How did others "Make it Happen"! – Page 2
Below are a number of video interviews that students in the class have conducted over the years to highlight entrepreneurial activity in education. Enjoy!
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Mark Weber is a marketing analyst and brand strategy consultant and on the board of Agros International, a non-profit organization building sustainable farming villages and providing land loans to folks in rural Latin America. Agros is using partnerships with organizations such as Engineers Without Borders and Habitat for Humanity to fight worldwide poverty. Argos is an amazing organization, so many opportunities for STEM students to consider as a way to impact humanity! Listen in as doctoral candidate Sharon Santucci interviews Weber on his work with Agros.
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Barbara Gruener, founder of Corner on Character, full time character education consultant. Barbara is a teacher educator with over three decades of experience spanning educational content and contexts. She's a certified educator and counselor having taught Spanish, English, and ESL, before beginning her work in school counseling and character education. Learn more about her work in this 35 minute interview conducted by doctoral candidate Bridget Jones also found here.
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Andrea Henkel is a progressive educator certified in middle school special and general education. She has taught at public, private, and non-public schools throughout New York City for 8 years, including the renowned Quest To Learn school, and designed her own curricula in each classroom she led. Henkel has worked as consultant for the Institute of Play, a non-profit design studio creating learning experiences rooted in principles of game design. Henkel has a particular interest in game-based and project-based learning, and brought this expertise to her work developing writing curriculum for an ed tech company and coaching first-year teachers in partnership with San Francisco Unified Public Schools. She is currently the Senior Manager of Curriculum at Girls Who Code. Learn more about her work in this interview with doctoral candidate Yana Samuel.
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Jody Drezner Alperin & Vicky Finney Crouch are teaching artists and founders of Off The Page education. Seeing their work in person is a moving and a powerful reminder of how we can “inspires young people - to connect to the past, take action in the present, and change the future.” Listen in as doctoral candidate Janet Koza interviews this extraordinary pair about their work taking learning off the page and into the hands of learners in classrooms and on stages nationwide.
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Ayla Gavins is the principal of Mission Hill, a public pilot school founded by Deborah Meier and located in Boston, MA. Mission Hill is also the site of the video series A Year At Mission Hill documenting the powerful collaboration fostered under Gavins' leadership between teachers, students, and families to build one of America's most thriving public schools. The series was later woven into a beautiful film about what public school could be in the film Good Morning Mission Hill by film makers Amy and Tom Valens. Learn more about Ayla's impressive work as a leader, advocate, and community organizer in her interview with doctoral candidate Stefanie Seidner.
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Rena Dulberg is the VP of Community Engagement at Think Impact, a for-profit organization that supports social entrepreneurship through experiential education. Rena is a values-driven leader who has a passion for social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility, which have played important roles in her work both as a university administrator and instructor. In her role as VP of Community Engagement Think Impact Rena is responsible for building a robust community of social enterprise educators. In this interview, doctoral candidate Victoria O'Malley talks with Rena to learn about the inspiration for Think Impact, its successes, and how universities and students work with this organization.
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Rob Sheppard created a social venture in 2016 called Ginseng English. Before he started, Rob was the director of an adult learning program at a non-profit who saw an unmet need for more ESL classes for immigrants. At the same time, he saw that many Intensive English Programs (IEPs) had open slots. Rob also noticed the need for high-quality English programs online—ones that would remunerate their teachers well and avoid discriminating them based on their nationality or race, which is sadly a reality in the world of ESL teachers.
Rob created an online ESL school that pays fair wages and hires English teachers based on their teaching skills instead of their native language; this is uncommon in online ESL companies. Rob's goal is that after a certain amount of paying students enroll, ESL students (immigrants and refugees) who cannot afford to pay for online classes will be able to enroll in classes for free. Listen in as doctoral candidate Laura Soracco interviews Rob to learn more about his social venture. |
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Brittany Stich (MBA, Stanford) is the co-founder and head of student experience for Guild Education, a successful start-up based in Denver that facilitates education as a benefit for companies in an effort to improve the economic mobility of working adults. Brittany is a first generation college student and former Teach for America participant. She identifies as an education entrepreneur and is dedicated to providing access to opportunity. This interview covers the inspiration for Guild Education, challenges and successes during start-up and scaling, the future of entrepreneurship in the education space, and advice for emerging entrepreneurs who are mission-driven. Learn more in this interview with doctoral candidate Victoria O'Malley.
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Adam Bush is co-founder with Dennis Littky (of Big Picture Learning fame) of College Unbound. "College Unbound (CU), focuses on adult learners who have faced significant barriers to attending college. CU coordinates courses, field studies, and in-depth project work to help students develop field-specific knowledge and skills that encourage deep learning. CU fills a unique niche in postsecondary education for returning adult learners with a Bachelor’s Degree program designed around an innovative, personalized, interest/project-based curriculum model." Interview conducted by Nicole Brewer.
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Chad Carlson is the Director of R&D and former Lab 51 School leader of One Stone in Boise ID. He talks about his journey, organizational philosophy, and how to support youth's wayfinding in order to deepen their love of learning. Interview conducted by Eric Hofman, Amity Goss, & Jessica Wasilewski.
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Mike Dunn, Julie Cook, Matthew Downing, & Jeannine Dunn were all in EDU7213 the Summer of '19 and out of that experience decided to run an incubator in their hometown of Philly, which Dr. Unger joined them for, and subsequently created their own podcast, RethinkingEDU. In short, they got the entrepreneurship bug! Brendan Kent conducted the interview.
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Nate McClennen is the leader of Teton Science Schools' Place Network Schools, a comprehensive K–12 blended-learning program that combines an online learning experience with a place-based approach to help students better understand and engage in local rural communities. He was part of the founding faculty at Teton Science Schools' Journeys School in 2001 and was appointed Head of School in 2006. McClennan has been part of the leadership team at Teton Science Schools since 2011. In 2015, he became the Director of Education and Innovation, focusing on how to scale the impact of Teton Science Schools through technology, innovation, design learning, and school networks. Interviewed by Viola Davis.
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Mike Poore, Superintendent of the Year in Arkansas in 2020, brought CAPS to Little Rock when joining the district and it has been a huge success. See the interview with Mike, Shameika Montgomery, and Lisa Huff about Little Rock's Excel CAPS program, conducted by Allysa Copp.
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J-term is a 3-week January term where teachers teach to their interests and passions from which students select. Started 7 years ago at the Lyndon Institute, Laine Levenbrook interviewed Adam Norwood, Assistant Headmaster of the Lyndon Institute, and Emmalee Fogle, a student there who produced a podcast about J-term, the focus of this interview. Read more about J-term in Getting Smart here, authored by Dr. Unger.
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Frank McKay interviews Divya Mani of Transcend Education about their work. Important work.
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