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…
Katiusca Moreno, Senior Partner
Most of us remember the teachers who made a powerful difference in our lives. I remember the ones who felt like family.
For me, Ms. Heyward was one of those teachers. She was my seventh grade…
The education sector is in the midst of an overdue reckoning about its role in perpetuating systemic racism in this country, from curricula that perpetuates a Eurocentric worldview to an educator workforce that does not reflect the student population.
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…
