99: Curating Education with Manisha Snoyer

Manisha is the CEO and Founder of Teach Your Kids.  Teach Your Kids is an exciting new podcast and online community that empowers families to play an active, informed role in their children’s education. It advocates for flexible, customized education that promotes whole child development.

Manisha’s journey has been remarkable - apart from educating over 2000 children ages preK-12th grades in three countries, she founded a non-profit during the pandemic, MasteryHour, which has been pivotal in offering free math tutoring to underserved youth. She also led the largest network of organizations supporting families impacted by school closures, serving over 100,000 families. Manisha was instrumental in sparking the microschooling movement, creating CottageClass, the first marketplace for PreK-12th grade microschools in 2015.

Teach Your Kids stands as a testament to her vision - a perfect blend of tech and education. It’s not just about homeschooling; it’s about revolutionizing how we engage with learning in the digital age. Teach Your Kids aims to blur the traditional boundaries of socialization, childcare, and education, with an emphasis on holistic child development.

Join us for this insightful episode about the evolution of microschools and homeschooling, customizing education to meet the needs of each students, and embracing tech while maintaining human connections.

personal journeys into teaching, strategies for navigating challenging conversations, the importance of balancing technology with human interaction, and speculations on future trends in education.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS:

Manisha’s experience as a tutor and how it shaped her journey into education.The emergence of microschools and homeschooling as alternatives to traditional education systems.Manisha’s vision for the future of education and why she believes learning will become more modular.How to approach difficult conversations with children. Balancing the benefits of technology with the importance of human connection.

RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Connect with Manisha and Teach Your Kids on Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, and YouTube.Listen to the Teach Your Kids podcast join the Teach Your Kids community.Get your copy of Rebel Educator: Create Classrooms Where Impact and Imagination MeetLearn more about Rebel Educator, explore our professional development opportunities for educators and students, and check out our project library.Visit us at UP Academy to learn more about our personalized and inclusive learning environment.Connect with Tanya and UP Academy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and learn more about her journey here.

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In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education.

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