We’re excited to announce a new funding opportunity focused on GenAI math tutoring solutions built on specialized foundation models. This initiative focuses on cutting-edge math tutoring solutions that can increase accuracy, lower costs, and make personalized, high-quality learning accessible to all students. Through a grant opportunity of up to $300,000 that includes partnerships with top researchers, we will provide ventures with tailored technical assistance, product feedback, piloting and evaluation support. Applications are due by April 18, 2025.
This is a tough time to be in education. For teachers and school leaders navigating a third wave of the pandemic and fighting to deliver an excellent education, there are no “time outs.” Education philanthropy has a shared responsibility to support educators who are responding to unrelenting demands every day.
Here at NewSchools, we kicked off 2021 with the launch of a new three-year strategy, focused on four investment areas: Innovative Public Schools, Learning Solutions, Diverse Leaders, and Racial Equity. Our team is energized by the tremendous response from education innovators and leaders across the country.
If there was ever a time to imagine a more equitable future for our young people, it’s now. We know that an excellent education is central to this vision and that we can’t get there without rethinking the educational approaches of the past.
NewSchools Venture Fund commissioned research from Betsy Peters and Doug Roberts from Educational Solutions Consulting to (1) understand the key chara...
Our model provider portfolio was born of our Innovative Schools portfolio, specifically a subset focused on transforming existing schools. Often, these initiatives become tremendously labor-intensive. Schools started to create the schools they dreamed of by selecting curricula, materials, assessments, professional development, technology, and all other components independently. Often, those components didn’t fit together cohesively, and filling in the gaps largely fell on teachers’ shoulders. Instead, we saw a budding trends that we and schools we worked with found promising: model providers. This 2018 paper outlines our concerns, articulates our hopes, and announces our brand new model provider portfolio.
