the moon…
Bill Clinton takes on innovation in education at KIPP’s Summit
By Jonathan Schorr in Uncategorized onBill Clinton’s best speeches invariably are the ones where he travels easily and expertly between disciplines and fields of…
Teachers, Reformers and the “Real Fight”
By Jonathan Schorr in Uncategorized onEducation reform hardly qualifies as the most exciting news with an Aspen dateline this week. In fact, the Aspen…
Who’s an Education Entrepreneur?
By Jonathan Schorr in Entrepreneur onJason Tomassini, a talented scribe who’s just joined the ink-stained ranks at Ed Week, alerted those of us who…
Summit 2012
By Jonathan Schorr in Summit on“While the achievement gap between white and black students has narrowed significantly over the past few decades, the gap…
Grading the New York Times on Education Technology
By Jonathan Schorr in Ed Tech onThis morning, the New York Times had the latest in its occasional series, “Wouldn't It Be Nicer If There…
#takethetest
By Jonathan Schorr in Uncategorized onIt's not often that I wake up in the morning, read the blogs, and find a whole lot of…
Of course class matters. Schools matter too.
By Jonathan Schorr in Uncategorized onA recent piece on the New York Times op-ed page, which somehow didn't get much immediate attention, ranks in…
Drone Submarines, Flying Cars, and the Classroom
By Jonathan Schorr in Policy and Politics onWhat does education have in common with a pilotless submarine and remote-controlled insects?In short, the letters ARPA. Stay with…
Mapping the K-12 Ed Tech Market
By Jonathan Schorr in Ed Tech onWhen Amerigo Vespucci made a map that showed how to find North America, people liked it so much they…
Live, from New York: It’s Education Entrepreneurs!
By Jonathan Schorr in Entrepreneur onThis week, as part of the NBC News Education Nation program, NewSchools is partnering with NBC to put a…
Asking the Wrong Question on Ed Tech
By Jonathan Schorr in Uncategorized onHow good are restaurants?The question is obviously silly, because the category is too broad to produce a useful answer.…
SOD – “Save Our Debate”
By Jonathan Schorr in Uncategorized onIn Washington DC, the end of July is supposed to be a time of miserable weather during which the…
NewSchools Venture Fund Managing Partner Jim Peyser Named to National Charter Schools Hall of Fame
By Jonathan Schorr in Uncategorized on“Jim has helped to shape the most important part of the charter school world—the high-performing charter management organizations, which…
2011 Investing in Innovation (i3) competition announced
By Jonathan Schorr in Policy and Politics onHere's a bit of information on the newly announced 2011 round of the federal Investing in Innovation Fund, or…
Summit 2011: Innovation, honesty, and muffins
By Jonathan Schorr in Summit onYes, there were some marquee names. Mark Zuckerberg. John Doerr. Joel Klein. Sal Khan. Kaya Henderson. Reed Hastings.…
Bing Gordon on videogame design thinking
By Jonathan Schorr in Summit onOnly in one universe do the world's farms produce more strawberries than corn, rice, sugar beets or soybeans. That…
