LiberatED Podcast
The LiberatED Podcast tells the stories of the entrepreneurial parents and teachers who are creating innovative K-12 learning options across the US and expanding education options for families. This twice-weekly podcast is hosted by Kerry McDonald, a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education and leader of the Education Entrepreneurship Lab. A regular contributor at Forbes.com and The 74, Kerry is the bestselling author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside t...
Episodes (385)
Teens in the Trades: Why can't a skilled 16-year-old get a job?
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How Hybrid Homeschooling Can Prevent Homeschool Mom Burnout
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"They Become Themselves": Former public school teacher Heather DiNino explains t...
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Helping special needs students to SOAR: Kenisha Skaggs on building SOAR Academy
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Ready, Set, Launch! A new microschool opens this week, inspired by other founder...
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A STEM microschool in small-town West Virginia: Why a former public school teach...
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Got ADHD? BreakOut School Is For You: Why a Utah pharmacist created a microschoo...
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A Hybrid Homeschooling Pioneer: Laura George founded Compass Prep Academy in 200...
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A Microschool for LGBTQ+ Youth: Our Resilient Community ALC provides a nurturing...
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Home(school) on the (G)range: A rural microschool in Oregon is infused with Mont...
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Pre-Launch Perspectives: Chioma Onyewuchi on starting an alternative education p...
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Beyond Schooling: Reflections from a Self-Directed Teen
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A Startup Sudbury School in Saint Louis
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Georgia Black Home Educators Network: A conversation with cofounder and homescho...
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One of NYC's first unschooling centers: A conversation with Brooklyn Apple found...
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A Hand Up, Not A Hand Out: How a former urban public school teacher is tackling...
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Creating Liberty: Why one longtime public school teacher quit to create a learne...
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2023 Alternative Education Conference Keynote Presentation
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The Intersection of Unschooling & Web 3.0: A conversation with Genii DAO founder...
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How to Balance Homeschool & Work with 'Homeschool Hacks' Author Linsey Knerl
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How Decentralized Education is Improving Student Learning: A former public schoo...
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The Microschool Startup Journey: Founders of a new Acton Academy affiliate in Vi...
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An Outdoor Preschool Grows to Serve School-Age Kids Too: Kim Stringer is the fou...
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A Charter School That Works for Homeschoolers: River's Edge Academy Charter Scho...
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From "Pandemic Pod" to Microschool: Why Detroit founder Danna Guzman says intere...
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An Outdoor, Democratic School in NYC: Education professor, Maysaa Bazna, on crea...
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Rural, Waldorf Microschool Shut Down By State Regulators: Hawaii mom, Ariel Magu...
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Smashing Homeschooling Stereotypes: A conversation with Syreeta Farria and Victo...
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A Midwife's Microschool: Cara Frantz on creating Envision Homeschool Collective
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A Sudbury-style school in Spain: Exploring The Learning Project, Ibiza
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From Memphis Public School Teacher to Lab School Founder: Coi Morrison's entrepr...
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The Space In Between: How Becky Abrams grew her small homeschool co-op into a 20...
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Empowering Homeschooling Families in Detroit: A conversation with Engaged Detroi...
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A microschool pioneer who fought for homeschooling freedoms: Clonlara School fou...
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Can a school district actually innovate? Maybe so.
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100th Episode! Some reflections on this podcast milestone
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A Home-Based Montessori Microschool: Why longtime teacher Karen Weary created a...
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How A Teen Homeschooler Created An Online Learning Platform: A conversation with...
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Working with youth on "their next great adventure": Vijay Shah at The Humanist A...
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Professor Gina Riley on self-directed education & unschooling
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Army veteran, teacher, and microschool founder: Felicia Wright on creating The L...
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Wildflower Montessori NYC Charter School: A conversation with the teacher-entrep...
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From Foster Kid to Founder: Former public school teacher Mercedes Grant on why a...
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"It is only beginning." Why Amber Okolo-Ebube thinks we are just at the start of...
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One of the first microschools! Ken Danford on creating North Star: Self-Directed...
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If you can't find it, build it: Former public school teacher Alycia Wright on cr...
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Kids & Nature: Two homeschool moms created Barefoot University, connecting thous...
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A partnership with parents: Texas microschool founders support individualized le...
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"We're seeing so much anxiety and it's damaging." Two therapists launch an Acton...
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A Grandmother's Microschool: After teaching in public schools for over 20 years,...
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