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…
Live From Summit 2016: A Conversation with Nate Parker
Nate Parker lit up the crowd (and the Internet) with his provocative, challenging and uplifiting conversation with Carlos Watson…
Live From Summit 2016: Movements for the Next America
NewSchools Summit 2016 officially began this morning with an inspirational opening plenary. Two young women -- one Latino and…
Live From Summit 2016: Inside the SAT
Aaron Lemon-Strauss, Executive Director of College Board, led a session exploring the personalized practice tools that more than one million students…
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: Advancing Social-Emotional Learning for Students and Teachers
This inspiring session featured four school leaders who have launched schools because they believe important aspects of school need…
Live From Summit 2016: Newark Beyond the Headlines
Jen Holleran of Startup: Education, moderated a thought-provoking session exploring some of the inherent conflicts – fiscal, facilities and enrollment…
