NewSchools Venture Fund Summit 2010
DATE: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
LOCATION: Grand Hyatt Washington, Washington, DC
The NewSchools Summit is an invitation-only gathering of leaders from across the education, business, policy and nonprofit sectors. Since 1998, NewSchools Venture Fund has worked to transform public education so that all children – especially those in underserved communities – have the opportunity to succeed. We have supported many of the nation’s highest performing entrepreneurial organizations and work closely with them to create systemic change.
This year’s Summit will provide participants with an opportunity to reflect on the changing context in which education entrepreneurs are operating. Through a bold set of competitive and incentive funds, new policy directions, staffing choices, and key speeches, the Obama administration has placed a big “bet” on the capacity of education and other social entrepreneurs to drive innovation in underserved American communities. These and other policy changes stand to increase demand and remove barriers for education entrepreneurs, resulting in a remarkable opportunity to expand this work. But that investment in an entrepreneurial theory of change brings with it pressure to deliver results on an unprecedented scale, and will alter the education reform landscape significantly.
We look forward to engaging in a conversation about the ways that the public, private and nonprofit sectors should take advantage of this unique opportunity and work together in the years ahead to dramatically improve our nation’s public education system.
The NewSchools Summit registration is now closed. Please contact events@newschools.org to be put on a waitlist.
Visiting Schools While in Washington, DC
While you’re in Washington, DC for the NewSchools Summit, be sure to visit some of the city’s excellent charter schools.
THERE IS A NON-SOLICITATION POLICY FOR THIS EVENT. Please help us respect this policy.
SPONSORED BY:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Doris & Donald Fisher Fund
CityBridge Foundation
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