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Announcing $9 million in funding for bold ideas to integrate executive function and mathBy Melina Uncapher, Ph.D., Director, EF+Math…

By Deborah Veney, Director of Policy and CommunicationsNearly everyone has been inside a school. But, stepping into an innovativepublic school…

Guest post by Cristina DeJesus, CEO of Green Dot Public SchoolsThis is the second in a series of insights…

Our team at NewSchools has been wrestling with a challenge. While there is growing consensus that schools should focus…

For the last few years, August 1 has been a particularly auspicious day for me and my colleagues at…

Research is a critical component of how we do our work at NewSchools Venture Fund. In fact, we have…

This blog was also cross-posted on Medium. I’m an ed tech investor. It’s my job to keep an eye on…

Everyone likes to give their predictions at the start of a new year. And, while those prognostications are often…

When most people hear “Finance Director” they think of spreadsheets, budgets and audits. And, that is an important part…

The following post was originally published on EdSurge on May 23, 2017:Every year, during Teacher Appreciation Week in May,…

The following post was originally published on EdSurge:March is Women’s History Month, and what better time to recognize women…

Two of our ventures were busy last weekend, working to #DiversifyEd at an event they co-hosted in Boston.  Latinos for…

In 2008, NewSchools launched the first DC Schools Fund with the goal of dramatically improving educational outcomes for students in…

DC Schools Fund II finished 2015 with a number of key successes, and an eye toward even greater impact…

Stacey Childress, CEO of NewSchools Venture Fund, issued the following statement in response to the proposed FY17 U.S. education…

American young people deserve a better model of schooling. Creating it requires us to rethink the way we design…