Socrates Meets Edtech: 51 Questions that Teach
By David Havens in Ed Tech onEarlier this week, NewSchools and Silicon Valley Education Foundation collaborated on launching a new learning innovation zone. Ten companies…
One Giant Step Forward for Education
By Jennifer Carolan in Ed Tech onToday, the National Education Association, the largest teachers union in the United States and a political powerhouse, announced a…
A closer look at K12 edtech venture funding in 2013
By Vivek Murali in Ed Tech onVenture investment in K12 education technology was up 6% in 2013 totaling $452 million. Over half of these investments…
Who’s Funding K-12 Edtech?
By Shauntel Poulson in Ed Tech on“What other funders do you recommend?” This is one of the most common questions I get from edtech founders…
ReimaginED: The Future of K12 Education
By David Havens in Ed Tech on(link)From TED talk playlists to government speeches, everyone agrees: education is changing. Exactly how, why, or what it all means is still…
The NewSchools Notebook: tech, teaching, and inspiration
By David Havens in Ed Tech onAt NewSchools, we are constantly being exposed to new ideas in education from a variety of sources. Given that…
“Read, Write, Code” say CodeHS founders and winners of NBC Innovation challenge
By David Havens in Ed Tech onIn my last year at Stanford I took a class that made me wish I could start all over…
Helping Children Cope with Technological Change
By Cameron White in Ed Tech onA recently posted video of a four-year old’s tearful reaction to his father’s upgrade to Apple iOS 7 serves…
Beyond Data to Insights and Action
By Shauntel Poulson in Ed Tech on“Big Data” has become a buzzword within edtech circles and learning analytics is a Top Edtech Trend driven in…
Book Smarts vs Street Smarts: aka Edtech Founders as Action Researchers
Last week I was in Boston visiting two of our portfolio companies, BetterLesson and Socrative. Spending time with entrepreneurs…
Announcing Readworks.org: The Best Kept Secret in Reading Comprehension
We are thrilled to welcome Readworks.org to the Seed Fund portfolio. It’s a humble and hardworking nonprofit, with a…
Curriculum, the Trojan Horse of School Reform
By Jennifer Carolan in Ed Tech onAs a country, we’ve vastly under-appreciated the importance of high-quality content as a key lever to improve teaching and…
Alive in the Swamp
Sir Michael Barber, Michael Fullan and Katelyn Donnelly discus education reform and the impact of learning technologies. They also…
Reflections on Digital Inequality, Live from ISTE 2013
By Jennifer Carolan in Ed Tech onWalking the aisles at ISTE reminds me of the Charles Gibson’s quote, “the future is already here, it’s just…
K-12 Ed Tech Market Map Refresh
By NewSchools in Ed Tech onNewSchools is releasing an update to the K-12 Ed Tech Market Map, once again created in collaboration with Education…
Building a Digital Depository
These are exciting times for education entrepreneurship, technology, and the policy ecosystem that surrounds them both. Whether gauged by…
Learning in 2028
We are happy to make recordings of all the Summit 2013 sessions available to you. You can also check…
Innovators in Education
After 15 years of working to improve education by supporting and enabling the ideas and efforts of passionate innovators,…
Summit 2013 Session Videos
We are happy to make recordings of all the Summit 2013 sessions available to you. We will be adding…
Live from Summit 2013: Closing Plenary
These announcements brought a great close to a busy day filled with numerous engaging speakers and presenters. Thank you…
