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In this episode, Alec talks to educator Brandy Williams, who came back to New Orleans ten years after evacuating from Hurricane Katrina, and realized she needed to start a school where kids like her son can thrive.
1:25 Growing up in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, and childhood trauma
2:16 College and Hurricane Katrina
2:55 Starting again in North Texas
3:30 Working at Wal Mart
4:07 Returning to college to finish her undergraduate degree
4:33 Brandy starts teaching math
5:22 Brandy becomes an English teacher
5:35 Brandy returns to New Orleans start an “Earn to Learn” program run by Tulane University
5:45 Why Brandy decided she had to start a new school: her son
9:30 How Brandy’s son’s experience changed how she looked at other students and parents
11:20 Brandy joins the 4.0 Schools Essentials program and starts planning her new school
11:40 The difference between “customer” and “user” for a school
12:30 Brandy’s first iteration: a school for twice-exceptional learners ONLY
14:10 Brandy’s vision for spread and scale of Generation Success Academy
14:45 Where Generation Success Academy is at in their development process now
15:40 How you pilot a school without actually opening a school
16:15 Which students the Generation Success Academy will serve
17:00 How they’re making this financially sustainable
18:00 Why and how to build a strong network
