Education Disruption

Education Disruption

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Education Disruption episodes

  • 5. Disrupting High School Education Requires Patience

    The day-to-day challenges of running a high school that is student-centered have to be met with a certain level of patience.


    PROGRAM NOTE: At about 5:40 into this episode there was a knock at the door. It was a student who had just received her first credit of high school. At Map Academy, every credit earned is celebrated and announced to the entire school community. We thought this was a great moment and chose to keep it in the episode.

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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

    23 min
  • 4. Cultivating a Positive School Culture on the First Day of School

    Coming right off of our first day of school, we discuss the school culture we are trying to create at Map Academy in our second year. We also talk about the nuance of integrating a new group of students and staff with our founding students and staff.


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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

    19 min
  • 3. Finding the Right Teachers to Do High School Differently

    It takes a certain kind of teacher to work at a school that departs from the traditional model. We put an emphasis on building the right team and investing in human capital. In this episode, we talk all things staffing. 

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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

    24 min
  • 2. Rethinking the High School Schedule

    One major aspect of the high school experience we chose to overhaul was the schedule. There are no bells at our school and students have a lot more autonomy over their day. In this episode, we talk about how we're reshaping this school day model after seeing it in action our first year. 

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    Frustrated by the current state of education, Rachel Babcock and Josh Charpentier decided they would open a high school. 


    Education Disruption is the story of how high school can be done differently, for the benefit of the students.

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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

    24 min
  • 1. Opening a High School That Puts Kids First

    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

    28 min

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Frustrated by the current state of education, Rachel Babcock and Josh Charpentier decided they would open a high school. Education Disruption is the story of how high school can be done differently,…