Presenting 30+ Experts and Trailblazing
Entrepreneurs in Education

May 19th - 21st, 2023 6:00 PM ET | Exhibits Open at 5:00 PM

Michael Strong

Founder, The Socratic Experience

John Deming

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Chris Unger

Faculty and Education Change Agent

David DeLugas

Executive Director & Founder, Parents USA

Zachary Laberge

Founder, Frenter

Steve Hargadon

Modern social networks

Danielle Strachman

Founder, 1517 Fund

Myles Mendoza

Oak Rose Group

Mike Yates

Founder, Mike Yates

Cassidy Younghans

Co-Founder, Wild Roots Learning Community

Corey DeAngelis

Senior Fellow, American Federation for Children

Matt Beaudreau

Education Speaker

Virginia Walden Ford

Miss Virginia & EdChoice

Matt Barnes

Learning Coach

John Mackey

Co-creator and CEO of Love.Life

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Hannah Frankman

Founder - Rebel Educator

Kerry McDonald

FEE/Cato

Dr. Anika Prather

Founder - The Living Water School

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Trey Goff

Co-founder and President

Stacey Ferreira

Entrepreneur

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Navid Nathoo

Founder - TKS

SJ Barakony

Founder - The Education Sherpa

Jai Agrawal

Founder

Kaity Broadbent

Chief Empowerment Advocate at Prenda

Connor Boyack

Founder - Tuttle Twins

Sachin Syal

Youth Entrepreneur Award Contestant

Nolan Buchanan

Youth Entrepreneur Award Contestant

Arshad Shiju

Youth Entrepreneur Award Contestant

Anya Pinto

Youth Entrepreneur Award Contestant

Robbins Armament

Youth Entrepreneur Award Contestant

Jonathan Ruiz-See

Youth Entrepreneur Award Contestant

Art Smith

Liberty Academy

Caleb Capoccia

Actor, Homeschooler and Ivy League College Student

Claire Christensen

Youth Entrepreneur Award Contestant

Matt Bateman

Executive Director Higher Ground Education

John Papola

Serial entrepreneur

John Papola

Serial entrepreneur

James Lindsay

American-born author

Matt Bowman

Online learning

Blake Boles

Founder, Unschooled Adventures

Mitchell Earl

Chief Operating Officer

Catherine Fraise

Workspace Education

Ryan Delk

CEO and Co-founder of Primer

Lindsay Hoyt

Founder and Board Chair

Adam Mangana

Executive Director

Myles Mendoza

Oak Rose Group

Quisha King

Mass Exodus Movement

Tory Gattis

Education system

Nichelle Nelson

Veteran homeschool

Patti Sullivan

Organizational management

Patrick Gibbons

Public affairs manager

Anita Gibson

Author & educational strategist

Pat Blackburn

Retired educator

Lauren May

Director of advocacy

Drew Catt

Director of State Research

Melody Bolduc

Director of State Research

Kaity Broadbent, Prenda

Head of Learning at Prenda

Trey Goff

Co-founder and President

Chris Roberts

Homebuilding Instructor

Marsha Familaro Enright

educational entrepreneur

Disclaimer: The committee does not endorse all of the perspectives and solutions put forward and invite listeners to draw their own conclusions. The committee is pleased to provide this diverse marketplace of ideas from which conference participants can choose those that align with their values and worldview. That’s the value in The Liberation of Education approach.

Events

Daily Event Schedule

Traditional education is negatively impacting many children. It can interfere in a child's natural progression in finding their calling.

In this conference, you'll have the opportunity to hear from experts in education about how your child may be affected. You'll also learn from trailblazing education entrepreneurs about myriad solutions.

5:00-6:00         Exhibits & Speed Meeting Groups
6:00-6:15          Welcome Introduction and Overview
6:15-6:45           Keynote Speaker
6:45-7:15           Breakouts (2 to 3 each night)
7:15-7:30           15 Min Pause (Exhibits, Discussions, Break)
7:30-8:00          Keynote Speaker
8:00-8:30          Breakouts
8:30-8:45          15 Min Pause
8:45-9:15          Keynote Speaker
9:15-9:30          Closeout Call to Action
9:30-9:45         Final Call on Exhibits

