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NewSchools Venture Fund Welcomes New Chief External Affairs Officer

(Oakland, CA, July 9, 2021) – NewSchools Venture Fund today announced Danielle Kristine Toussaint as its new Chief External Affairs Officer. This executive role was created to amplify the stories, impact, influence, and innovation that have emerged from NewSchools growing investment portfolio and bring all the organizations’ donor stewardship, thought leadership, and external messaging into […]

How Schools Can Center Student and Teacher Wellbeing

As schools unveil their reopening plans for the fall, the need to address student and educator mental health and wellbeing must take priority, even before concerns about getting students caught up academically. Students will have a harder time learning and teachers will not be as effective if schools don’t tend to the trauma and stress that many of them lived through this past year. Here are three ways that your school can support students and educators when they return to school.

How Partners Can Support Schools to Rebuild and Reimagine Learning

How Partners Can Support Schools to Rebuild and Reimagine Learning By Leo Bialis-White | June 2, 2021 Right now, billions of dollars in federal aid are flowing to public school systems in every state battered by the recession and the pandemic. The new American Rescue Plan sets aside a record $125 billion to help […]

Summit 2021 Full Session Videos

Opening Plenary: Provocations for the Future Racial equity and philanthropy: Change is overdue Supporting student and educator mental health Parents and real power What smart leaders are doing with those emergency funds Design it for us: Students speak out on what learning should look like

Big News! NewSchools Venture Fund Announces New Strategy and Leadership

By Stacey Childress, CEO, NewSchools Venture Fund If there was ever a time to imagine a more equitable future for our young people, it’s now. We know that an excellent education is central to this vision and that we can’t get there without rethinking the educational approaches of the past. I’m excited to announce that […]