How Entrepreneurs are Tackling Challenges in Ed Tech – Part Two
An Interview with Komal Dadlani, Co-founder and CEO of Lab4U, on getting into classrooms early and often to build a great product We recently released an insight brief on what we’re learning from three years of ed tech investing. In the brief, we identified three consistent patterns we observed across all of our ed tech […]
How Entrepreneurs are Tackling Challenges in Ed Tech
An Interview with Peter Gault, Co-founder and Executive Director of Quill.org, on designing for student differences We recently released an insight brief on what we’re learning from three years of ed tech investing. In the brief, we identified three consistent patterns we observed across all of our ed tech investments. This three-part blog series is […]
AppleTree: How Social Innovations Scale to Become Model Providers
How do social innovations scale? KIPP began as a charter school, became a charter management organization, and then a network of charter management organizations. AVID started as a single school program, which grew to a countywide initiative, and eventually became a national non-profit. There are multiple pathways even for a single organization. More […]
ICYMI at Summit 2018: Failing Forward
Guest post by Cristina DeJesus, CEO of Green Dot Public Schools This is the second in a series of insights and reflections from panelists who spoke at NewSchools Summit 2018. The series can also be found on Medium. It’s really hard to talk about failure, but it’s also a personal credo for me in my work. Owning […]
Reposted from Medium.com: Here’s What We’re Learning From Schools
Our team at NewSchools has been wrestling with a challenge. While there is growing consensus that schools should focus on more than reading and math scores, the field lacks agreement on which additional indicators are most important and how to measure them. Which competencies and school culture/climate factors are most important? How can they best […]
Reposted from Medium.com — Sneak Peek at our New Ed Tech Research Framework
Research is a critical component of how we do our work at NewSchools Venture Fund. In fact, we have a motto: “Share what you learn as fast as you lear
Preparing for a Wakanda Future
This blog was also cross-posted on Medium. I’m an ed tech investor. It’s my job to keep an eye on the future. What I’m seeing on the horizon is exciting, but also a bit scary. The world of work is rapidly changing. Many of the jobs that exist today won’t be around in the next […]
SEL – Learning From the Field
This blog was also cross-posted on Medium. Earlier this month, I moderated a panel at LearnLaunch’s Across Boundaries conference with an inspiring group of educators. We were discussing one of my favorite topics: integrating social emotional learning (SEL) into classroom instruction. This is an emerging area of study and many of us are learning while […]
A Calculated Approach – Supporting Excellence in Public Education
When most people hear “Finance Director” they think of spreadsheets, budgets and audits. And, that is an important part of the job. But, my N
Creating an Intentionally Diverse School: Lessons Learned
Most people have probably never heard of “intentionally diverse” schools – those designed to create and maintain a diverse student population in terms