LiberatED Podcast

Launch Your Kind with Iman Alleyne!

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Iman Alleyne is the founder of Kind Academy and creator of Launch Your Kind, an accelerator program for those interested in opening their own microsch...

How Prenda has launched hundreds of microschools: Kaity Broadbent on Prenda's vision & impact

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kaity Broadbent is the Chief Empowerment Advocate at Prenda, the national network that has helped to launch hundreds of microschools serving thousands...

In rural Arizona, Prenda microschools are popular: Denise Lever on education options in Apache County

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Denise Lever was a firefighter turned homeschooling mom who launched a Prenda microschool in August 2020 in the rural town of Eager, Arizona in Apache...

How a single, working homeschool mom became an education entrepreneur

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Shari Robinson's oldest son wasn't thriving in public school, she pulled him out for homeschooling and then began homeschooling her other childre...

From Founder to Funder: A conversation with Eric Oglesbee of The Drexel Fund

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Oglesbee is a school founder turned funder. He helped to launch River Montessori High School in South Bend, Indiana that is currently the only hi...

The Pre-Launch Process: A conversation with Poinciana Wildflower Montessori founder Imani Jackson

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Imani Jackson is an experienced educator currently working as an elementary school teacher in a traditional private school who is launching Poinciana ...

Professor Eric Wearne on hybrid homeschools, microschools & upcoming conferences

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Eric Wearne, Associate Professor at the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, and Director of the Nati...

"We are the architects of these possibilities." Founder Angel Sobrino on homeschooling, entrepreneurship, and Latino empowerment

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Angel Sobrino is the founder and director of learning of The Hive Interactive, a homeschooling program and learning platform that embraces passion-dr...

From Homeschooler to Teacher to Founder: Marissa Hess runs Urban Cottage Educational Collaborative in Tampa

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I first met Marissa Hess back in 2022 at the inaugural National Hybrid Schools Conference in Atlanta. She is a former public school teacher and Monte...

A Charlotte Mason-Inspired Hybrid Homeschool: Cofounders Angie Wakeman & Rebecca Foley share their story

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Angie Wakeman and Rebecca Foley are the founders of Providence Hybrid Academy, a faith-based, Charlotte Mason-inspired hybrid homeschool program in th...

Latinos Homeschooling: Founder Gisela Quinones on why more Latino families are curious about homeschooling

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gisela Quinones is a homeschooling mother of three children who lives just outside of Chicago. She is the founder of LatinosHomeschooling.org, providi...

Create An Entrepreneur Community! The cofounders of the Innovative Educators Network share why collaboration is crucial

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Entrepreneurship is challenging, but cultivating a community of education entrepreneurs can make the experience more personally and professionally rew...

A Tuition-Free Homeschool Academy Offered by a Public School: Check out one Colorado district's innovative model

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Melissé Segesman is the homeschool director and a teacher at Montessori Peaks Academy, a tuition-free homeschool enrichment program run through the J...

A Preschool Predicament: Why hasn't this Detroit entrepreneur been able to open her school?

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Once a booming area buoyed by the automotive industry, Highland Park, a city just outside of Detroit, has faced decades of blight. In 2011, the city r...

Sudbury Valley School Perspectives: Alumna, parent, and staff member Francesca Matisoo on what makes SVS so special

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Sudbury Valley School is a self-directed, democratic school located in Framingham, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1968 and has inspired the grow...

Acton Academy St. George: Founder Ian Lindsey on the challenges and rewards of education entrepreneurship

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Lindsey is the cofounder, along with his wife Stephanie, of Acton Academy St. George in St. George, Utah. It is part of the fast-growing Acton Aca...

An Education "Intrapraneur" - Sherrilynn Bair on how to innovate within a public school district

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sherrilynn Bair is a certified teacher and school librarian who works for the Snake River Public School District in rural Blackfoot, Idaho. In this ep...

A Christian self-directed learning center in South Carolina: Former public school teacher Ross Hill on becoming a microschool founder

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ross Hill has been in education for over 15 years, with most of that time spent working as a high social studies teacher in public schools. He quit hi...

From college administrator to microschool founder: Kristine Fringer founded Symbiosis Learning Center for middle & high school students

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kristine Fringer was a college administrator for almost two decades before leaving higher education to launch Symbiosis, a learning center for middle ...

"As a 5th grade teacher, by the time children came to me, the light had already gone out." Former public school teacher Sarah Max on becoming a microschool founder

05 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is special in that I am joined by both a school founder and a parent so we'll hear two interesting perspectives on the draw toward alt...

