How One School Built Systems to Support its Most Vulnerable Students
By Antonio Tapia, Senior Associate Partner, NewSchools Venture FundPhoto: Neil ThomasAs we wind down the most unconventional summer most…
Do Black Lives Matter in Education Reform?
By Natalie Wilson, Associate Partner, NewSchools Venture FundI have spent the past five years searching for a public school that…
Keep the older kids at home and use middle and high schools for elementary students
By Leo Bialis-White, Senior Associate Partner, NewSchools Venture FundUpdates! Back in May, Greg Richmond and Peter Cunningham were some of the…
Charter School Authorizers Must Rebalance Accountability, Flexibility, and Support During the Pandemic
By Miho Kubagawa, Partner, NewSchools Venture FundWhen schools closed in March, I naively assumed that the biggest challenge public…
Three Principles School Leaders Can Use to Reduce COVID-19 Risk
By David Noah, Comp Sci HighJason Shaad, Charter School Growth FundMiho Kubagawa, NewSchools Venture FundPhoto by Andy FalconerAre face shields…
Our Moral Imperative: Racial Equity and the Public School System
By Frances Messano, senior managing partner, NewSchools Venture Fund Photo by mana5280 on UnsplashEducators are preparing for a fall as…
Schools can stay virtually connected to their families. Here’s how.
By NewSchools in Innovative Public Schools onBy Gabi Netter, Associate Partner at NewSchools Venture FundIt’s a critical time for schools to connect with their students’…
How Leopards Change Their Spots: Five Attributes of Schools That Successfully Transitioned to Distance Learning
By Frances Messano in Innovative Public Schools onBy Frances Messano, Senior Managing Partner, NewSchools Venture FundAs schools rapidly closed down their physical buildings across the country, we saw…
What I’m Grateful for This Season: Education Innovators
By NewSchools in Innovative Public Schools onBy Miho Kubagawa, Partner, NewSchools Venture FundNovember is my favorite month of the year because of its focus on…
Five Things We’re Learning from Schools in Our Portfolio
By Stacey Childress, CEO, NewSchools Venture FundEnthusiasm for social emotional learning has reached a fever pitch among policymakers and…
NewSchools Announces Up to $8 Million in Funding for PreK-12 Education Innovators and Entrepreneurs
Thinking of starting an innovative school or supporting diverse education leaders? We want to hear about it.(Oakland, CA, August 1, 2019)…
AppleTree: How Social Innovations Scale to Become Model Providers
How do social innovations scale? KIPP began as a charter school, became a charter management organization, and then a…
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…
NEWS RELEASE: NewSchools is Looking to Fund Up to $8 Million in New Investments
(Oakland, CA, August 1, 2018) — NewSchools Venture Fund is excited to announce funding opportunities are now open for…
Announcing NewSchools’ Latest Cohort! 23 New Investments = 11,000 New Opportunities
By Derrick Johnson in Innovative Public Schools onThis blog was also posted on Medium.This year marks 20 years of investing in new, innovative schools here at…
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…
Reposted From EdSurge: What Does It Take to Create Diverse Schools? Meet the Pioneers Making It Happen
By Elly Stolnitz in Innovative Public Schools onThe following post was originally published on EdSurge on November 27, 2017:Despite progress in integrating American schools following the…
Reposted From EdSurge: From Personalized Math to Micro-Schools, This NewSchools Cohort Is Reimagining Learning
By Guest in Innovative Public Schools onThe following post was originally published on EdSurge on October 10, 2017:How do you find educators who want to completely rethink…
Creating an Intentionally Diverse School: Lessons Learned
Most people have probably never heard of “intentionally diverse” schools – those designed to create and maintain a diverse…
Guest Post: What Does it Mean to Redesign a School?
By Guest in Innovative Public Schools onGuest post by Yetta Lewis, CEO and co-founder of Gestalt Community SchoolsA little more than a year ago, I…
