FROM TEACHER TO EDUPRENEUR

When it comes to schools, I’ve been around the block a few times. Growing up, I attended 10 schools in seven different countries. I then became a teacher and taught hundreds of kids in New York, Boston, and Panama.

I left teaching in Summer 2019 to become an EDUpreneur—a passionate educator outside the classroom building learning alternatives that break the mold.

I’m now Chief Evangelist at Synthesis, a new online learning experience for curious and ambitious kids who want to learn how to build the future. We are scaling up the most innovative ideas from Ad Astra—the school our cofounder started with Elon Musk— using a game-based approach to learning. Learn more about Synthesis here.

Rethinking Education

Our current education system operates under old ideologies that should be up for questioning. Many of the lessons kids learn in school hold them back. It forces them into a very unnatural environment, with little room for them to learn how to explore their talents, face challenges, think for themselves, and tackle projects of their own.

I expand on these ideas in my book, The Learning Game. You can order now here!

If you’d like to further explore these ideas with me, you can join 20,000 other curious learners reading Fab Fridays, my weekly newsletter. You’ll receive a dose of childhood education with a twist + new ways to learn. Read past editions here.

I don’t have neatly packed answers—I don’t think anyone does. I mostly raise questions and share what I’m learning and building in the alternative education space. I’ll know I’m doing things right if you start thinking about education in a new way.

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I’m giving video a try! In New School of Thought I share videos on mental models, gamification, decision making, and new ways to learn. Subscribe to my Youtube channel here!

I host a YouTube series with David Perell called Show & Tell where we discuss the future of education with a playful spirit. Show & Tell is inspired by the question: “How is the Internet transforming education?”

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