Kerry McDonald

1 week ago | the74million.org | Kerry McDonald

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter As a mother of nine in Tennessee, Sarah Fagerburg tried a variety of different schooling types, from public schools to homeschooling, but she always felt there had to be something better. In the spring of 2023, she discovered Acton Academy from listening to a podcast, and knew that this was the educational model she had been seeking. “My mind was blown,” said Fagerburg.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Kerry McDonald

NowIf you’ve been applying for jobs for months and received little to no response, even though you’ve followed all the right advice and done all the right things with your resume and job interviews, it’s not you that’s the problem. It’s the system. The traditional idea of work is broken. That’s why more …

2 weeks ago | fee.org | Kerry McDonald

Families need choices, not punishments. In the spring of 2019, HuffPost ran an in-depth story on the human costs of Kamala Harris’s war on truancy. It described how Harris had cracked down on truancy when she was San Francisco’s district attorney and later as California’s attorney general. Her efforts were ruining lives.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Kerry McDonald

Ar'Jillian Gilmer with her microschool studentsAr'Jillian GilmerWhen Ar’Jillian Gilmer launched her Arkansas microschool last fall, she wanted to create a new education option for students who were not thriving in a conventional classroom. A longtime public school teacher in Little Rock who had been offering personalized tutoring services since 2020, Gilmer knew that one-size-fits-all schooling wasn’t always best for students.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Kerry McDonald

As microschools and similarly personalized educational models spread quickly across the U.S., visionary educators working within traditional public schools are taking notice. These “intrapraneurs” are embracing the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation that is fueling the growth of new schools and learning spaces in the private sector, and they are bringing that enterprising attitude to their own schools and school districts. George Philhower is one of them.