Notes
1 National Center for Education Statistics, “The Nation’s Report Card: A First Look: 2013 Mathematics and Reading,” US Department of Education, 2013, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/main2013/2014451.aspx
2 Robert Balfanz, John M. Bridgeland, Laura A. Moore, and Joanna Hornig Fox, “Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic,” Civic Enterprises, November 2010, http://www.civicenterprises.net/MediaLibrary/Docs/17548_BGN_report_finalfull.pdf; Susan Dynarski, “For the Poor, the Graduation Gap Is Even Wider Than the Enrollment Gap,” The New York Times, June 2, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/upshot/for-the-poor-thegraduation-gap-is-even-wider-than-the-enrollment-gap.html
3 Allison Bailey, Tyce Henry, Lane McBride, and J. Puckett, “Unleashing the Potential of Technology in Education,” Boston Consulting Group, August 2011, https://www.bcg.com/documents/file82603.pdf
4 Douglas D. Ready, “Student Mathematics Performance in the First Two Years of Teach to One: Math,” Teachers College, Columbia University, December 4, 2014, http://www.newclassrooms.org/resources/Teach-to-One_Report_2013-14.pdf
5 John F. Pane, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Matthew D. Baird, and Laura S. Hamilton, “Continued Progress: Promising Evidence on Personalized Learning,” RAND Corporation, November 2015, http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1300/RR1365/RAND_RR1365.pdf
6 Larry Berger and David Stevenson, “K-12 Entrepreneurship: Slow Entry, Distant Exit,” prepared for the American Enterprise Institute conference “The Supply Side of School Reform and the Future of Educational Entrepreneurship,” October 25, 2007.
7 Katherine Fulton, Gabriel Kasper, and Barbara Kibbe, “What’s Next for Philanthropy: Acting Bigger and Adapting Better in a Networked World,” Monitor Institute, July 2010, http://monitorinstitute.com/downloads/what-we-think/whatsnext/Whats_Next_for_Philanthropy.pdf
8 CB Insights, “Ed Tech Funding Hits $1.87 Billion in 2014,” CB Insights website, January 20, 2015, https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/ed-tech-funding-record-2014
9 Laura Vanderkam, “Blended Learning: A Wise Giver’s Guide to Supporting Tech-Assisted Teaching,” Philanthropy Roundtable, April 2013, http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/file_uploads/Blended_Learning_Guidebook.pdf
10 Micah Sagebiel, “Nudging Ed Tech to Do the Right Thing: Equity, Impact Investing and Narrowing the Digital Divide,” Michael & Susan Dell Foundation website, June 23, 2014, http://www.msdf.org/blog/2014/06/nudging-ed-tech-right-thing-equity-impact-investing-narrowing-digital-divide
11 Christine W. Letts, William P. Ryan, and Allen S. Grossman, “Virtuous Capital: What Foundations Can Learn From Venture Capitalists,” Harvard Business Review, March-April 1997, https://hbr.org/1997/03/virtuous-capital-what-foundations-can-learn-from-venture-capitalists
12 Vanderkam, “Blended Learning.”
13 CB Insights, “Seed Venture Casualties? 1686 Pre-Series A Companies at Risk of Being Orphaned (Have Raised a Total of $1.06 Billion),” CB Insights website, July 30,
2014, https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/seed-venture-capital-orphans
14 Matt Greenfield and Tom Vander Ark, “Boosting Impact: Why Foundations Should Invest in Education Venture Funds.” Getting Smart, March 2014, http://cdno.gettingsmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Boosting-Impact-Final.pdf
Julie Petersen is a freelance writer who
consults to NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF)
and Reach NewSchools Capital. She previously
served as director of communications at NSVF.
Earlier in her career, she was a senior writer at
Red Herring magazine.
Shauntel Poulson is a cofounder and
general partner at Reach NewSchools Capital.
Previously, she was a partner at NewSchools
Venture Fund (NSVF), where she managed
investments in the Seed Fund, which NSVF
spun out to create Reach Capital.
Disclosure: Through their involvement with NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF), the NSVF Seed Fund, and Reach NewSchools Capital, Julie Petersen and Shauntel Poulson have both had direct or indirect connections to the investments by those organizations in the following companies: BetterLesson, Elevation, LearnZillion, MasteryConnect, Schoolzilla, and Wireless Generation. The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are investors in Reach Capital and donors to the Seed Fund. In addition, Zuckerberg Education Ventures and the Omidyar Network are investors in Reach Capital.
