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 a $252 billion global industry by 2020, bringing more innovative education tools to the hands of students, teachers, and families around the world. However, early childhood education (ECE) is a chronically under-resourced area — with fewer for-profit funders, accelerators, […]

News Release – What’s New in Ed Tech for Early Learning?

NewSchools Launches Challenge Based on New Findings (Oakland, CA, August 7, 2017) – NewSchools Venture Fund recently conducted market research on early learning and uncovered unmet needs in ed tech tools tailored for preK-2nd grade learners. This research – generated through interviews with educators, school leaders, entrepreneurs, and funders – inspired the NewSchools Ignite challenge […]

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, Dr. Richard Charles, Daniel Munda, Eileen Murphy, Sunny Washington, and Gabriel Aduato. The session discusses equity in edtech products and how teachers use these products to create authentic, real-word classroom learning experiences.   Barbara Wade from […]

Live From Summit 2017: Achieving Breakthroughs with R&D

This thought-provoking and discussion-based session was moderated by Stacey Childress, the CEO of NewSchools Venture Fund and Russ Shilling from Digital Promise.   The session discussed the need to emphasize R&D within education, how it might work, and then had small breakouts to gather insights from session participants on problems an R&D organization should prioritize […]

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 […]

Announcing the NewSchools Ignite Special Education Challenge

We’re excited to announce the NewSchools Ignite: Special Education Challenge, which opens today.  This challenge – the fourth in the NewSchools Ignite series – is open to entrepreneurs developing engaging, technology-enabled learning experiences, instructional content, assessments, administrative tools, and other digital products that support students with disabilities in Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade.  Applications are open […]

News Release – Got an Idea for an Ed Tech Tool to Support Special Education? NewSchools Ignite Might Fund it!

Contact: Debbie Veney   [email protected] | 415-375-8262 Elly Stolnitz   [email protected] | 415-371-6034   Announcing up to $1.5 million in new funding opportunities for ed tech entrepreneurs (Oakland, CA, February 16, 2017) — NewSchools Venture Fund is excited to announce the launch of its next ed tech funding opportunity: the NewSchools Ignite Special Education Challenge.  This challenge […]

Reposted From EdSurge: What Could $4 Billion Do for American Education?

The following post was originally published on EdSurge by Stacey Childress: Every January, it’s customary to make resolutions and predictions for the new year. This year, I want to go all out and make a prediction not just for the next year, but for the next decade. The caveat is that this prediction can only come […]