Education Disruption

1. Opening a High School That Puts Kids First


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As leaders of our district's Alternative High School Program, we saw the limitations and shortcomings of the traditional model and the available alternatives. The traditional school model serves some kids, but not all kids. 

We set out to reimagine high school. In our first episode of Education Disruption, we talk about how and why we came to open our own high school.

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Education Disruption is a podcast by Rachel Babcock and Josh Charpentier, founders of Map Academy—a free, public charter high school open to all Massachusetts students.

More about Map Academy: themapacademy.org

Follow us on Twitter:

twitter.com/charpentierjosh
twitter.com/RachelBabcock

This podcast is a Hairpin production: hairpin.org

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