AI, Technology, & The Future of Learning: Techno-Optimism in 2024 with Founder Tobin Slaven

02 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tobin Slaven is the founder of Acton Academy Fort Lauderdale who was previously on the podcast in fall 2022 (episode #46) to talk about the launch of ...

A Latino-Centered Lab School in Denver: La Luz founder Kyle Gamba hopes his model influences public schools

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle Gamba is a former public school teacher and principal who in 2021 launched La Luz, a learner-centered lab school focusing on experiential learnin...

The Origins of the Wildflower Montessori Microschool Network: Katelyn Shore opened the first Wildflower school in 2014

26 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Katelyn Shore opened the first Wildflower Montessori microschool in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2014, she hoped it would be the start of somethin...

How A Homeschool Mom Created A Thriving Urban Microschool: Christina Poole founded City Schoolhouse in Louisville, Kentucky

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Christina Poole, a homeschooling mom of 7 children ages 18 months to 12 years, and cofounder of City Schoolhouse, a low-cost private...

Promoting Childhood Play & Independence: Let Grow's Lenore Skenazy on the importance of a play-filled childhood

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What a pleasure to have Lenore Skenazy on the podcast today to talk about a variety of topics but mostly how to give our children the freedom and resp...

"As immigrants, we chase the American Dream." Gaby Narvaez & Andrea Hantman share their entrepreneurial journey as microschool founders

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Originally from Venezuela, Gaby Narvaez and Andrea Hantman met in the U.S. and launched P.L.A.Y. School Academy (Passion Learning Approach Year-Round...

Do you want to start a microschool? Tom Bogle of Microschool Solutions offers tips

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Bogle is a former public high school teacher turned microschool guide and now cofounder of Microschool Solutions, an organization that helps to ac...

A Teacher Finds Joy & Fulfillment As A Founder: Becky McNichols on creating Rooted Life Academy

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 My guest today is Becky McNichols, founder of Rooted Life Academy, a home-based microschool/homeschool enrichment program in the Kansas City area. B...

Meeting Middle Schoolers' Needs: Why former public school teacher Nate Fellman launched his microschool

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan Fellman was a public middle school teacher and administrator in New Hampshire for nearly 20 years before leaving his job to launch a middle sch...

Georgia's Learning Pod Protection Act Helped This Founder...But Do We Need Regulation?

01 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sharon Masinelli is the founder and head of school at St. John the Baptist Hybrid School in Kennesaw, Georgia, outside of Atlanta. Students attend the...

Why This Charter School Founder Shifted to Microschooling

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Johnson Pannell is the Head of School and Founder of Trinity Arch Preparatory School for Boys in Phoenix, Arizona, a microschool that launched th...

Thankful for Entrepreneurs

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Thanksgiving! A special note of gratitude to all the entrepreneurs out there. You are the true engines of human progress. *** Sign up for Kerry'...

A Conversation with Acton Academy Co-Founder Jeff Sandefer

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It is such an honor to have Jeff Sandefer on the podcast today to talk about his experience as the co-founder, along with his wife Laura, of the fast-...

One of the earliest Acton Academies! Dani Foltz-Smith on her path from Acton parent to founder

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

More than a decade ago, Dani Foltz-Smith sent her two girls to a new school that had recently opened in Austin, Texas. It was the flagship Acton Acade...

The Rise of Faith-Based Microschools: A year of stunning growth for Refine KC

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Refine KC is a full-time, faith-based microschool in the Kansas City, Missouri area that launched in August 2022 with 15 K-12 students. Today, it is a...

First 100 Days of Running a Microschool! Two founders share their startup stories

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mercedes Grant and Isis Spann are two founders who launched their microschools this fall in Virginia and South Carolina, respectively. They share thei...

Legal Advocacy for Education Entrepreneurs: Mike Donnelly of the Yes. Every Kid. Foundation talks about entrepreneur support

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As education across the US transforms from a centralized, top-down system to a diverse, decentralized marketplace responsive to the needs and preferen...

"Let Parents Be In Control" - A 17-year public school teacher launched a microschool to meet the needs of learners & families

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I recently spent time in the greater Kansas City area visiting microschools and learning pods, and talking to founders, and was struck by what I found...

Self-Directed Learning in Los Angeles: Why a college philosophy professor became a microschool founder

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alexi Burgess is the co-founder of Alcove Learning, a self-directed learning center for teens and tweens in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Ange...

Learning At Sudbury Valley School: Alumnus and parent Evan Hughes on self-directed education

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A common question about unconventional educational models, and especially about self-directed ones that put young people in charge of their own educat...

Eliminating the "Because I Said So" in Education: Acton Academy North Broward cofounder Frank Farro on learner-driven education

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Frank Farro is the cofounder, along with his wife Natalie, of Acton Academy North Broward, in Coral Springs, Florida, which they launched in 2020. Act...

How the Wildflower Montessori Microschool Network Empowers Teacher-Entrepreneurs

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest today is Judy Dwyre, who in the fall of 2019 launched Allium Montessori, a microschool for children ages 6 to 12 that is part of the nationa...

Who is the LiberatED Podcast for?

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is the LiberatED Podcast and who should listen? Check out this quick trailer to learn more!

Trauma-Informed Education with Ellemercito Academy founder Lizette Valles

17 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today's guest is Lizette Valles, a longtime teacher and school librarian who founded Ellemercito Academy in 2021 as a microschool focused on experient...

Entrepreneur Bob Luddy & Thales Academy

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Luddy is a successful entrepreneur who founded CaptiveAire Systems, the nation's leading manufacturer of commercial kitchen ventilation systems, a...

"School was very dehumanizing." Why this NYC public school teacher left to launch a microschool

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Goff taught in the New York City public schools for 16 years. She was growing increasingly disillusioned by what she was seeing unfold in the c...

From 6 Students to 60 in 3 Years! Florida Founder Felicia Rattray on Starting & Scaling Microschools

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Felicia Rattray decided to launch Permission To Succeed Academy in the summer of 2020 after schools shut down due to the pandemic and the shift to rem...

The Intersection of STEM & Neurodiversity: Kenneth Mims talks about advocacy and entrepreneurship

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kenneth Mims is the founder of Science Prep Academy in Phoenix, a private STEM microschool for neurodivergent students in grades 6th-12th. Ken founded...

Microschooling In Appalachia: Holler Creek School embraces "radical rural education"

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Holler Creek School of Appalachian Ecology is a small, private K-5 school located in Carroll County, Virginia, just below the Blue Ridge Parkway. Its ...

Church-Based Learning Centers: A conversation with Pastor Josh Robertson, founder of Black Pastors United for Education

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Pastor Joshua Robertson is the Senior Pastor of The Rock Church of Harrisburg, PA and CEO and founder of Black Pastors United for Education. Through h...

"I was made to take rights away from kids." Why a public school teacher quit and started a microschool

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Pickel grew up in Canton, Illinois and returned home to teach at the public schools he had once attended. As time went on, he felt increasingly u...

Teens in the Trades: Why can't a skilled 16-year-old get a job?

19 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode covers three interesting and intersecting topics: unschooling, careers in the trades, and barriers to youth apprenticeships and employ...

How Hybrid Homeschooling Can Prevent Homeschool Mom Burnout

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jenna Wertheimer leads Grace Preparatory Academy, a University Model® hybrid homeschool just outside of Boston. Students in kindergarten through 8th ...

"They Become Themselves": Former public school teacher Heather DiNino explains the transformative power of schooling alternatives

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Elements Academy is a private preK-12 microschool and family wellness community located in Braintree, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. Its found...

Helping special needs students to SOAR: Kenisha Skaggs on building SOAR Academy

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kenisha Skaggs founded SOAR Academy in Georgia in 2011 as a non-traditional private school that focuses on an individualized approach to learning. App...

Ready, Set, Launch! A new microschool opens this week, inspired by other founders' stories

05 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Stacey Hammerlind and Jessica Rothbart are the cofounders of Micah Studios, a low-cost, secular microschool for children ages 6-18 in Newport, New Ham...

A STEM microschool in small-town West Virginia: Why a former public school teacher left the system to be an education entrepreneur

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Eisenbrey is the founder of the Eyes and Brains STEM Center, a microschool in the small town of Elkins, West Virginia that opened last year with ...

Got ADHD? BreakOut School Is For You: Why a Utah pharmacist created a microschool for ADHD kids

29 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dal "Doc" Richardson launched BreakOut School in Utah County, Utah in 2019 as an outdoor-based microschool focusing on kids with ADHD and neurodiversi...

A Hybrid Homeschooling Pioneer: Laura George founded Compass Prep Academy in 2005 and continues to inspire others

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Laura George is a mom of 11 now-grown children who homeschooled for 20 years before launching Compass Prep Academy in 2005 in Cherokee County, Georgia...

A Microschool for LGBTQ+ Youth: Our Resilient Community ALC provides a nurturing, queer-centered space for self-directed education

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our Resilient Community ALC is a Georgia-based microschool for LGBTQ+ youth. It is part of the Agile Learning Centers (ALC) network of self-directed e...

