Disruption Interruption podcast host and veteran communications disruptor, Karla Jo Helms, recently sat down with Amar Kumar, Founder and CEO of KaiPod Learning, education technology startup, to find out how parents can take back control over their child's education.
TAMPA BAY, Fla., Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Teachers in the U.S. are expected to be educators and family surrogates, while students pay the price for policy fights over funding, testing and curriculum. It's no wonder that the state of the nation's education system is considered a failure. (1) As history tends to repeat itself, there is now a rebirth of the one-room schoolhouse, with more than 125,000 microschools. (2) How can an educational setting with a small group of mixed-age students meeting in person, setting daily goals, collaborating on activities and creative projects, and led by an adult mentor who is passionate about education, but not necessarily a teacher, make a vast difference in education?
Disruptor and Ed-tech entrepreneur Amar Kumar, explains to Karla Jo Helms, the host of the Disruption/Interruption podcast, how the current education system is failing both teachers and students. He sees microschools as a valuable model to create a revolutionary national network of grassroots, smaller schools run by passionate educators.
In a highlight moment Kumar insists that "We are asking teachers to do an impossible job. We're saying, by the way, build some relationships with families, and go to this volunteer event. You could pay teachers $250,000 a year and it would still be a job where people burn out."
Key takeaways:
- The problems with traditional education system
- The impact of covid-19 on education
- The impact of microschools on children's health
- The birth of KaiPod: a new approach to education
- The dire state of traditional education
- Work-life harmony: balancing passion and parenthood
Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumaramar/
Company website: https://www.kaipodlearning.com/
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About Disruption Interruption:
Disruption is happening on an unprecedented scale, impacting all manner of industries — MedTech, Finance, IT, eCommerce, shipping and logistics, and more — and COVID has moved their timelines up a full decade or more. But WHO are these disruptors, and when did they say, "THAT'S IT! I'VE HAD IT!"? Time to Disrupt and Interrupt with host Karla Jo "KJ" Helms, veteran communications disruptor. KJ interviews bad a**es who are disrupting their industries and altering economic networks that have become antiquated with an establishment resistant to progress. She delves into uncovering secrets from industry rebels and quiet revolutionaries that uncover common traits — and not-so-common — that are changing our economic markets … and lives. Visit the world's key pioneers that persist to success, despite arrows in their backs at http://www.disruptioninterruption.com
About Karla Jo Helms:
Karla Jo Helms is the Chief Evangelist and Anti-PR® Strategist for JOTO PR Disruptors™.
Karla Jo learned firsthand how unforgiving business can be when millions of dollars are on the line — and how the control of public opinion often determines whether one company is happily chosen, or another is brutally rejected. Being an alumnus of crisis management, Karla Jo has worked with litigation attorneys, private investigators, and the media to help restore companies of goodwill into the good graces of public opinion — Karla Jo operates on the ethic of getting it right the first time, not relying on second chances and doing what it takes to excel. Helms speaks globally on public relations, how the PR industry itself has lost its way and how, in the right hands, corporations can harness the power of Anti-PR to drive markets and impact market perception.
About Amar Kumar:
Amar Kumar is an education entrepreneur with deep experience in online learning and education technology. He brings blue sky strategies to life, launches new products, and helps organizations capture new growth opportunities beyond their comfort zone. When making decisions, he trusts his gut instinct, but always verifies with data.
As a leader, he equips his teams with the tools to do the best work of their lives. Kumar is drawn to people that are hungry for feedback, always striving for improvement, and that consider themselves to be in a state of 'permanent beta.'
Right now, he is building an online learning startup that deeply personalizes learning while making it more engaging, social, and affordable. Never has he been more excited to jump out of bed to get to work.
References:
(1) Steiner, David. "America's Education System is a Mess, and It's Students Who Are Paying the Price", The74, 20 July 2023, the74million.org/article/americas-education-system-is-a-mess-and-its-students-who-are-paying-the-price/.
(2) Rubenstein, Abigail. "The Biggest Trend for Schools is Going Small", The Morning Brew, 01 September 2023, morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/09/01/trend-schools-small-microschools.
Media Contact
Karla Jo Helms, JOTO PR™, 727-777-4629, [email protected], http://jotopr.com/
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