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Opening a microschool after 20 years of teaching
Season 4 Episode 334
Today's guest, Tiffany Blassingame, is reimagining Christian education. As the founder and lead teacher at The Ferguson School—a progressive, faith-based K-5 microschool in Decatur, Georgia—she blend…
Published on 1 month ago
Primer founder Ryan Delk on creating a vast microschool network
Season 4 Episode 333
Today's guest is Ryan Delk, cofounder and CEO of Primer, a fast-growing platform helping top teachers to launch microschools in their communities. He’s spent the last decade building tech companies (…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Why a public school teacher opened Lighthouse Christian Academy
Season 4 Episode 332
My guest today is Emma Rodriguez, founder of Lighthouse Christian Academy, a microschool in Frisco, Texas that opened in January of this year. After graduating from Texas A&M University, Emma spent s…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
A physician launches a new Islamic microschool
Season 4 Episode 331
Today's guest is Sana Khan, a Board-certified Family Medicine Physician and founder of Ihsan Academy of Texas Microschool, a full-time, in-person program serving Grades 1-8 in Katy, Texas. The word I…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
In suburban Ohio, a former public school teacher launches a nature-based microschool
Season 4 Episode 330
Jackie Bonath was a public school teacher for 14 years before quitting her job earlier this year to launch Creekside Cottage School, a full-time, multi-age microschool located in Gahanna, Ohio, a clo…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
In rural Ohio, a former public school teacher launches a literacy-rich microschool
Season 4 Episode 329
Today’s guest is Pam Frankforther, founder of Pioneer Reading Center in Wayne, Ohio. Pam left her job as a longtime public school teacher this year to launch Pioneer as full-time microschool for stud…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Managing Entrepreneurial Growing Pains & Regulatory Ambiguity
Season 4 Episode 328
Jennie Jones is an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at FEE's Education Entrepreneurship Lab. She is a former professional ballerina, turned homeschooling mom of four, turned education entrepreneur who launc…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
How OpenEd is expanding personalized education options to more families
Season 4 Episode 327
More than a decade ago, Matt Bowman cofounded My Tech High as a platform that enabled personalized, customized learning through tuition-free partnerships with innovative public and charter schools an…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
From former elementary school teacher to Phoenix faith-based learning pod founder
Season 4 Episode 326
Deja Hillis is the founder of Faithscape Learning Pod, a faith-based K-5 microschool in Casa Grande, Arizona, near Phoenix, which she launched in August 2024. An early elementary school teacher for n…
Published on 2 months ago
“So many parents don’t feel listened to.” From middle school math teacher to microschool founder
Season 4 Episode 325
Today’s guest is Joanna Cervantez, founder of A Fuller Education Microschool just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which she launched in the fall 2024. Joanna has both a bachelor’s and master’s …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago