Community Crafted Podcast
The landscape of hybrid and microschools in various forms – what we will call “community crafted education” – has grown substantially in recent years. On this podcast we will talk about the downstream effects of school choice and especially community crafted education models. How are all of these entrepreneurial opportunities, policy developments, new schools, and new educational experiences improving society? This is probably the most exciting time in education entrepreneurship and policy in the past 30 years.

To explore these developments, host , Director of the National Hybrid Schools Project, talks with people who are mostly not a part of the school choice world, about how these new options are affecting or could potentially affect their various fields.

 

Matthew Lee

Our guest is Matthew Lee, Clinical Assistant Professor, ֱ

Matt Lee, Assistant Professor with the Education Economics Center at ֱ, joins Eric to talk about how families make school choices, and new methods and approaches for defining "success" in education. 

Matthew Lee

On Mental Health

Our guest is Michael Strong, Founder, The Socratic Experience

Michael Strong, founder of The Socratic Experience, joins Eric to talk about the state of student mental health in the U.S., and what impact the community crafted education sector might have on it.

Michael Strong

On Black Homeschoolers

Our guest is Cheryl Fields-Smith, Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice

Cheryl Fields-Smith, Professor of Department of Educational Theory and Practice at the University of Georgia, joins Eric to talk about black homeschoolers, the history of homeschooling, and her new book, Creating Educational Justice.

Cheryl Fields-Smith

On Classical Education

Our guest is Josh Herring, Professor at Thales College

Josh Herring, Professor of Classical Education and Humanities at Thales College, joins Eric to discuss classical education -- how it's defined, how it has grown over the years, and what the impacts of a new, larger set of classical schools might be.

Josh Herring

On Teachers

Our guest is David Marshall, Associate Professor of Educational Research, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology at Auburn University

David Marshall, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundation, Leadership, and Technology at Auburn University, joins Eric to talk about differences in preparing teachers for conventional public schools versus new, community crafted education models, core teaching principles that are essential for educators in any setting, and the role of conventional teacher preparation programs in a new landscape.

David Marshall

On Family Business

Our guest is Sara Davis, Director, Family Enterprise Center at ֱ

Sara Davis, Director of the Family Enterprise Center at ֱ, joins Eric to talk about parallels between founding a family business and launching a community-driven school, multi-generational success, and local community values.

 

Sara Davis

On Higher Education

Our guest is Erin Davis Valdez, Executive Director, Incubator, Center for Education and Public Service at University of Austin

Erin Davis Valdez, Executive Director on the Incubator for the Center for Education and Public Service (CEPS) at the University of Austin, joins Eric to talk about UATX as a startup, how colleges may start looking at graduates of hybrid and microschools, and polarization in higher education.

Erin Davis Valdez

Preview - Community Crafted Education Coming April 22nd!

The school choice landscape has exploded in recent years. Microschools, Homeschools, Charter Schools, Hybrid Schools. The list goes on. This podcast will talk about the downstream effects of school choice and especially community crafted education models on society. New episodes begin April 22nd!

Eric Wearne