In December 2000, a new venture fund schools discusses the role it should play in helping one of their non-profit investments, LearnNow, attract new capital. $ 20 million venture philanthropy fund new schools have invested in commercial and non-profit companies that target the formation of a vulnerability in the K-12 education system. LearnNow, charter school management company, struggled with the need to balance the aggressive growth demanded most commercial investors with its commitment to provide quality education to students from low-income population. This tension and struggle with money allocated LearnNow question that has always been at the New School mind President Kim Smith: If the new schools, public charity aims to improve K-12 education, invest in businesses' Hide
By J. Gregory Dees, Beth Anderson Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 22 pages. Publication Date: January 1, 2001. Prod. #: SI7A-PDF-ENG
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