With over three decades as an educator, administrator, speaker, and most importantly, real-life in-the-trenches classroom experience, Lani’s view of education can be radically different from standard definitions. Known for her practical, humorous, street-savvy style, Lani appreciates and shares with others that education is so much more than current definitions allow. As President, CEO and Chief Visionary Officer of the Engaged Educators Corp., a company whose mission is to innovate education on a massive scale, she has now opened: UP Academy. A 100% independent, private school that offers every student an individualized education program.
INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS:
- What children really need to learn
- How a private school puts educating children on its head. i.e. parents fill in the admittance test, what?
- Insights into designing education for the learner, not the system and the impact.
- The facts about dyslexia
- Why you may not want government funding when having a social impact
- How a small business can proactively have a social and environmental impact with few resources
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