Students Assessments Aren’t Delivering on Their Promise for Accountability or Equity
By Jason Weeby in Expanded Definition of Student Success (EDSS), Impact & Efficacy, Policy and Politics onNow is the Time to Reassess our Student Assessment PoliciesBy Erin Harless, Manager of Research and Learning, NewSchools Venture…
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…
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…
Live From Summit 2017: Why Can’t We Be Friends?
The closing plenary of NewSchools Summit 2017 began with inspirational words from Paige Pence, a student from North Idaho…
Live From Summit 2017: The ESSA Opportunity: Strategies from State and District Chiefs
This provocative thought-provoking session was moderated by Mike Magee from Chiefs for Change. Joining him as speakers were Pedro…
I’m Ready to Get to Work
By Debbie Veney in Policy and Politics onJanuary 2016 roared in with lots of change in the air, and we’ve all responded in different ways. Personally,…
Guest Blog: How an Elite Education Reform Conference Felt More Like a #BlackLivesMatter Rally
The following post appeared originally on Education Post, and is reposted here with permission from its author, Marilyn Anderson Rhames.Stay…
Live From Summit 2016: School Discipline: It’s Complicated
Elizabeth Green, Co-Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Chalkbeat moderated a discussion exploring school discipline and zero tolerance policies in…
Live From Summit 2016: Hopes for the Future
The closing plenary at NewSchools Summit 2016 was an authentic, engaging end to a day that both began and…
Live From Summit 2016: Left, Right, Kids in the Middle
Cynthia Tucker Haynes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist and a popular radio and television commentator led a lively discussion…
Live From Summit 2016: Jeopardy!
Debbie Veney, Director of Communications for NewSchools Venture Fund, kicked off a lively discussion about the Every Student Succeeds Act…
Top 10 Education Stories from 2013 to Watch for in 2014
By Gloria Lee in Policy and Politics onI just got an email from a friend the other day asking for my mailing address to send me…
Education Resources to Help You Stay in the Know
By Guest in Policy and Politics onAs a newer member of the NewSchools team, one of my New Year’s resolutions is to try and stay…
GREAT Act: More Reality Needed in Teaching… and Op-Eds
By Guest in Policy and Politics onWe have a serious problem in the United States: when it comes to training teachers, we are somewhere between…
Mowing Down the Mistakes of Confused Common Core Opponents
By Guest in Policy and Politics onOn Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle’s online portal SFGate.com ran an anti-Common Core op-ed authored by George Ball, the…
Why are the Common Core standards worth fighting for?
By Guest in Policy and Politics onBefore answering that question, let’s first do a little homework. Please turn to page 22 of this booklet, released…
Refuting Peter Buffett’s ‘New Code’
By Guest in Policy and Politics onSo, what should we make of Peter Buffett’s op-ed against "The Charitable-Industrial Complex"? I’ll confess I’m confused by his…
GREAT Act Introduced Before House and Senate
By Julie Mikuta in Policy and Politics onImagine your favorite teacher. Most likely this was someone who challenged the class and made learning fun. We all…
Building a Digital Depository
These are exciting times for education entrepreneurship, technology, and the policy ecosystem that surrounds them both. Whether gauged by…
Summit 2013 Session Videos
We are happy to make recordings of all the Summit 2013 sessions available to you. We will be adding…
