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Live From Summit 2016: “I Care about Diversity, But…”
Exploring how leaders of all ethnicities can work to advance more diverse leadership across the field of education was a panel of Black, Latino and White leaders who discussed their stories…
Live From Summit 2016: A Conversation with Nate Parker
Nate Parker lit up the crowd (and the Internet) with his provocative, challenging and uplifiting conversation with Carlos Watson of OZY Media. Parker, the writer, producer and star of the…
Building Effective Teacher Residencies: Report from UTRU
We are excited to share a newly released white paper from Urban Teacher Residency United (UTRU). “Building Effective Teacher Residencies,” examines two of the residency programs in its network, Aspire…
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…
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…