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Frances Messano
NewSchools is announcing more than $23 million in new investments and reinvestments to over 80 ventures, chosen from 1,600 applicants nationwide. At a time when it would be easy to pull back, innovators are stepping forward with courage, resilience, and bold visions for what comes next in public education. 
For nearly 30 years, NewSchools has partnered with visionary education leaders and entrepreneurs creating new possibilities for students. Through that work, we’ve seen that schools don’t have to choose between academic excellence, students’ well-being, and innovation — they can deliver across all three.

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Wendy-Ann Dixon-DuBois
NewSchools Venture Fund announced today more than $10 million in funding to help visionary educators and innovators reimagine what public education can be. The funding will support ideas that make teaching and learning more engaging, effective, and responsive to the needs of today’s students — with the goal of expanding opportunity and improving outcomes for students across the country.

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Mia Howard
In education, we’re often told we have to choose. Academic excellence or student well-being. Innovation or proven practice. Serving some students well or serving all students well. The schools we’re featuring in our new case study series prove those tradeoffs are false. They show that with strategic focus, authentic community partnership, and a commitment to continuous improvement, schools can deliver across multiple dimensions at once.