Of course class matters. Schools matter too.
A recent piece on the New York Times op-ed page, which somehow didn’t get much immediate attention, ranks in the view of this jaded someti
Drone Submarines, Flying Cars, and the Classroom
What does education have in common with a pilotless submarine and
Mapping the K-12 Ed Tech Market
When Amerigo Vespucci made a map that showed how to find North America, people liked it so much they named the place after him.
Having now fi
Live, from New York: It’s Education Entrepreneurs!
This week, as part of the NBC News Education Nation program, NewSchools is partnering with NBC to put a spotlight on education innovation. Three t
Asking the Wrong Question on Ed Tech
How good are restaurants?
The question is obviously silly, because the category is too broad to produce a useful answer. Yet the New York
SOD – “Save Our Debate”
In Washington DC, the end of July is supposed to be a time of miserable weather during which the politicos get nothing done because they’re on vaca
NewSchools Venture Fund Managing Partner Jim Peyser Named to National Charter Schools Hall of Fame
“Jim has helped to shape the most important part of the charter school world—the high-performing charter management organizations, which are changing lives for low-income kids,” said NewSchools CEO Ted Mitchell.
2011 Investing in Innovation (i3) competition announced
Here’s a bit of information on the newly announced 2011 round of the federal Investing in Innovation Fund, or i3. We’re thrilled that nine members
Summit 2011: Innovation, honesty, and muffins
Yes, there were some marquee names. Mark Zuckerberg. John Doerr. Joel Klein. Sal Khan. Kaya Henderson. Reed Hastings. As Tom Vander Ark noted, “We don’t have many rock stars in education, but most of them were on the stage at the Summit.” But it was more than just star power that people were talking about […]
Bing Gordon on videogame design thinking
Only in one universe do the world’s farms produce more strawberries than corn, rice, sugar beets or soybeans. That universe is Farmville, the Facebook app whose other major product seems to be astonishing statistics. Statistics like that there are 30 times more people farming imaginary fields on Facebook than working on real farms in the […]