Live from NewSchools Summit 2017: Designing ed tech products to optimize equity
Is Ed Tech the Great Equalizer? Designing Products for Equity
Looking Back on 2016 – Check out Our Highlights Video!
By Mark Boone, Chief Development Officer This has been quite a year, and a very memorable one in many ways. Around the country, student voices became more prominent on a range of issues – academic, social and political. States began working on plans under a landmark new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, […]
One Student’s Experience in an Innovative School
Last week we announced our latest round of invest
Live From Summit 2016: Movements for the Next America
NewSchools Summit 2016 officially began this morning with an inspirational opening plenary. Two young women — one Latino and one Black – stepped onto
Live from NewSchools Summit 2016: Is ed tech in the STEM classroom outdated?
Edtech in STEM Classroom: Trapped in the 20th Century?
Our Commitment to Diversifying Education
Many education reformers ask, “Why should we focus on closing the demographic gap between the children we serve and the leaders of the ed reform mo
ReimaginED 2015: Trends in K12 Education
ReimaginED 2015: Trends in K12 Education from David Havens We’re living in a time of tremendous technological change. In the next five years, another billion people will gain access to the internet. By 2020, 80% of the adults on Earth will have a smartphone, double what it is today. [1] We started the Seed […]
The Power of Video in Education and Our Investment in Zaption
Online video is central to the way in which 21st century learners digest and share information with one another. According to
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – We launched co.lab — the first and only startup accelerator focused on the intersection of games and learning — one year ago. Today, we are excited to introduce the seven companies that will be participating in co.lab’s third cohort, which kicks off this week: CodeMonkey Studios is creating an engaging online […]News Release – Learning games continue to gain momentum as co.lab announces cohort #3
Equity, Diversity & Edtech
The “wall of silence” is crumbli