To launch the Post-Secondary Innovation and Equity (PIE) that will develop and scale innovative schools and organizations that create new and better pathways from high school through post-secondary and into the workforce for low-income students
To support a CNN Town Hall on September 12, the development of bilingual resources for educators and parents/caregivers and the widespread distribution of these resources through January 2021
2020
Education
$500,000
NewSchools Venture Fund
To conduct a competitive grant program targeted at early stage organizations and programs seeking to increase teacher diversity
To support the incubation of seasoned entrepreneurs to develop ventures that address a significant barrier to student success and/or access to high-quality schools at scale
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
To support a set of data-driven analyses that will result in a specific set of recommendations for how K-12 accountability systems can and should respond to the lack of standardized testing across the country during COVID-19
To provide technical assistance and support to districts and state education agencies (SEAs) as they develop and implement a framework for returning to school after COVID-19