| Fixing problems in K-12 education | October 19, 2003 |
Kim Smith
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New Schools Venture Fund |
Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Speaker Series |
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| Video 19 of 24 from this talk |
- 01:43Hybrids: Entrepreneurs Must Lead People from Radically Different Sectors
- 03:52Founding of Teach for America: Entrepreneurs Envision What Others Say is Impossible
- 02:27A Theory of Change = Business Model + Strategy
- 01:22Focus
- 00:42Hybrid Leaders
- 01:01Education: Shift From Culture of Compliance to Culture of Performance
- 01:51Venture Philanthropy
- 01:45New School Venture Fund History and Operations
- 02:23New School Portfolio
- 00:58Strategic Investment Analysis Via a Hybrid Partner Group
- 01:04Leadership, Communication, and Facilitation Skills
- 01:29Taking Risks
- 02:28Achieving Profits Through Customer Focus
- 01:29Forming the Founding Team
- 01:07Measuring Social Return for Investors
- 02:13Venture capitalists as incubators and co-creators of new ventures
- 02:34Charter Schools - encourage diversity in the approach
- 02:10Parents as part of the K-12 learning community
- 03:59Fixing problems in K-12 education
- 03:07The investor community for educational ventures
- 03:22Scalability and Sustainability in non-profit sector
- 02:54VC Values impact on education and non-profit world
- 01:21Measuring success
- 02:56Funding for arts and sports
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School finance is inequitable between low- and high-income communities, says Smith. Is it better to try to fix the system or provide alternatives? New Schools funds projects for both options. Most reform efforts to date have focused on only small improvements inside the system. Though most people think of charter schools as competition, says Smith, New Schools describes them as 'co-opitition,' providing an alternative but also helping to encourage improvement in public schools.
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