What’s the Future of Innovation in Education?
For as long as there have been people, there have been folks predicting what the future might hold. And, recently at NewSchools, our team spent a whole day con…
Guest Post: Turning the Tassel – The Student Who Changed My Life
Guest Post by Oliver Sicat, CEO of EdnovateGraduation is always a special time for me as a school leader.…
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: Parent Power: Building Movements to Win
We knew we wanted to showcase parent voices at Summit 2017, so we spent the previous eight months engaging parent…
Live From Summit 2017: How to Personalize Learning with Rigor and High Expectations
Bethany Gross, a senior research analyst and research director at the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) moderated this…
Announcing our NewSchools Invent 2017 Cohort…and the Fantastic Journey to Find Them
By Arielle Rittvo Kinder in Entrepreneur, Innovative Public Schools, NewSchools Ventures, Personalized Learning, Social Emotional Learning onTwo years ago we launched NewSchools Invent. We wanted to invest in teams of educators who are reimagining learning,…
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…
News Release – Got an Idea for an Ed Tech Tool to Support Special Education? NewSchools Ignite Might Fund it!
Contact:Debbie Veney dveney@newschools.org | 415-375-8262Elly Stolnitz estolnitz@newschools.org | 415-371-6034 Announcing up to $1.5 million in new fu…
A Prediction for the New Year – The Power of Innovative Schools
Late last year, with our CEO Stacey Childress, I co-authored a paper called “Reimagining Learning: A Big Bet on…
Now’s the Time to Reimagine Learning
By Stacey Childress in Diverse Leaders, Ed Tech, Entrepreneur, Innovative Public Schools, NewSchools Ventures, Personalized Learning onAnd, if you think so, too...we should be talking. NewSchools invests in the most creative ideas and supports visionary…
Why We Support Innovative Schools
By Stacey Childress in Entrepreneur, Innovative Public Schools, NewSchools Ventures, Personalized Learning onWe love graduation season at NewSchools! It reminds us why we support innovative schools.A big part of our work is…
One Student’s Experience in an Innovative School
By Stacey Childress in Innovative Public Schools, NewSchools Ventures, Personalized Learning, Summit onLast week we announced our latest round of investments in teams launching innovative schools in Fall 2016 and Fall…
NewSchools Invent: Welcoming a New Cohort of Innovative Schools
By Scott Benson in Entrepreneur, Innovative Public Schools, NewSchools Ventures, Personalized Learning, Social Emotional Learning onWe believe young people deserve schools that match the incredible aspirations they have for themselves, their families and their…
Live From Summit 2016: Edtech in STEM Classrooms
By John Terada in Ed Tech, Innovative Public Schools, NewSchools Ventures, Personalized Learning, Summit onThis engaging discussion was led and moderated by Tonika Cheek Clayton, Managing Partner of NewSchools Venture Fund joined by…
Live From Summit 2016: XQ: Rethinking the American High School
Russlynn Ali, Managing Director of Education at Emerson Collective led a discussion on the XQ High School redesign challenge being…
Visiting Schools in the NewSchools Catapult Cohort (Post 3 of 3)
Over the last three months, we have been convening, learning from, and visiting schools across the country that are…
Visiting Schools in the NewSchools Catapult Cohort (Post 2 of 3)
Over the last three months, we have been convening, learning from, and visiting schools across the country that are…
Visiting Schools in the NewSchools Catapult Cohort (Post 1 of 3)
Over the last three months, we have been convening, learning from, and visiting schools across the country that are…
Exciting New Evidence about the Promise of Personalized Learning
By Stacey Childress in Personalized Learning onThe number of schools designed for personalized learning is growing rapidly. At NewSchools, we’re helping teams of educators launch…
Launching NewSchools Catapult: Invent 2016!
By Arielle Rittvo Kinder in Entrepreneur, Innovative Public Schools, NewSchools Ventures, Personalized Learning, Social Emotional Learning onIn July 2015 we launched NewSchools Catapult, a program to invest in and support education entrepreneurs launching new schools…
