Building Better Schools: A Proven Blueprint for Success
Despite signs of academic recovery, new data reveals that public school students, especially younger ones, are significantly behind, with achievement gaps widening between low-income and affluent students. As school leaders urgently seek solutions, it’s worth asking: What if the answers have been right in front of us all along — in innovative public schools with exceptional results?
Guest Post: Turning the Tassel – The Student Who Changed My Life
Guest Post by Oliver Sicat, CEO of Ednovate Graduation is always a special time for me as a school leader. At Ednovate, our mission is to educate high school students who will use their college degrees and careers to enact Positive Multigenerational Change in their communities, nation and world. There are currently three schools in […]
Live From Summit 2017: Why Can’t We Be Friends?
The closing plenary of NewSchools Summit 2017 began with inspirational words from Paige Pence, a student from North Idaho STEM Prep. And, it closed wi
Live From Summit 2017: The ESSA Opportunity: Strategies from State and District Chiefs
This provocative thought-provoking session was moderated by Mike Magee from Chiefs for Change. Joining him as speakers were Pedro Martinez from San An
Live From Summit 2017: Parent Power: Building Movements to Win
We knew we wanted to showcase parent voices at Summit 2017, so we spent the previous eight months engaging parent networks. And when we planned the ag
Live From Summit 2017: The Opening Plenary
The opening plenary was simulcast on Facebook Live. We hope you were able to listen, but if not…no worries! We’ve got a recap for you.
Jahari Shelton
Announcing our NewSchools Invent 2017 Cohort…and the Fantastic Journey to Find Them
Two years ago we launched NewSchools Invent. We wanted to invest in teams of educators who are reimagining learning, and looking to launch innovative
Reposted From EdSurge: What Could $4 Billion Do for American Education?
The following post was originally published on EdSurge by Stacey Childress: Every January, it’s customary to make resolutions and predictions for the new year. This year, I want to go all out and make a prediction not just for the next year, but for the next decade. The caveat is that this prediction can only come […]
A Prediction for the New Year – The Power of Innovative Schools
Late last year, with our CEO Stacey Childress, I co-authored a paper called “Reimagining Learning: A Big Bet on the Future of American Education.” An overview of the report is posted on EdSurge, in a piece penned by Stacey. In it, the “Reimagining Learning” paper is framed as a prediction for the future of education […]
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, […]