School District Superintendents to Ed Tech: “Here’s how to work with us right now.”
By Justin Wedell in Ed Tech onBy Justin Wedell, Associate Partner, NewSchools Venture FundWhat should ed tech companies keep top of mind as they navigate…
Four Silver Linings in the Homeschool Hot Mess
By Tonika Cheek Clayton in Ed Tech onBy, Tonika Cheek Clayton, Managing Partner, NewSchools Venture FundAs a K-12 ed tech investor who understands the landscape of…
NewSchools Venture Fund’s Ed Tech Experts on COVID-19 Distance Learning
By Jason Weeby in Ed Tech onBy Jason WeebyModernizing today's classrooms with accessible and effective technology in a way that increases student learning and decreases…
SEL Has Never Been More Important: Three Equity-Focused Tools to Use at Home
By Cameron White in Ed Tech, Expanded Definition of Student Success (EDSS), Social Emotional Learning onBy Cameron White, Senior Associate PartnerEven before the COVID-19 public health crisis, equity-minded educators recognized the importance of social-emotional…
NewSchools Venture Fund and Gallup Release Survey Findings About Ed Tech Usage in U.S. PreK-12 Schools
New report unveils opinions from teachers, principals, administrators and students on digital tools (Oakland, CA, Sept. 12, 2019) – Gallup and NewSchools Ventu…
How Entrepreneurs are Tackling Challenges in Ed Tech – Part Three
Andrew Coulson, Chief Data Science Officer of MIND Research Institute, on leveraging the right data (not just big data)We…
How Entrepreneurs are Tackling Challenges in Ed Tech – Part Two
By Keisha Courtney in Ed Tech onAn Interview with Komal Dadlani, Co-founder and CEO of Lab4U, on getting into classrooms early and often to build…
How Entrepreneurs are Tackling Challenges in Ed Tech
By NewSchools in Ed Tech onAn Interview with Peter Gault, Co-founder and Executive Director of Quill.org, on designing for student differencesWe recently released an…
Repost from Medium.com – Is My Child Getting What He Needs in School?
Last weekend, we celebrated my son’s seventh birthday. After we finished singing both versions of “Happy Birthday” — the traditional one…
News Release: NewSchools Venture Fund Announces New Ed Tech Challenge
$1.5 million in funding for ed tech tools to support an expanded definition of student success(Oakland, CA, January 12,…
News Release – NewSchools is Looking to Fund Up to $8 Million in New Investments
Starting an innovative school or supporting diverse education leaders?(Oakland, CA, August 1, 2018) — NewSchools Venture Fund is excited…
Ignite Your Imagination! What’s the Future of Work?
By Esther Tricoche in Ed Tech onThis blog is also cross-posted on Medium.It feels like everywhere you look there is a new headline or statistic…
News Release – Calling All Ed Tech Entrepreneurs
By Elly Stolnitz in Ed Tech onNewSchools is Looking for Ideas for the Future of Work(Oakland, CA, February 22, 2018) – This week we’re excited…
Announcing the NewSchools Ignite: Early Learning Cohort
We’re thrilled to announce the 15 winners of the NewSchools Ignite Early Learning (PreK-2nd Grade) Challenge who collectively were…
Reposted From EdSurge: Early Learning Faces Obstacles and Inequities—Here’s How Edtech Can Help
By Tonika Cheek Clayton in Ed Tech onThe following post was originally published on EdSurge on August 14, 2017:Remember the days when Farmer Eddie taught youngsters what the…
Reposted From EdSurge: Have a Bold Idea for Education? Here’s How to Apply for Funding from NewSchools
The following post was originally published on EdSurge on August 1, 2017:August is often a sleepy month, when many are focused…
Repost – Why We Invested: NewSchools Venture Fund Early Learning Challenge
This post was originally published on Medium, and reposted with permission from Omidyar Network.Edtech is on track to be…
News Release – What’s New in Ed Tech for Early Learning?
By Elly Stolnitz in Ed Tech onNewSchools Launches Challenge Based on New Findings(Oakland, CA, August 7, 2017) – NewSchools Venture Fund recently conducted market research…
Live From Summit 2017: Delivering on the Promise of Inclusive Classrooms: Special Education Technology
This thought-provoking session was moderated by Steve Drummond, Senior Editor at NPR. Joining him as panelists were Renee Hill…
Live From Summit 2017: Is EdTech the Great Equalizer? Designing Products for Equity
This interactive session was led by Cameron White of NewSchools Venture Fund. Joining him as panelists were Babara Wade,…
