Four Silver Linings in the Homeschool Hot Mess

By, Tonika Cheek Clayton, Managing Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund As a K-12 ed tech investor who understands the landscape of tech tools used to support student learning, you might think my professional career had prepared me for forced distance learning with my three children. LOL. With kids in 2nd, 6th, and 9th grades at three […]

SEL – Learning From the Field

This blog was also cross-posted on Medium.  Earlier this month, I moderated a panel at LearnLaunch’s Across Boundaries conference with an inspiring group of educators. We were discussing one of my favorite topics: integrating social emotional learning (SEL) into classroom instruction. This is an emerging area of study and many of us are learning while […]

Congratulations to the Newest Ignite Cohort

  We’re thrilled to announce $1.5 million in funding to the 15 winners of the NewSchools Ignite Special Education Challenge. This cohort of entrepreneurs brings a diversity of ed tech solutions with potential to impact the more than 6.4 million students with disabilities in the U.S. K-12 education system. Congratulations to: BeeLine Reader Branching Minds […]

Just Three Weeks to Go: Looking for Bold Ideas in ELL Tools!

Nearly five million PreK-12 students in America are English Language Learners.  That’s a lot of students.   And, we’ve heard from teachers and researchers that there are not nearly enough high-quality instructional tools to meet their needs.  In fact, there’s a dearth of quality ELL tools, and the need has never been greater. So, we decided […]

Promising Developments in EdTech for Science

We have scientists to thank for many of conveniences that make our lives simpler, more comfortable…and in a lot of  ways more fun. That’s why we need many, many more scientists, and science education is an essential foundation for success in many careers.  In fact, the demand for workers in STEM-related careers continue to grow. […]

Live From Summit 2016: The Time is Now for ELL Edtech Tools

Esther Tricoche, Associate Partner at NewSchools Venture Fund, moderated a session examining the rapidly changing demographics in the US. The panel of leaders who joined her included: Jordan Meranus, Co-founder and CEO of Ellevation Education Mirta Desir, CEO and Founder of Smart Coos Roberto Gutiérrez, President of Latino Educational Equity Partnerships Jenny Ancheta-Garcia, Associate Trainer for The Sobrato Family Foundation The panelists explored how schools […]

Why improving math edtech tools today is so important for tomorrow

Our grandparents can all recall the days of reciting the times table, facing a dusty blackboard. They can all remember doing math problems from the same textbook, which was passed on to the next graduating class and then the next, despite new discoveries in the field. The world has changed a lot since then—we have […]