Our Schools

US education is below the average amongst Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries despite the fact that the US has an abundance of resources. Domestically, urban areas are performing well below US averages. In Detroit, 69% of students score below the basic National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) level in fourth grade math at a record low score.

Focus

The American K-12 education system needs to be transformed. SvF can empower entrepreneurs to develop and scale effective products, technologies, and services to transform education. SvF’s focus on urban K-12 education evaluates:

• next level of Student Information Systems,
• other assessment and standardization technology,
• parental involvement programs or models, and
• (mentoring enabled technologies and other outside-school time (OST) involvement models.

Advisors

Andrew Garland – The New Teacher Project
Rashidah Morgan – Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools
Jake House – Pittsburgh Public Schools
Kathryn Block – Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools
Pete Fritz – Huron Consulting
Steve Small – TEAM Schools
Keith Oelrich – Ignite Education Group
NewSchools Venture Fund

Contact

Business Plans: