News Archive

2023

• Jan 13, 2023 - Project Unicorn Announces 2023 Steering Committee Chair

• Treah Hutchings, Getting Smart, July 2023 - The Importance of Amplifying New Voices in Education: Meet the 2023 EALA New Champion

• Grant Trahant, Causeartist, January 2023 - 25 Inspiring Nonprofit Leaders Who Will Impact the World in 2023

• EdWeek, July 2023 - Could Principal Apprenticeships Expand the Pipeline of School Leaders?

• Politico, July 2023 - Education and Labor departments unveil new boost to teacher apprenticeships

• U.S. Department of Education, July 2023 - Raise the Bar Policy Brief

• Politico, July 2023 - Education and Labor departments unveil new boost to teacher apprenticeships

• U.S. Department of Education, July 2023 - Education, Labor Departments Announce New Efforts to Advance Teacher Preparation Programs and Expand Registered Apprenticeships for Educators

• Illinois Business Journal, July 2023 - Education, Labor Departments announce new efforts to expand teacher prep, apprenticeship programs

• EdWeek, July 2023 - See Which States Have Teacher Apprenticeship Programs, and How the Model Plans to Expand

• Politico, July 2023 - Education and Labor departments unveil new boost to teacher apprenticeships

• Education Week, July 2023 - See Which States Have Teacher Apprenticeship Programs, and How the Model Plans to Expand

• K-12 Dive, August 2023 - One year in, what has the White House tutoring initiative accomplished?

• Overdeck Family Foundation, August 2023 - When It Comes To Purchasing EdTech Solutions, Evidence-Based Decision-Making Is More Important Than Ever

• The National Desk, August 2023 - Federal government seeks to boost teacher pipeline through paid apprenticeships

• The White House, September 2023 - A Proclamation on National Youth Justice Action Month, 2023 | The White House

• Forbes, September 2023 - Transitioning To The Nonprofit Sector? 16 Valuable Skills That Will Set You Apart

• Yahoo! Finance, October 2023 - Leading Education Organizations Come Together to Promote the Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Efficacious Use of Artificial Intelligence

• Forbes, October 2023 - How Nonprofit Leaders Can Build and Maintain An Engaged Team

• EdWeek, October 2023 - 180 Degree Turn: NYC District Goes From Banning ChatGPT to Exploring AI's Potential

2022

• Oct 26, 2022 - InnovateEDU’s Project Unicorn Releases Second Annual Report of School Data Capabilities

• Sept 20, 2022 - Four EdTech Vendors Earn Project Unicorn Interoperability Certification

• Susmita Pratihast, Getting Smart, April 14, 2022 - Finding Our Common Language

• March 31, 2022 - Riiid Demonstrates New Advanced AIEd Solutions at ASU+GSV 2022 Summit

• Eric Tucker and Barbara Pape, Getting Smart, March 07, 2022 - A Whole Child, Strengths-Based Approach to IEPsPR Web, August 11, 2022 - Pathways Alliance to Release Seminal Report Defining Teacher Residency Programs

• July 5, 2022 - Diverse Coalition of Education Groups Announces Support for the National Partnership for Student Success Launched Today by Biden-Harris Administration

• June 29, 2022 - Educating All Learners Alliance to Announce 2022 New Champion

• InnovateEDU, May 31, 2022 - Eight Ed Tech Vendors Earn Project Unicorn Interoperability Certification

• May 03, 2022 - Branching Minds Earns Distinctive Product Certifications

• April 26, 2022 - InnovateEDU Launches the Blueprint for Inclusive Research and Development in Education (BIRD-E) to Build the Next Generation of Education Research

• InnovateEDU, April 25, 2022 - Landing Zone Named 2022 SIIA CODiE Award Finalist In Best Data Management Solution

• Forbes Nonprofit Council, April 27, 2022 - 14 Common Website Mistakes Nonprofits Should Avoid

• Kristal Kuykendall, The Journal, April 26, 2022 - InnovateEDU Launches Open-Source Blueprint for Inclusive Research and Development in Education [BIRD-E]

• April 26, 2022 - InnovateEDU Launches the Blueprint for Inclusive Research and Development in Education (BIRD-E) to Build the Next Generation of Education Research

• InnovateEDU, April 25, 2022 - Landing Zone Named 2022 SIIA CODiE Award Finalist In Best Data Management Solution

• April 25, 2022 - New Champions Fund Launches to Provide Support to Leaders of Color and Allies who Support Students with Disabilities

• Rebecca Torchia, EdTech: Focus on K–12, April 18, 2022 - 30 K–12 IT Influencers to Follow in 2022

• Susmita Pratihast, Getting Smart, April 14, 2022 - Finding Our Common Language

• InnovateEDU, April 03, 2022 - EdTech Awards Names Landing Zone As The District Data Solution Winner

• March 31, 2022 - Riiid Demonstrates New Advanced AIEd Solutions at ASU+GSV 2022 Summit

• Eric Tucker and Barbara Pape, Getting Smart, March 07, 2022 - A Whole Child, Strengths-Based Approach to IEPs

• Aurora Dreger, Getting Smart, March 04, 2022 - Why After School Matters More than Ever

• InnovateEDU, February 23, 2022 - New Data Survey Seeks to Assess What Technical Assistance Schools Need

• Treah Hutchings, Getting Smart, February 07, 2022 - A Lifeboat in an Education Crisis: Supporting Educators through Inclusive Actions

• EduTechGuys, January 26, 2022 - Conference Coverage: FETC 2022 - Susan Bearden

• Hailee Lepley, The Herald Republican, January 19, 2022 - MSD leading tech innovations

• InnovateEDU, January 13, 2022 - Nine Nine Ed Tech Vendors Earn Project Unicorn Interoperability Certification

• Kipp Bentley, Government Technology, January 12, 2022 - Opinion: Test Driving the New ‘Buyer’s Guide’ for Ed Tech

• Elise Hawthorne, Getting Smart, January 03, 2022 - Treating Data as our Most Valuable Asset

2021

• Forbes Nonprofit Council, December 07, 2021 - 14 Essential Agile Practices For Nonprofit Organizations

• Getting Smart, October 15, 2021 - Project Unicorn Releases New K12 Data Interoperability Report: What it Means for Classroom Educators

• InnovateEDU, October 15, 2021 - InnovateEDU’s Project Unicorn Releases Inaugural School Data Interoperability Update

• InnovateEDU, October 13, 2021 - InnovateEDU To Co-Lead New Project Focused On Teacher Preparation

• Quetico, October 04, 2021 - Getting Unstuck #188: Helping Students Unlock Their Superpowers

• EdTech Focus on K12, October 01, 2021 - Q&A: Susan Bearden Pushes Ed Tech Users to Implement Interoperability Standards

• Ed-Fi Alliance Blog, September 16, 2021 - Ed-Fi Education Data At Work: Intrinsic Schools

• CDW, August 02, 2021 - The Use of Single Sign-On in Interoperability

• Forbes Nonprofit Council, July 30, 2021: 13 Best Ways To Implement Changes In A Growing Organization

• InnovateEDU, May 05, 2021: InnovateEDU’s Landing Zone Named SIIA Education Technology 2021 CODiE Award Finalist for Best Emerging Instructional Technology Solution

• InnovateEDU, April 2021: InnovateEDU’s Executive Director, Erin Mote, accepted into Forbes Nonprofit Council

• InnovateEDU, April 21, 2021: InnovateEDU’s Statement on the Derek Chauvin Verdict

• InnovateEDU, March 17, 2021: InnovateEDU’s Statement on Anti-Asian Crimes

2020

• Erin Mote and Arthi Krishnaswami, The 74, October 16, 2020: Educator’s View: Meet the ‘Students’ Helping Teachers Understand What Pandemic Life Is Like at Home

• Turnaround for Children, July 14, 2020: Educating All Learners Alliance Launches Resource Site for School Reopening

• Big Deal Media, June 01, 2020: Guidance for Providing a Safety Net for Students with Disabilities

• Eric Tucker, Getting Smart, May 07, 2020: To Reopen, America Needs Laboratory Schools

• Eric Tucker, Getting Smart, April 29, 2020: How to Reopen Schools: A 10-Point Plan Putting Equity at the Center

• Rick Hess, Education Week, April 28, 2020: Gates K-12 Education Chief on the Foundation's Response to Coronavirus

• Lindsay Jones, Erin Mote, Lauren Morando Rhim, Eric Tucker, NJ Education Report, April 28, 2020: We Can’t Use This Crisis To Abandon Our Most Complex Learners: Creative Solutions Abound

• Lindsay Jones, Erin Mote, Lauren Morando Rhim, and Eric Tucker, The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, April 24, 2020: We can rise to the challenge of educating students with disabilities during COVID-19

• Vicki Vila, The Dallas Morning News, April 19, 2020: The burden of switching to online education falls mostly on teachers

• Rachelle Dené Poth, Getting Smart, April 17, 2020: Educating All Learners During COVID-19: An Alliance Emerges to Provide Support for Virtual Special Education Services

• Erin Mote and Eric Tucker, Next Generation Learning Challenges, April 16, 2020: Educating All Learners to Thrive during School Closure

• Lauren Camera, U.S. News & World Report, April 15, 2020: Schools Struggle to Educate Students With Disabilities Amid Pandemic

• Linda Jacobson, K-12 Dive, April 13, 2020: Ed, tech coalition launches resource for remotely serving special needs students

• Carolyn Jones, EdSource, April 10, 2020: New website offers tips for teachers about virtual special education

• Oak Foundation, April 09, 2020: Facing Covid-19 with creativity and resilience

• Corey Mitchell, Education Week, April 08, 2020: Just in Time: a Resource Hub on Remote Learning for Special Education Students

2019

• Erin Browner, Clever.com’s blog, June 28, 2019: Interoperability: Why it’s urgent for schools and how to get started

• Providence Public School District, 2019: Ensuring Academic Achievement For All

• The EdTech Awards: 2019 – Finalists & Winners

2018

• Abby Schultz, Barrons, Sept. 22, 2018: How Educators, Philanthropists, and Investors Are Revolutionizing Education

• Patience Wait, Edscoop, May 15, 2018: Full Benefits of EdTech can't be Realized Until Data is Interoperable, Report Finds

• Frank Catalano, GeekWire, May 1, 2018: Project Unicorn Signs First Companies to Help Schools Handle the Hairball of EdTech Data

• Sean Cavanagh, EdWeek Market Brief, April 18, 2018: Ed-Tech Vendors Asked to ‘Pledge’ Efforts Around Interoperability

• Tara García Mathewson, The Hechinger Report, February 28, 2018: School Data is Messy, but it Doesn't Have to Be

• Jeff Dominguez, Converge Magazine, February 21, 2018: Project Unicorn Pushes for Interoperability in Courseware

• Sarah Bassett, Certica Blog, February 16, 2018: The LearnLaunch Interoperability Panel: Where Do Districts Begin?

2017

• Wendy McMahon, EdSurge, October 24, 2017: Help Teachers Truly See Their Students Through Usable, Connected Data

• Rod Berger, Forbes, October 16, 2017: Unbundling School Technology Purchases

• Libsyn, Linda Buchner Blog, July 11, 2017: Brooklyn Lab School Serves Community with Erin Mote

• Tom Vander Ark, Getting Smart, June 7, 2017: 10 Questions Worth Asking to Help Every Student Succeed

• Melissa Gedney, Digital Promise, June 8, 2017: An Expanded Definition of Student Success

• Live Event Replay: The Dell Perspective: The Future of Philanthropy

• Robert Sullivan photographed by Inez & Vinoodh, Vogue, January 2017: Hari Nef, DeRay Mckesson, Shailene Woodley: These Are the Bold Visionaries Pushing the Culture—and the Country—Forward

2016

• Ed-Fi Alliance, December 2016: Ed-Fi Community: Erin Mote, Brooklyn LAB and InnovateEDU

• Kristen Vogt, Next Gen Learning Blog, October 20, 2016: Celebrating XQ Super Schools with NGLC Roots: Brooklyn LAB

• Nigel Roberts, NewsOne Education, October 15, 2016: New Charter School to Take Innovative Approach to Teaching & Learning

• Julia Freeland Fisher, the Christensen Institute, October 2016: The Hidden Goal that XQ Winners Share: Relationships

• Alexandra Leon, DNAinfo, September 28, 2016: New Downtown Brooklyn Charter School Named for Champion of Desegregation

• Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat, September 29, 2016: Rise & Shine: Thousands rally to expand New York City charter schools

• Sonia Weiser, DNAinfo Creative, September 2016: One School’s Mission to Give Every Child the Best High School Education—Regardless of Their Zip Code

• Tara García Mathewson, Education Dive, September 16, 2016: 10 high schools receive $10M for rethinking traditional mode

• Karen Cator, Digital Promise, September 15, 2016: Redesigning High School through the XQ: Super School Project

• Catherine Gewertz, Education Week, September 14, 2016: 10 High School Redesign Projects Win $100 Million in 'XQ Super School' Contest

• Katie Reilly, Time, September 15, 2016: These 10 Ideas Are Each Getting $10 Million to Change High School

• Vanessa Murdock, CBS New York, September 15, 2016: Brooklyn Middle School Wins $10 Million To Build Dream High School

• Elizabeth A. Harris, The New York Times, September 14, 2016: $100 Million Awarded in Contest to Rethink U.S. High Schools

• Elsie Simpliciano, EdSurge, September 15, 2016: Going Back to (Brooklyn LAB) School With the White House and Department of Education

• Jamie Martinez, Hechinger Report, September 15, 2016: Can $10 million build the ideal high school?

• Leslie Brody, The Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2016: Brooklyn Charter School Receives $10 Million

• Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat, September 14, 2016: Six questions for the U.S. Department of Education’s ed tech chief

• Beth Fertig, WNYC's School Book, September 14, 2016: Brooklyn Charter Wins Contest to Rethink American High School

• Alexandra Leon, DNAinfo, September 13, 2016: White House Visits Brooklyn LAB to Celebrate Opening of 2nd Middle School

• EdSurge, Jun 6, 2016: NewSchools Venture Fund Announces Next 'Invent' Cohort of School Designers

• Tom Vander Ark, Getting Smart, July 26, 2016: Platforms Have Transformed the Economy. Is Education Next?

• Chalkbeat, July 6, 2016: Without ‘grit’ or ‘no excuses,’ how one charter high school is preparing to send high-needs students to college

• The Long Island Exchange, June 13, 2016: State Charter Association Congratulates New Charters Schools Approved By Both SUNY and The Board Of Regents

• Bridget McCrea, eSchool News, February 24, 2016: 3 LMS adoptions that go way beyond the basics

• Eric Tucker, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Blog, January 5, 2016: How data matters for school leaders

2015

• Ed-Fi Alliance, 2015: InnovateEDU Uses Ed-Fi Technology to Scale Personalized Learning for Small Districts and Individual Schools

• Stefanie Blouin, Next Gen Learning Blog, November 19, 2015: Personalized Learning Technologies and Platforms

• Stacey Childress, NewSchools Venture Fund Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Education Blog, November 16, 2015: Exciting New Evidence about the Promise of Personalized Learning

• Dalia Hochman, Next Gen Learning Blog, November 13, 2015: Inspiration and the Right People @ iNACOL 2015

• Getting Smart, November 12, 2015: 50+ Learning Leaders at #iNACOL15

• GettingSmart, July 2015: Mapping the Digital Divide

• National Center for Learning Disabilities, July 1, 2015: Personalized Learning – Part 2: Three Ways the Brooklyn Lab Charter School is Personalizing Learning for All Students

• EDUCAUSE, March 25, 2015: Entrepreneurial learning. College-level reading and writing. Joyful, but rigorous learning.

• Tom Vander Ark, Getting Smart, January 8, 2015: Next-Gen Learning in Brooklyn - Part 1

2014

• Hadley Malcom, USA Today, December 17, 2014: Schools Hire Help to Boost Lunchs' Kid Appeal

• Erin Mote, Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund, December 16, 2014: The Gig as New Super Highway: More, Better, Faster, Easier

• Erin Mote, Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund, December 1, 2014: The Currency of Connectivity: Networking for Innovation in Chattanooga

• Kristi DePaul, CEO Founders Marketing in Pittsburgh, PA, November 5, 2014: Brooklyn LAB Featured in Getting Smart's Innovative School Report: Lighting the Path to Personalized Learning: Inspiring Stories from Next Generation Schools

• May 6, 2014: NGLC Announces 7.2 Million in Grants to Help Launch 16 Personalized, Comptency-Based Schools: $450,000 grants support new schools or redesigns in 10 states, to open this fall

• Tom Vander Ark, January 19, 2014: Joy & Rigor: The And-Both Solution

• Kristi DePaul, March 13, 2014: Two K-12 Grantees Recently Featured on Getting Smart Blog

2013

• DNA Info, November 8, 2013: Proposed Charter School Hopes to Ready Students for Jobs in the Tech Sector