Live from Summit 2016: Telling it Straight: Educators and EdTech
Eva Gonda Green, Associate Partner of NewSchools Venture Fund led and moderated a session focusing on purchase and pilot decisions by schools. She was joined by two edtech decision makers: Stacey Wang, Director of Personalized Learning at Oakland Unified School District and Elena Sanina Senior Manager of Blended Learning at Aspire Public Schools. The panelists examined how […]
Live From Summit 2016: Partnership Strategies with Supes and Tech Decision Makers
Moderated by Doug Roberts, Founder and CEO of Educational Solutions Consulting, this session featured five superintendents and technology decision-makers: Susan Enfield (Highline Public Schools) John Krull (Oakland Unified School District) Randy Bridges (Florence School District One) Richard Carranza (San Francisco Unified School District) Stan Rounds (Las Cruces Public Schools) The speakers explored strategies for edtech developers […]
Summit 2014
Summit 2014 brought 1,000 leading entrepreneurs, educators, public officials, policy makers, journalists, funders and community members to Burlingame, CA to propel the work of transforming K-12 education. This year’s Summit was distinguished by a focus on educational equity as a core aspiration of education reform. On the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, Summit […]
Summit 2015
More than 950 attendees representing 578 organizations convened in San Francisco on May 5 and 6 for NewSchools Summit 2015, the annual gathering for education innovation thought leaders who bring some of the most important voices and perspectives in K-12 education reform today. An invitation-only convening of entrepreneurs, educators, community leaders, funders, and policy makers, […]
Summit 2015: Creative Solutions to Classroom Challenges
Across the country, we’re excited to see many schools, districts and charter organizations exploring ways of innovating in classrooms. We’ve learned that innovation is a journey that individuals and teams take (sometimes together, sometimes separately), and the ease of that journey depends on many things (teammates, school readiness, political context, landscape, other things swirling around, […]
Summit 2015: Brené Brown Delves Deeper in Q&A
In Brené Brown’s opening plenary talk at Summit 2015, she explained how the findings from her research into vulnerability, courage, and worthiness present an opportunity for educators to help students experience emotion fully and acquire the strength of character they need to address challenges. In the hour-long Q&A session following her talk, Brené delved deeper into questions […]
Summit 2015: Ben Jealous Challenges us to Build ‘Uncomfortable’ Coalitions and Dream Big
Ben Jealous, partner at Kapor Capital and former President & CEO of the NAACP, closed the NewSchools 2015 summit with a powerful call to action: to build ‘uncomfortable’ coalitions and dream big. Ben joined us after spending the last week in Baltimore—a city where his family has roots for over 80 years—where he was conducting […]
Live from Summit 2015: Expanding Our Definition of Student Success
This week at Summit, we had the opportunity to explore a topic near and dear to my heart — expanding the definition of student success. I firmly believe that all children must develop strong literacy and numeracy skills. We simply must ensure that our students graduate with that critical foundation. But it’s also important to […]
Live from Summit 2015: A Student’s Perspective on Next Gen Learning
Today at Summit, we shared “day in the life” videos featuring students in three next generation schools, and got a chance to hear from each of the three students directly. Stacey Childress explored with them what’s special, what’s helpful, and what’s still evolving about these innovative school models, from their perspective. The students were energizing, […]
Live from Summit 2015: Opening Plenary Session with Brené Brown
Those seeking change in our education system have never been more ready for someone like Brené Brown, and Brené just might have the secret sauce. As Summit’s Opening Plenary speaker, Brené got to the heart of what needs to happen to shift the way we run our school systems and teach our children. In one […]