With school starting in most places in a few weeks, school and network leaders are under tremendous pressure to finalize their reopening plans. With those leaders in mind, Bellwether just released a new planning resource that includes all of the…
By Antonio Tapia, Senior Associate Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund
Photo: Neil Thomas
As we wind down the most unconventional summer most of us have ever experienced, the nation’s attention has predictably shifted to the reopening of schools. Depending on your…
By Leo Bialis-White, Senior Associate Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund
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Back in May, Greg Richmond and Peter Cunningham were some of the first to advocate for reallocating secondary school buildings in The 74. Evidence about how children in different age…
By Miho Kubagawa, Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund
When schools closed in March, I naively assumed that the biggest challenge public schools would face this upcoming school year would be how to open or reopen schools safely amidst a pandemic. However,…
By David Noah, Comp Sci High
Jason Shaad, Charter School Growth Fund
Miho Kubagawa, NewSchools Venture Fund
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Are face shields just as effective as face masks? What does social distancing look like for early elementary school…
By Gabi Netter, Associate Partner at NewSchools Venture Fund
It’s a critical time for schools to connect with their students’ families. Leaders and teachers are looking to support families with their economic, physical, and emotional needs in the face of…
By Frances Messano, Senior Managing Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund
As schools rapidly closed down their physical buildings across the country, we saw many of the leaders in our portfolio move quickly and nimbly to implement distance learning plans and provide…
Increasingly, educators are embracing an expanded definition of student success and looking for ways to realize this vision for their students. Too of…
NewSchools Venture Fund commissioned research from Betsy Peters and Doug Roberts from Educational Solutions Consulting to (1) understand the key chara…
