NewSchools Venture Fund Launches Education Technology Seed Fund
The NewSchools Venture Fund in San Francisco has announced the launch of a fund that will provide support to entrepreneurs working to develop education technology tools, applications, content, and services designed to improve opportunities for children from low-income communities. Unlike NewSchools’s Innovation Fund, which invests in organizations based on their potential to influence broader systems, the Education Technology Seed […]
NewSchools Venture Fund Announces Early-Stage Education Technology Fund to Accelerate Student Achievement
San Francisco, CA—January 25, 2012—NewSchools Venture Fund today announced the creation of an Education Technology Seed Fund, a new initiative to invest in entrepreneurs developing education technology tools, applications, content, and services that will significantly improve education opportunities for children from low-income communities. The Seed Fund was created to make investments in early-stage, pre-Series A […]
Policy Update: SOPA & Education
What does the recent controversy over SOPA have to do with education and education policymaking? More than you might think! Here’s the latest policy update from NewSchools Policy Director Ben Riley.
Educreations Policy Update
NewSchools Policy Director Ben Riley provides a great overview of two new education bills that were introduced last Friday, January 6 in the House Education and Workforce Committee. In his short video, Ben provides a run-down of the Student Success Act and the Encouraging Innovation & Effective Teachers Act. Ben’s using a great new app […]
2011 Year in Review
As 2011 comes to a close, we’re taking stock of our successes and challenges throughout the year. Here are just a few highlights: In 2011, schools in the NewSchools portfolio served more than 115,000 students—equal to the 33rd largest school district in the country. Upon graduation, 90% of them will go on to college. […]
PIE Network Welcomes Three Leading Education Reformers to Board of Directors
Three of the country’s top education reformers have joined the Board of Directors of the Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) Network, which supports and connects 34 advocacy groups working to improve education across the country. The new board members are: Denis Calabrese, president of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation in Houston, known for its major contributions […]
What Three Big EdTech Investments Say About The Future Of Education
This past week saw venture and private investors grabbing a pen to write checks to support three significant edtech trends: the move toward supporting Common Core standards, the use of “adaptive” learning technologies, and an increase in social media in education. The underlying theme, says Gloria Lee, chief operating officer of NewSchools Venture Fund, is […]
NewSchools Venture Fund leads $1.1 Million funding round for MasteryConnect
MasteryConnect Gives Teachers Real-Time Data on Student Progress and Provides Free Tools for Teachers to Collaborate Around Common Core Standards; the Funding Round includes Learn Capital, Imagine K12, and Angel Investors San Francisco, CA—December 7, 2011—NewSchools Venture Fund today announced that MasteryConnect, an education technology company that seeks to support teachers in the transition to […]
Initiative aims for 100,000 new STEM teachers
Partnership draws on member organizations’ expertise in recruiting and retaining talented educators A new national movement aims to increase the supply of math and science teachers and retain excellent teachers currently in U.S. classrooms by preparing 100,000 new math and science teachers over the next 10 years. Led by Carnegie Corporation of New York, Opportunity […]
NewSchools Announces $3 Million in Grants for Expansion of Four High-Performing Boston Charter Schools
Boston, MA—November 9, 2011—NewSchools Venture Fund today announced grants totaling over $3 million to four growing charter school organizations in Boston, as part of its Boston Charter School Replication Fund. The funding includes grants to Edward W. Brooke Charter School, Roxbury Preparatory Charter School, Excel Academies, and MATCH Public Charter Schools, each of which opened […]