Home(school) on the (G)range: A rural microschool in Oregon is infused with Montessori, Waldorf, & Democratic Education practices

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Olivia Hasey and Emily Sieger are the cofounders of Raindrop Academy, a drop-off K-6 microschool for homeschoolers in the rural town of Rogue River, ...

Pre-Launch Perspectives: Chioma Onyewuchi on starting an alternative education program rooted in African heritage

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Chioma Onyewuchi is the founder of Heart & Heritage Center, an alternative experiential, outdoor program for homeschoolers in Houston, Texas that focu...

Beyond Schooling: Reflections from a Self-Directed Teen

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Karinna Fairbanks has experienced a wide variety of learning environments during her childhood and adolescence, including public schooling, virtual sc...

A Startup Sudbury School in Saint Louis

08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Phoebe Love and Jennifer Lin and staff members at the Saint Louis Sudbury School, a self-directed, democratic, Sudbury-model school located in Saint L...

Georgia Black Home Educators Network: A conversation with cofounder and homeschooling mom, Nicole Doyle

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nicole Doyle is a longtime homeschooling mom and home education advocate who cofounded the Georgia Black Home Educators Network in 2022. She is also t...

One of NYC's first unschooling centers: A conversation with Brooklyn Apple founder Noah Mayers

01 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Noah Mayers has been working in education for over 20 years. He was a teaching artist for 8 years in both public and charter schools, then worked as a...

A Hand Up, Not A Hand Out: How a former urban public school teacher is tackling intergenerational poverty through homeschooling & parent empowerment

28 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. LeDonna Griffin is the founder of Leaders to Legends Academy in Omaha, Nebraska. She works directly with families who are seeking alternatives to ...

Creating Liberty: Why one longtime public school teacher quit to create a learner-directed schooling alternative

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Troy Salazar is the founder of Liberty Self-Directed Learning Center in West Des Moines, Iowa. Troy worked in public schools for 22 years, first as a ...

2023 Alternative Education Conference Keynote Presentation

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to Kerry's keynote presentation on education entrepreneurship and innovation at the 2023 Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) con...

The Intersection of Unschooling & Web 3.0: A conversation with Genii DAO founder, Karema Akilah

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Karema Akilah is a former teacher in the Maryland public schools who began homeschooling her children 20 years ago, of which the past 12 have been dev...

How to Balance Homeschool & Work with 'Homeschool Hacks' Author Linsey Knerl

14 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Linsey Knerl is a mom of 6 in Nebraska who has been a working and homeschooling mom for over 15 years. In 2021, her book, Homeschool Hacks: How to Gi...

How Decentralized Education is Improving Student Learning: A former public school teacher talks about the gains she sees in her microschool students

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nestled at the end of a residential cul-de-sac in Hopewell, Virginia is Dream Tech Academy, a microschool founded by former public school teacher, Dan...

The Microschool Startup Journey: Founders of a new Acton Academy affiliate in Virginia explain the process

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Dreier and Kristen Braia are the cofounders of a new Acton Academy affiliate microschool, Pace Academy, in North Chesterfield, Virginia, about 10...

An Outdoor Preschool Grows to Serve School-Age Kids Too: Kim Stringer is the founder of Kreative Kids in Kansas

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kimberly Stringer is the founder of Kreative Kids Academy in Wichita, Kansas, a child-led, outdoor-based licensed preschool that during the pandemic r...

A Charter School That Works for Homeschoolers: River's Edge Academy Charter School helps to put parents and learners in charge of education

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cecile Enright is the founder of River's Edge Academy Charter School (REACH), which she launched in 2011 with 70 students in a leased church space in ...

From "Pandemic Pod" to Microschool: Why Detroit founder Danna Guzman says interest in alternative education is surging

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When schools shut down in 2020, Detroit mom Danna Guzman joined countless parents across the US who created "pandemic pods" to enable their children t...

An Outdoor, Democratic School in NYC: Education professor, Maysaa Bazna, on creating Pono

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Maysaa Bazna haș been involved in education and alternative education for many years. She earned her doctorate in curriculum and teaching at Columbia...

Rural, Waldorf Microschool Shut Down By State Regulators: Hawaii mom, Ariel Maguire, is fighting back

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today's guest is Ariel Maguire, an accountant and mom of 4 who lives in a rural area of the Big Island of Hawaii. In early 2022, she and a group of lo...

Smashing Homeschooling Stereotypes: A conversation with Syreeta Farria and Victoria Washington

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"A lot of families started realizing things weren't working in the conventional system," said Syreeta Farria, a homeschooling mother of two children i...

