#Education: Garrett Smiley, Co-Founder of Sora Schools

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Garrett Smiley, Co-Founder of Sora Schools – an innovative, online high school where students explore their interests, learn however is best for them, and gain valuable exposure to future careers and fields of work.

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Topics discussed in this episode:

- What is Sora?

- Why did you start it?

- At what point did you look at the system and realize that there was a business opportunity to do something different?

- Why there aren't a lot of options for alternative high-school options

- The beginning years of Sora and how it works

- How does Sora's student level of satisfaction compare to "traditional" school

- How Sora handles socialization while being completely online How do you handle the common arguments and questions that parents have?

Learn more about Garrett and Sora below:

Garrett's Twitter: https://twitter.com/gw_smiles

Garrett's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwsmiley/

Sora Schools: https://soraschools.com/

Sora's Website: https://twitter.com/soraschools

Books referenced:

Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/1603580557

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