including public recognition from our Governor and partnership conversations with other education innovators from around the country.

and I couldn't be more grateful for what it's done for us, and helping us serve more students and families.

focusing on what we know is important for kids really works, and having a network of people now that also agree was super huge.

in innovators who are doing this type of transformational work, so that others can learn from it and replicate it, so that you can actually grow yourselves.

We believe very much that microschools should be bottoms up, they come from the community. They're founded by educators who know their community really well. And they want to design a learning environment for the kids in that community.

from all different demographics, all different states, all different service provider types that you can learn from.

we have to find academic experiences that represent neuro-divergent learners, kids who want to learn about gaming, who want to do stuff online, who dropped out of school.

I'm in the process of going through the construction of a 20,000 square foot $11.5 million dollar building dedicated to career and technical education for the students in the Philadelphia region.

And through that, we were able to open up our second campus in the city of Wichita.

It's actually mind blowing. I really see myself as an education entrepreneur, but this expanded me.