A Random Walk with Ben Kohlmann
A Random Walk with Ben Kohlmann
Ben Kohlmann
28 - The Microschool movement and its discontents (Joe Connor, COO and co-founder of Schoolhouse)
59 minutes Posted Oct 24, 2020 at 8:33 pm.
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In the wake of COVID, alternative forms of primary and secondary education are emerging.


Schoolhouse, co-founded by Joseph Connor earlier this year, is bringing educational "pods" to the mainstream. Reviled by teachers unions, but seeing massive growth, collaborative, homeschool-like platforms are poised to revolutionize how we educate our children.

In this episode, we discuss:

+What a microschool is and how one is founded

+The two sided marketplace between parents and teachers

+Opposition to the concept from teachers unions

+How Schoolhouse thinks about education equity, given increasingly disparate outcomes in a post-COVID world