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LiberatED Podcast

The LiberatED Podcast tells the stories of the entrepreneurial parents and teachers who are creating innovative K-12 learning options across the US and expanding education options for families. This twice-weekly podcast is hosted by Kerry McDonald, a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education and leader of the Education Entrepreneurship Lab. A regular contributor at Forbes.com and The 74, Kerry is the bestselling author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the

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40:03

From Founder to Funder: A conversation with Eric...

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2024/02/27

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 high school in the expanding Wildflower Montessori microschool network. After his experience as a founder, Eric joined The Drexel Fund in 2022. The Drexel Fund is a nonprofit philanthropic fund that provides seed and next-stage funding to high-quality private schools serving low-income students and those with learning differences. Apply to Drexel's

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The Pre-Launch Process: A conversation with Poinciana...

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2024/02/23

Imani Jackson is an experienced educator currently working as an elementary school teacher in a traditional private school who is launching Poinciana Montessori in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia this fall as part of the fast-growing Wildflower Montessori microschool network. *** Sign up for Kerry's free, weekly email newsletter on education trends at fee.org/liberated.

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39:16

Professor Eric Wearne on hybrid homeschools,...

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2024/02/20

My guest today is Eric Wearne, Associate Professor at the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, and Director of the National Hybrid Schools Project. He is also the author of the 2020 book, Defining Hybrid Homeschools in America: Little Platoons. Eric was previously on the podcast in the spring of 2022 ahead of his inaugural Hybrid Schools Conference. That event was such a huge success that he has expanded the conference each year to larger venues in Atlanta, and this

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38:57

“We are the architects of these possibilities.”...

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2024/02/16

Angel Sobrino is the founder and director of learning of The Hive Interactive, a homeschooling program and learning platform that embraces passion-driven, self-directed learning, empowering young people to chart their own unique pathways toward adulthood. *** Sign up for Kerry's free, weekly email newsletter on education trends at fee.org/liberated.

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39:41

From Homeschooler to Teacher to Founder: Marissa Hess...

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2024/02/13

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 Montessori teacher who was homeschooled for most of her childhood and ultimately returned to the homeschooling model as the founder of Urban Cottage Educational Collaborative in Tampa, Florida that currently serves 84 mixed-age learners with 10 teachers. *** Sign up for Kerry's free, weekly email newsletter on education trends at fee.org/liberated.

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50:07

A Charlotte Mason-Inspired Hybrid Homeschool:...

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2024/02/09

Angie Wakeman and Rebecca Foley are the founders of Providence Hybrid Academy, a faith-based, Charlotte Mason-inspired hybrid homeschool program in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania, a little over an hour outside of Philadelphia. They launched their program as a small co-op in 2016 and today have 145 students in grades K-9, with 15 teachers, 7 aids and administrative staff, and a long waitlist. *** Sign up for Kerry's free, weekly email newsletter on education trends at fee.org/liberated.

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33:48

Latinos Homeschooling: Founder Gisela Quinones on why...

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2024/02/06

Gisela Quinones is a homeschooling mother of three children who lives just outside of Chicago. She is the founder of LatinosHomeschooling.org, providing resources, support, classes, and community for Latino homeschooling families across the U.S. *** Sign up for Kerry's free, weekly email newsletter on education trends at fee.org/liberated.

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47:06

Create An Entrepreneur Community! The cofounders of...

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2024/02/02

Entrepreneurship is challenging, but cultivating a community of education entrepreneurs can make the experience more personally and professionally rewarding. In this episode, education entrepreneurs Shiren Rattigan of Colossal Academy and Toni Frallicciardi of Surf Skate Science discuss why they teamed up to create the Innovative Educators Network to collaborate with local founders—and why they recommend other education entrepreneurs do the same. Sign up for Kerry's free, weekly email newsletter on

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31:25

A Tuition-Free Homeschool Academy Offered by a Public...

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2024/01/30

Melissé Segesman is the homeschool director and a teacher at Montessori Peaks Academy, a tuition-free homeschool enrichment program run through the Jefferson County public school district in Colorado. Melissé has a Bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a Montessori certificate, and she has been serving the Montessori Peaks Homeschool Community since 2014. Montessori Peaks Academy is a unique public program that caters to homeschooled children ages 5 to 13 who attend part-time during the

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53:26

A Preschool Predicament: Why hasn’t this Detroit...

