New investments… and a new video!
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/18677353 w=500&h=281] Back in September, we made a promise that if 150,000 people pledged to see the movie Waiting for “Superman”, we would invest $5 million in entrepreneurial organizations that improve public education for low-income kids. The movie gets viewers outraged—as they should be—at the fact that in some communities, a quality education is […]
Ted Talks at Google
Despite all of the attention being paid to innovation in public education today, educational entrepreneurs still face many obstacles to reaching child
News roundup: lotteries, turnarounds, graduation, and other venture highlights
With the school year coming to a close, a variety of recent pieces have reflected on several entrepreneurial organizations’ successes while also be
NewSchools, on Facebook?
NewSchools is considering becoming a part of the Facebook community. We’d love to hear your ideas regarding how best to create our presence on Faceboo
A new way of doing something
Innovation may refer to incremental, radical, and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations. A distinction is typically made between invention, an idea made manifest, and innovation, ideas applied successfully. (Wikipedia) It’s more than just departing from the status quo, and beyond mere experimentation. It’s easy to call to mind breakthrough innovations that have […]