Social Entrepreneurs Honored for Contributions to Public Education
NewSchools Venture Fund announces 2012 honorees for Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards at annual convening of education innovators Oakland, CA – May 7, 2012 – Dedicated to honoring the individuals making a difference in the lives of students in low-income communities across the country, not-for-profit venture philanthropy firm NewSchools Venture Fund announced recipients of its annual awards, […]
Summit 2012 Video: Disruption and the Public Good
Entrepreneurs have brought disruptive innovation not just to private enterprise, but to areas of public good from energy to medicine with major ben
High school coder gets $3M for his gradebook software, 10-years later
Classroom-management software company Engrade has closed a $3 million round of funding, just ten years after its creation by a high school student.
Engrade Grabs $3M From Wireless Generation Co-founder To Help Teachers Manage Their Classrooms
As a high school student in 2003, Bri Holt found himself increasingly frustrated by the fact that there was no easy way for he and his classmates t
Live from Summit 2012: Looking to the Future
Today’s final session drew our Summit to a close with a discussion on the prospects for change that will benefit the education of America’s 15 mill
Live from Summit 2012: The View from the Other Side – Entrepreneurs Running Systems
Numerous leaders with backgrounds in entrepreneurial organizations have gone on to lead large traditional school systems. This afternoon’s panel as
Live From Summit 2012: Race to the Top – Are We Closer to the Finish Line?
It has been two years since Race to the Top launched, and this afternoon’s lunch panel, hosted by NBC News’s Rehema Ellis, discussed how f
Live From Summit 2012: Building Better New Teachers
What does excellent teacher training look like?
More and more, charter organizations and districts are training their own teachers. Pioneers
Live From Summit 2012: Kicking Off the Day!
This morning’s opening session kicked off the second day of the NewSchools-Aspen Institute Venture Fund Summit 2012. Today there will be numerous c
Engrade Raises $3M to Unify Classroom Management into Single Platform
Santa Monica, CA—May 2, 2012—Engrade, which offers a comprehensive suite of online classroom management tools, announced today that it has closed a $3 million round of funding. The round was led by Rethink Education and joined by NewSchools Venture Fund, as well as individual investors Greg Gunn, Zac Zeitlin, and Richard Chino. The funding will […]