NewSchools’ Racial Equity Council has selected a group of innovators to receive $1.5 million in funding. These innovators are disrupting racial inequities and advancing the wellbeing and achievement of students in Black, Latino, and Indigenous communities.
NewSchools Venture Fund
In April, NewSchools launched a new funding opportunity to provide dream capital to innovators of color with bold ideas to advance racial equity in education. This investment area combines a broad focus with a new approach to…
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By Frances Messano, President, NewSchools Venture Fund
For the past year, there have been loud calls for justice and change stemming from the ongoing police killings of Black and Brown people and the violence against Asian-Americans. This week, George Floyd…
The past year has laid bare the pernicious effects of structural racism and its impact on people of color, especially Black Americans. Through George Floyd’s life and death, and the recent trial, we are reminded of the moral imperative of…
By Natalie Wilson, Associate Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund
I have spent the past five years searching for a public school that I am not certain exists.
I am a single mom to a lively, brilliant, rising fifth grader, Gabrielle, who…
By Antonio Tapia, Senior Associate Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund
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My daughter, Samira, and hundreds of other young people were protesting the death of George Floyd at Oakland Technical High School some weeks ago. Despite the risk of…
