Policy and Politics

Live From Summit 2017: Why Can’t We Be Friends?

The closing plenary of NewSchools Summit 2017 began with inspirational words from Paige Pence, a student from North Idaho STEM Prep. And, it closed wi
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Live From Summit 2017: The ESSA Opportunity: Strategies from State and District Chiefs

This provocative thought-provoking session was moderated by Mike Magee from Chiefs for Change. Joining him as speakers were Pedro Martinez from San An
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I’m Ready to Get to Work

January 2016 roared in with lots of change in the air, and we’ve all responded in different ways. Personally, I’ve spent the past two weekends glued t
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  • Media Coverage

Guest Blog: How an Elite Education Reform Conference Felt More Like a #BlackLivesMatter Rally

The following post appeared originally on <a href="http://educationpost.org/how-an-elite-education-reform-conference-felt-more-like-a-blacklivesmatter
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Live From Summit 2016: School Discipline: It’s Complicated

Elizabeth Green, Co-Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Chalkbeat moderated a discussion exploring school discipline and zero tolerance policies in sc
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Live From Summit 2016: Hopes for the Future

The closing plenary at NewSchools Summit 2016 was an authentic, engaging end to a day that both began and ended with student voices. Following brief r
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Live From Summit 2016: Left, Right, Kids in the Middle

Cynthia Tucker Haynes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist and a popular radio and television commentator led a lively discussion along with
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Live From Summit 2016: Jeopardy!

Debbie Veney, Director of Communications for NewSchools Venture Fund, kicked off a lively discussion about the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), using a fun, game-show style competition and Q&A. The games participants included: Alyson Klein, Assistant Editor for Education Week…
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Top 10 Education Stories from 2013 to Watch for in 2014

I just got an email from a friend the other day asking for my mailing address to send me a holiday card. When my kids were toddlers, our holiday cards went out about a month late too. Here at NewSchools,…
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Education Resources to Help You Stay in the Know

As a newer member of the NewSchools team, one of my New Year’s resolutions is to try and stay more current with education news in 2014. I asked our team for their favorite resources, and thought I would share what…
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