
Starting a school — slowly
In a New Orleans charter high’s first year, students beat the state school performance average, writes Matt Candler, a board member, on Forbes. Eighty-four percent of students earned technical certificates that lead to $20 a hour jobs. How did Rooted‘s founders do it? Slowly. Education reformers tend to be impatient, writes Candler. Rooted’s founder, Jonathan Johnson, spent nearly three years planning the new school, which focuses on preparing students for tech careers. Johns