Live From Summit 2017: Tactical Advice for For-Profit Sustainability and Fundraising
By Elly Stolnitz in Summit onThis candid small-group discussion was led by Shauntel Poulson from Reach Capital. Joining her at the table were Melissa…
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…
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…
Live From Summit 2017: Re-Thinking Student Discipline: What Schools Are Trying and Learning
By Alba Ochoa in Summit onThis candid and thought-provoking session was led by John B. King, Jr., President and CEO of The Education Trust.…
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…
Live From Summit 2017: The Opening Plenary
The opening plenary was simulcast on Facebook Live. We hope you were able to listen, but if not…no worries!…
Live From Summit 2017: Honoring Cultural Relevance to Promote Student Engagement
By Elly Stolnitz in Summit onThis thought-provoking Community of Practice session was led by Samir Bolar from Mastery Design Collaborative and Nick Monzi from…
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…
Let’s Get to Work: A Response to Robert Pondiscio
By Stacey Childress in Summit on“Any group that only associates with like-minded people is susceptible to becoming extreme, inflexible, self-righteous, and losing its ability…
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Opening Plenary: Movements for the Next AmericaLunch Plenary: A Conversation with Nate ParkerClosing Plenary: Hopes for the FutureAdvancing Social-Emotional…
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: 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: 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: What Will it Take to Integrate Our Schools?
Halley Potter of the Century Foundation moderated a discussion exploring the current state of school segregation and a range of…
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…
Live From Summit 2016: “I Care about Diversity, But…”
Exploring how leaders of all ethnicities can work to advance more diverse leadership across the field of education was…
Live From Summit 2016: Helping Children Transcend Adversity
This highly-compelling session was led by author Paul Tough, with a Q&A moderated by Jeff Raikes. The discussion focused on…
Live From Summit 2016: Real Talk with Teach For America
Teach For America CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard engaged in a conversation with Marc Sternberg, Director of K-12 Education Program…