Event Recap

Entrepreneurs have brought disruptive innovation not just to private enterprise, but to areas of public good from energy to medicine with major ben

Today’s final session drew our Summit to a close with a discussion on the prospects for change that will benefit the education of America’s 15 mill

Numerous leaders with backgrounds in entrepreneurial organizations have gone on to lead large traditional school systems. This afternoon’s panel as

It has been two years since Race to the Top launched, and this afternoon’s lunch panel, hosted by NBC News’s Rehema Ellis, discussed how f

What does excellent teacher training look like? More and more, charter organizations and districts are training their own teachers. Pioneers

This morning’s opening session kicked off the second day of the NewSchools-Aspen Institute Venture Fund Summit 2012. Today there will be numerous c

At Summit 2012, we’ll be taking an honest look about what’s been accomplished by education reformers, as well as what still needs to be done. This important conversation shouldn’t (and doesn’t have to) remain within the walls of the hotel.…

I’m eager to attend NewSchools Venture Fund’s Summit next week, and to have the opportunity to share ideas on what needs to be done to transform education in underserved communities. At New Teacher Center (NTC), we understand only too well…

When I left my job as a software developer, my original intent was to become a third grade classroom teacher. But during my teacher-credentialing program, I became more interested in special education and felt that working with a wider variety…