• Home
        • About

        • For more than forty years, we have been making investments that seek to drive both financial returns and contribute to the betterment of our society, our communities, and our planet. Learn more about us.

        • ESG

        • Rethink Capital Partners is committed to ESG through our corporate practices and to creating positive impact through our investments.

        • People

        • Our mission-driven team is composed of people with deep networks and sector experience who work to ensure the firm creates the impact and returns intended.

        • News

        • Read the latest news about Rethink Capital Partners: our firm, our portfolio, and our impact.

        • Careers

        • Interested in pursuing a career in impact investing? Check out our open job opportunities.

        • Rethink Real Estate serves as a developer, investor, and manager of residential and commercial properties across the United States. Our team specializes in all aspects of the investment lifecycle for core, value-add, and development projects.

        • Rethink Venture Capital supports impact investment strategies across systemically linked themes. Our teams have deep knowledge and experience in early stage investing and our targeted industry specializations.

  • Insights
  • Investor Portal

How Kim Smith is Accelerating Digital Innovation and Equity in K-12

  • April 28, 2021

Today we talk with Kim Smith, Executive Director of the League of Innovative Schools, a national network of forward-thinking education leaders who are striving to improve student outcomes through the smart use of learning technologies and innovative practices. Throughout her career Kim has worked to improve digital access and tools in education and to create a more equitable education system. Kim’s work has spanned various innovative and influential non-profit and for-profit companies focusing on education including the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, PBS, Discovery Education, the Annenberg Institute, and now Digital Promise.

 

In this episode, we talk with Kim about her career path, explore inside the League of Innovative Schools, and contemplate issues of equity in education and what Kim and the League are doing to solve them.

 

Recommended Book: The Lost Education of Horace Tate by Vanessa Siddle Walker

View all Insights

Rethink Impact Management LLC, Rethink Education Management LLC, Rethink Community Management LLC, Rethink Food Management LLC, and Rethink Healthcare Real Estate, LLC are affiliates and relying advisers of Rethink Capital Partners, LLC, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) registered investment adviser. Registration with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or training. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal and fluctuation of value. There is no guarantee that any investment strategy will achieve its objectives, generate profits or avoid losses. Risk controls, as referenced, do not promise any level of performance or guarantee against loss of principal.