Reimagining Schools to Serve Disconnected Students

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Jeremiah Newell is the founder and CEO of MAEF Public Charter Schools, which has opened the first public charter school in the state of Alabama. He has previously taught middle and high school, led innovative secondary school models for disconnected youth, directed secondary school turnaround efforts, and served as a Harvard Fellow for the Rhode Island Department of Education.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He believes transforming public education is one of the most important issues of our time. He is committed to being a part of the solution and wants to learn from and partner with colleagues of all backgrounds to use our collective imagination, ingenuity, and perseverance to give young people their best possible start to adulthood. </span></p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Show Highlights</strong></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Use the fire in your belly to ignite change  </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earn currency with young people for a responsive learning environment</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Vision without action is a hallucination</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Unpacking competency based learning models </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Replace the traditional role of a counselor with intensive therapeutic counseling</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The questions you need to ask for innovative, equitable education </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Education is a communal process</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“As an educator, we have a responsibility to create the holding environment for young people to make change. That doesn't mean directing them to what that change should be. It's literally creating a space where they can learn a