Live From Summit 2016: Real Talk with Teach For America

Teach For America CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard engaged  in a conversation with Marc Sternberg, Director of K-12 Education Program at the Walton Family Foundation reflecting on Teach For America’s first 25 years, what they have learned, the shifts they’ve made, and where they are heading next. TFA’s early success fueled incredible growth.  However,  that growth put […]

Live From Summit 2016: Newark Beyond the Headlines

Jen Holleran of Startup: Education, moderated a thought-provoking session exploring some of the inherent conflicts – fiscal, facilities and enrollment policies – that result from creating a system of diverse school options.  The panelists that joined her were: Christopher Cerf, Newark Public Schools Superintendent Mashea Ashton, Newark Charter School Fund’s CEO. In addition, the speakers discussed […]

Meet Education Forward DC

In 2008, NewSchools launched the first DC Schools Fund with the goal of dramatically improving educational outcomes for students in Washington, DC. Eight years later, we have seen incredible progress. We have surpassed both of our major goals of our most recent Fund: supporting new schools serving 7,500 students, and closing or restarting a number of […]

Education Entrepreneurs: Simmons Lettre and Carrie Irvin

A year ago, a Charter Board Partners “team meeting” meant co-founders Simmons Lettre and Carrie Irvin gathering around Carrie’s kitchen table. Today, their seven-person team serves over 30% of DC’s charter schools by providing customized support on charter school governance. Their theory of action is simple yet powerful—great boards will lead to great schools. As […]

Lights, Camera, Action!

Education entrepreneurs are featured in several upcoming documentaries. Check out the trailer for The Lottery, directed by Madeline Sackler, which follows four families who enter the lottery for a spot at Harlem Success Academy – a high-performing public charter school operated by NewSchools portfolio venture Success Charter Network. Waiting for Superman premiered at the Sundance […]

NewSchools Summit 2010: Let the Countdown Begin!

Welcome to the brand new NewSchools Summit Web site! We hope this site helps you navigate our flagship annual event before, during and after the in-person convening, and that this blog expands on last year’s (see 2009 posts below) by creating some momentum for the discussions that will take place in Washington, DC on May […]