A Midwife's Microschool: Cara Frantz on creating Envision Homeschool Collective

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cara Frantz is a certified professional midwife who never planned to launch a microschool until the school closures and education disruption of 2020 l...

A Sudbury-style school in Spain: Exploring The Learning Project, Ibiza

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Kestner and Lisa Pavlock are experienced educators who taught in both public and private schools in the US and internationally before leaving conv...

From Memphis Public School Teacher to Lab School Founder: Coi Morrison's entrepreneurial journey

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Coi Morrison worked for several years as a public school teacher in both the Chicago Public Schools and the Memphis Public Schools. She became frustra...

The Space In Between: How Becky Abrams grew her small homeschool co-op into a 200-learner hybrid school

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Becky Abrams is a longtime homeschooling mom in the Rogue Valley of southern Oregon who started a small, parent-run homeschool co-op in 2015. That co-...

Empowering Homeschooling Families in Detroit: A conversation with Engaged Detroit founder, Bernita Bradley

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

By the time Covid hit and schools shut down, Bernita Bradley had been working on education issues in Detroit for a decade, including as an AmeriCorps ...

A microschool pioneer who fought for homeschooling freedoms: Clonlara School founder, Pat Montgomery

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What began as a microschool in 1967 for Clonlara School founder Pat Montgomery's two children and six others has grown into an internationally-renowne...

Can a school district actually innovate? Maybe so.

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Cory Steiner is the superintendent of the Northern Cass School District in rural Hunter, North Dakota. Northern Cass was a 2022 finalist for the p...

100th Episode! Some reflections on this podcast milestone

19 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today marks the 100th episode of the LiberatED podcast, which I launched back in February 2022 as a once-a-week podcast, and boosted to a twice-weekly...

A Home-Based Montessori Microschool: Why longtime teacher Karen Weary created a microschool at home

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Karen Weary was a licensed teacher in Colorado who taught for many years in both public and private Montessori schools before moving to the rural Rogu...

How A Teen Homeschooler Created An Online Learning Platform: A conversation with Nasiyah Isra-Ul

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nasiyah Isra-Ul, the founder of Canary Academy, an online learning platform for homeschoolers that provides curriculum curation and instruction, learn...

Working with youth on "their next great adventure": Vijay Shah at The Humanist Academy

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A former teacher in the Chicago Public Schools, Vijay Shah founded The Humanist Academy in 2016 in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas. An Acton Acade...

Professor Gina Riley on self-directed education & unschooling

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Gina Riley is an educational psychologist, clinical professor, and program leader of the Adolescent Special Education Program at City University o...

Army veteran, teacher, and microschool founder: Felicia Wright on creating The Learning Outpost in Nevada

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Felicia Wright is a US Army veteran and former teacher in the Nevada public schools who decided to pull her daughter out of kindergarten for homeschoo...

Wildflower Montessori NYC Charter School: A conversation with the teacher-entrepreneurs who launched this South Bronx school

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the South Bronx, the teachers at the Wildflower New York Charter School are creating a nurturing space for children's intellectual and emotional de...

From Foster Kid to Founder: Former public school teacher Mercedes Grant on why at-risk youth should have access to microschools

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mercedes Grant had a tough childhood and became a public school teacher to help students like her. After teaching in four states, she finally decided ...

"It is only beginning." Why Amber Okolo-Ebube thinks we are just at the start of a homeschooling & microschooling wave.

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Amber Okolo-Ebube is a mom of 5 and longtime homeschooling parent in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas who runs Leading Little Arrows, a weekly home...

One of the first microschools! Ken Danford on creating North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens in 1996

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kenneth Danford is one of the true pioneers in alternative education. In 1996, Ken launched North Star, a self-directed learning center for teen homes...

If you can't find it, build it: Former public school teacher Alycia Wright on creating Cultural Roots Homeschool Cooperative

14 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alycia Wright taught middle school in the Virginia public schools for over a decade before becoming a homeschooling mom to her four children. She is t...

Kids & Nature: Two homeschool moms created Barefoot University, connecting thousands of kids to nature

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Barefoot University is truly one of the most exciting organizations you'll hear about this year. It is a rapidly expanding network of outdoor educatio...

A partnership with parents: Texas microschool founders support individualized learning and family empowerment

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Chrystal and Joshua Bernard are pastors of their local church as well as the cofounders of Braveheart Christian Academy, a microschool in Arlington, T...

"We're seeing so much anxiety and it's damaging." Two therapists launch an Acton Academy in New York City to promote learner-driven education

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There is a vibrant and growing hub of education entrepreneurship and alternative learning models in New York City, and our guests today are a part of ...