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2024/01/26

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 repossessed more than two-thirds of Highland Park’s residential streetlights due to outstanding electric bills. The streetlights were removed, literally leaving residents in the dark. It was around this time that a visionary woman known to everyone as Mama Shu, decided to embrace a mission of “blight to beauty” for her Highland Park neighborhood known

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43:59

Sudbury Valley School Perspectives: Alumna, parent,...

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2024/01/23

The Sudbury Valley School is a self-directed, democratic school located in Framingham, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1968 and has inspired the growth of dozens of Sudbury-model schools around the world over the past half-century. The Sudbury model is based on the belief that children learn best when they have the freedom to explore their interests and take responsibility for their own education. Today's podcast guest is a Sudbury Valley School alumna who now sends her children there and who

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50:02

Acton Academy St. George: Founder Ian Lindsey on the...

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2024/01/19

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 Academy network of learner-driven microschools that includes more than 300 independently owned and operated schools, serving thousands of learners. Ian and Stephanie launched their microschool in fall 2020 with 12 students in their home. They grew to 22 students in their first year, and today have 40 students, pre-K through elementary ages, with plans to

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47:23

An Education “Intrapraneur" - Sherrilynn Bair on how...

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2024/01/16

Sherrilynn Bair is a certified teacher and school librarian who works for the Snake River Public School District in rural Blackfoot, Idaho. In this episode, she shares her experience with in-system innovation, explaining how she created an entirely new school within her district that focuses on personalized learning and curriculum customization. *** Sign up for Kerry's free, weekly email newsletter on education trends at fee.org/liberated.

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43:48

A Christian self-directed learning center in South...

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2024/01/12

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 his teaching job in 2023 to launch Mariner Learning Collaborative, a self-directed learning center in Florence, South Carolina. Mariner is part of the Liberated Learners network of non-coercive, self-directed learning centers for homeschoolers that was launched in 2013. Mariner is the first faith-focused learning center in the Liberated Learners network

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27:07

From college administrator to microschool founder:...

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2024/01/09

Kristine Fringer was a college administrator for almost two decades before leaving higher education to launch Symbiosis, a learning center for middle school and high school-age homeschoolers located just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Kristine opened Symbiosis in the fall of 2019. She currently serves 20 students with both full- and part-time enrollment options. *** Sign up for Kerry's free, weekly email newsletter on education trends at fee.org/liberated.

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41:44

“As a 5th grade teacher, by the time children came to...

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2024/01/05

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 alternative education options. Sarah Max is a former public school teacher who cofounded Acton Invictus in 2021 in Leander, Texas, just outside of Austin. Acton Invictus is part of the global Acton Academy microschool network that was founded in 2009 and now includes over 300 schools serving thousands of learners. Tim Tran is an entrepreneur and one of

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45:45

AI, Technology, & The Future of Learning:...

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2024/01/02

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 his microschool. I'm delighted to have Tobin back on the podcast today to kick off 2024 with a conversation about artificial intelligence, technology, techno-optimism, and the future of learning. In addition to leading his microschool, Tobin is also the founder of vPAL Labs, working at the forefront of developing AI companions that combine the roles of

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37:35

A Latino-Centered Lab School in Denver: La Luz...

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2023/12/29

Kyle Gamba is a former public school teacher and principal who in 2021 launched La Luz, a learner-centered lab school focusing on experiential learning for Latino students in Denver, Colorado. *** Sign up for Kerry's free, weekly email newsletter on education trends at fee.org/liberated.

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28:31

The Origins of the Wildflower Montessori Microschool...

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2023/12/26

When Katelyn Shore opened the first Wildflower Montessori microschool in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2014, she hoped it would be the start of something big. The vision, introduced by Sep Kamvar at the MIT Media Lab, was to create an open-source network of intentionally small, storefront, neighborhood Montessori microschools that would offer the tools and technology to enable teacher-entrepreneurs across the country to launch their own microschools. Katelyn’s school would be the prototype. Today, the

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38:16

How A Homeschool Mom Created A Thriving Urban...

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2023/12/22

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 school in the heart of Louisville, Kentucky. Christina opened City Schoolhouse in early 2017 with 9 students, plus her own 5 children at the time. Today, City Schoolhouse has 45 full-time students, with afterschool programs and vacation camps for local public school students. More than two-thirds of Christina's microschool students receive 100%

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