For Episode 9, I interviewed David Porter, the Executive Director of University Preparatory Academy in the Silicon Valley in San Jose. This is a special edition Covid-19 episode and David speaks about their transition to virtual learning. Un

Jennifer Cauzza of Julian Charter School - Covid-19 Special | Episode 008

Mar 20th, 2020 25m 21s

For Episode 8, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jennifer Cauzza, the Executive Director of Julian Charter School. This is a special edition Covid-19 episode. Julian Charter School is a hybrid program that has recently switched to total ind

Jody Graf of Visions In Education | Episode 007

Mar 6th, 2020 27m 36s

For Episode 7, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jody Graf, the Executive Director of Visions In Education. VIE is a home school program in Northern CA in 9 different counties, including Sacramento.Jody and I discussed their unique prog

Carrie Wagner of Girls Athletic Leadership School | Episode 006

Nov 6th, 2019 23m 20s

I sat down with Carrier Wagner, Founder & Executive Director of Girls Athletic Leadership School (GALS) for Episode 6. GALS is a free, all girls public charter school in Panorama City, CA.GALS is collocated on a beautiful LAUSD campus. The st

Claudia Weintraub of River Oaks Academy | Episode 005

May 15th, 2019 27m 29s

For Episode 5, I sat down with Claudia Weintraub, Executive Director of River Oaks Academy, a TK through 12th grade, independent study, or personalized learning as they like to call it, charter school that has two locations in Westlake Village

Meadows Arts Technology Elementary School | Episode 004

May 1st, 2019 27m

For Episode 4, I headed on over to Thousand Oaks, CA to Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary School, or MATES for short. I interviewed Brenda Olshever the Executive Director and Kristin Walker, the Assistant Director.MATES is a conversion

Redwood Preparatory Academy | Episode 003

Apr 17th, 2019 24m 2s

I spoke with a couple of the Founders of Redwood Preparatory Charter School, located in Humboldt County for the third episode of the Charter Chat Podcast. I had the pleasure of interviewing Krista Croteau & Melanie Downing who are both a coupl

Christine Kuglen of Innovations Academy | Episode 002

Mar 27th, 2019 29m 55s

For the second episode of the Charter Chat Podcast, I visited with Christine Kuglen from Innovations Academy, located in San Diego. Christine has a great story about how she started her charter school. She also speaks about how she home-school

Ana Chavez of Value Schools | Episode 001

Mar 27th, 2019 28m 52s

I sat down with Ana Chavez from Value Schools, located in Los Angeles, CA for the first episode of the Charter Chat Podcast. She tells us about how she got started in charter schools and education.Ana spoke about their values-based model and

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