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Recent Publications
Design Thinking PLCs: Revolutionize Teacher Collaboration
Using a Startup Model for School Change
Entrepreneurial Spirit: Middle School Curricula
Virtual School Startups: Founder Processes in American K-12 Public Virtual Schools
NewSchool utilizes proven innovation strategies to transform education.
Innovation requires new ways of thinking, yet people often use the same tired processes. NewSchool leverages innovation from other sectors and teaches Design Thinking, Lean Startup, Business Model Canvas, and Scenario Planning to help educators create new offerings and innovate antiquated systems. Our work supports public K-12, Higher Education, charters, private, edtech, and other ed startups. NewSchool is able to customize innovative work to the needs of clients. If you are building something new or trying to reimagine education in any way, NewSchool can help you figure it out.
Dr. Brett Taylor
Educational Innovator
Dr. Taylor has diverse experience innovating in the educational field. He has led the redesign of a CTE high school, written charters, created technological platforms, and launched the Patino School of Entrepreneurship in Fresno, California, a high-school with a creative, interdisciplinary framework and curriculum. He has worked at all levels in the K-12 range.
At the higher education level, he is currently the program lead of Educational Entrepreneurship at the University of the Pacific, developing a new Master's degree and Doctoral focus and designing courses and experiential learning.
He founded NewSchool Innovation Consulting to help educational organizations design unique programs. He coordinates his work with like-minded consultants and contractors to give educational organizations the best team possible to facilitate innovative change.
His research has focused on implementing innovative programs in traditional systems. He was educated at Brigham Young University, UC Davis, the University of the Pacific, and Babson College.