Topics Covered

  • How your child’s mental and emotional well-being may be impacted by their current schooling environment
  • Parental rights and getting over the fear of making the switch from public school
  • Homeschooling, unschooling and hybrid opportunities including socializing and project-based learning
  • Parenting for Student Success: an interactive exercise in how to realize the innate understanding that most of us have, but haven’t articulated, for how to create the right conditions for learning.
  • Win at School: illuminating how schools actually work and what winning at school really is: taking charge of one’s own learning.
  • How to nurture strong, resilient, motivated, creative and inspired children
  • Funding your child’s education with public and private grants and scholarship funds and what to do if not available in your state
  • High impact tactics for school choice advocacy in your state/district
  • History, present and future of school choice in America and your state with policy experts and film producers
  • Success stories from parents who have high-performing and happy children in schools and careers their children love
  • Building coalition and networking with others in your state/region for support around school choice and school choice funding
  • Various tried-and-true curriculum and bespoke curriculum styles What IS Classical Education, why are we seeing a renewal and how can you implement it in your community?
  • Incorporating virtues & ethics into your child’s learning
  • Learning styles: self-directed learning, classical method, individualized learning plans, Socratic discussion, academic coaching, unschooling, and more
  • Taking a non-traditional approach to education generally leads to great outcomes for self-starters
  • What it’s like starting and building a charter school
  • Starting your own microschool or pod to create higher income opportunities for teachers with higher career satisfaction
  • Innovative technology to augment your child’s current learning environment and keep them ahead of the curve for their next stages of school and career
  • Life after high school: what comes next & how to make the strongest start possible
  • Apprenticeship & vocational opportunities: rewarding alternatives to many high-risk/low-reward college paths
  • Learn anywhere with anyone: innovative and interactive online virtual and virtual reality options
  • Teenager-driven solutions for bringing other students to alternative education opportunities
  • Better signaling value: How can your student get PAID to get educated if he/she excels in a particular field?
  • Foundations for Career Education Success (dirty jobs as vocation)
  • Inspiring tools and tricks to positively motivate your student.
  • and more!

TOPICS COVERED​

  • How your child's mental and emotional well-being may be impacted by their current schooling environment
  • Parental rights and getting over the fear of making the switch from public school
  • Homeschooling, unschooling and hybrid opportunities including socializing and project-based learning
  • Parenting for Student Success: an interactive exercise in how to realize the innate understanding that most of us have, but haven't articulated, for how to create the right conditions for learning.
  • Win at School: illuminating how schools actually work and what winning at school really is: taking charge of one's own learning.
  • How to nurture strong, resilient, motivated, creative and inspired children
  • Funding your child's education with public and private grants and scholarship funds and what to do if not available in your state
  • High impact tactics for school choice advocacy in your state/district
  • History, present and future of school choice in America and your state with policy experts and film producers
  • Success stories from parents who have high-performing and happy children in schools and careers their children love
  • Building coalition and networking with others in your state/region for support around school choice and school choice funding
  • Various tried-and-true curriculum and bespoke curriculum styles
  • What IS Classical Education, why are we seeing a renewal and how can you implement it in your community?
  • Incorporating virtues & ethics into your child's learning
  • Learning styles: self-directed learning, classical method, individualized learning plans, Socratic discussion, academic coaching, unschooling, and more
  • Taking a non-traditional approach to education generally leads to great outcomes for self-starters
  • What it’s like starting and building a charter school
  • Starting your own microschool or pod to create higher income opportunities for teachers with higher career satisfaction
  • Innovative technology to augment your child's current learning environment and keep them ahead of the curve for their next stages of school and career
  • Apprenticeship & vocational opportunities: rewarding alternatives tomany high-risk/low-reward college paths
  • Learn anywhere with anyone: innovative and interactive online virtual and virtual reality options
  • Teenager-driven solutions for bringing other students to alternative education opportunities
  • Better signaling value: How can your student get PAID to get educated if he/she excels in a particular field?
  • Foundations for Career Education Success (dirty jobs as vocation)
  • Inspiring tools and tricks to positively motivate your student.
  • and more!
  • Ready to liberate your kids from the traditional
    education system?

    Our three-day conference covers everything you need to know: how to educate kids for the 21st century, what schools and models are being built, what policy changes are happening in your area, how to design a curriculum at home – and how to supplement your kids’ education on your own if you can’t pull them out.

    If you’re a parent or an educator, you won’t want to miss this.