Community Crafted Education
The landscape of hybrid and microschools in various forms – what we will call “community crafted education” – has grown substantially in recent years. On this podcast we will talk about the downstream effects of school choice and especially community crafted education models. How are all of these entrepreneurial opportunities, policy developments, new schools, and new educational experiences improving society? This is probably the most exciting time in education entrepreneurship and policy in the past 30 years. To explore these developments, host Eric Wearne, Director of the National Hybrid Schools Project, talks with people who are mostly not a part of the school choice world, about how these new options are affecting or could potentially affect their various fields.
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Gerard Robinson, Professor at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the School of Law at UVA, provides the keynote address at the 2026 National Hybrid Schools Conference: "Hybrid Schooling: Why it Matters to Families, Educators, and the State."
Tuesday May 12, 2026
Tuesday May 12, 2026
Coi Marie Morefield, Entrepreneur in Residence at the Beacon Center and Partner for Ecosystems at Education Reimagined, provides the opening keynote at the 2026 National Hybrid Schools Conference: "Here I Stand: A Radical Vision for a Learner-Centered Future."
Tuesday Mar 17, 2026
Tuesday Mar 17, 2026
Darren Lawson, Owner of Paradox Communication and longtime stage director and college dean, joins Eric to talk about visual and performing arts in community crafted schools.
Tuesday Mar 03, 2026
Tuesday Mar 03, 2026
Adam Foster (Associate Pastor) and Bethany Lee (Homeschool Academy Director) from Fellowship Church in Greenwood, Missouri, join Eric to talk about churches as sponsors and hosts of community-crafted schools.
Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
James Shuls from Florida State University joins Eric to discuss common schooling and civics education.
Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
David Hunt from the Aristotle Foundation joins Eric to talk about the status of and prospects for community crafted education in Canada.
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Shoshana Weissmann from the Abundance Institute joins Eric to discuss barriers to startups that don't fit into existing categories.
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Peter Gray, a psychology professor at Boston College, joins Eric to discuss self-directed and play-based learning.
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Matthew Sanders, founder and CEO of Longbeard, joins Eric to talk about current and future developments in AI, and their implications for schooling.
Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
Shiren Rattigan, founder of Colossal Academies, joins Eric to discuss education entrepreneurship as a means of building a legacy and wealth.