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Jeff Shelstad and the price of a free textbook
Jeff Shelstad helped build Flat World Knowledge around affordable books and the freedom to change them. His account of what went wrong is a lesson in money, patience, and who gets to shape a classroom.
Christian Patiño and the school that began with six students
He wanted to start a technology business, but first he needed somewhere to learn. Christian Patiño built Coderhouse around that frustration - and is now bringing AI into a school still organized around human teachers.
Carli Kyles Built a Stage - Then Handed Oakland’s Young People the Microphone
Long before she ran camps or built a family-navigation platform, Carli Kyles studied what teachers reveal when they write honestly. In Oakland, that same faith in reflection has become a working method: make room, share the stage, and let young people lead.
Chris Bennett Is Building Child Care Five Minutes From Every Front Door
A caregiver named Yoli gave Chris Bennett an early lesson in education and enterprise. Years later, he turned that memory into Wonderschool - and a practical campaign to put quality child care within five minutes of every family.
Mitch Gordon Put Freshman Year on a Passport
A teaching job in Taiwan became a career in global education. Now Verto Education's co-founder is trying to turn a semester abroad from an elective into the opening chapter of college.
Rich Enos Built StudyPoint From Two Blue Ticks to 50,000 Families
He once needed help with eighth-grade algebra. Then he tutored StudyPoint’s first student, turned a whiteboard tally into a national operation, and spent 27 years testing what personal education looks like at scale.