Live from NewSchools Summit 2018: How are virtual reality and augmented reality changing the classroom experience?
Virtual and augmented reality are touted as breakthrough technologies that will revolutionize how students learn and engage with content. Hear from educators and technologists who are leveraging AR and VR in new and exciting ways, and gain insight into how these technologies are helping students build agency, cultural competence and excitement for learning.
Summary of Research Studies Demonstrating the Impact of Same-Race Teacher Match on Student Outcomes
A summary of over 25 studies examining teacher diversity and the effects on students.
How might ed tech support improved outcomes for students with disabilities?
A synopsis on the current landscape of special education within U.S. public education. While realizing technology is the not the panacea for issues faced in special education, technology can enable more quality student-teacher interaction.
Promising developments in ed tech for K-12 Science
Based on knowledge developed through the Science Learning Challenge, “Promising Developments in Ed Tech for K-12 Science” is a summary report of findings and lessons learned from market research and our support of the challenge winners.
Live from NewSchools Summit 2016: Innovative approaches to empowering educators and entrepreneurs through ed tech research
Recorded at NewSchools Summit 2016, this video features brief presentations from Phyllis Lockett (CEO at LEAP Innovations), Thomas Kane, Ph.D. (Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education), and Tonika Cheek Clayton (Managing Partner at NewSchools Venture Fund). Each presenter describes an innovative approach to empowering educators and entrepreneurs through ed tech research.
Lessons from four years of investing in ed tech: 2015-2019
This Insight Brief focuses on critical issues we’ve learned from our ed tech investments in in science, middle and high school math, English language learning, special education, early learning and the future of work.
Making ed tech hires with an eye toward diversity, equity and inclusion
While it can be challenging for early stage ventures to prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within the hiring process, it is also true that early decisions in these areas are especially important for a company’s long-term DEI trajectory. In this post, we share links we have assembled to help support ed tech entrepreneurs throughout the hiring process.
What are the areas of need for ed tech in early learning?
An overview of the Early Learning landscape and insights on ed tech. The market on this post is defined as being between Preschool to 2nd grade, or roughly the ages between 3 and 8.
4X4: There are four pathways to becoming a model provider and four major stages of development
Since our portfolio’s inception, we’ve committed to and appreciated learning alongside our venture organizations. Thanks to 28 of organizations we’ve worked with, we now know more about trends we tend to see in both their origins and journeys and the challenges and advantages of each. While of course no model provider is the same, we do see four primary pathways to becoming a model provider and four major stages each passes through on their road to developing a sustainable, high-impact model that works with schools at significant scale.
Insights and observations from the first year of work with our research partner, Transforming Education, and schools in our Innovative Public Schools portfolio
We invest in new innovative schools that embrace an expanded definition of student success meaning schools focus on academic results, social-emotional competencies and school culture/climate factors. A 2018 brief, authored Jason Atwood and Stacey Childress, includes design and implementation lessons we learned from working closely with school leadership teams and our research partner, Transforming Education. This brief also includes observations based on the data collected from more than 3,000 students at 23 schools.