Constant Contact: How To Start A Private School & Find Prospective Students

Constant Contact just shared a new brilliant article:

As someone interested in advancing the education field, you no doubt are aware of the ways private schools can serve a specific community. Plenty of passionate educators have opened these institutions to meet needs they felt were going unacknowledged. For example, Ron Clark founded the Ron Clark Academy to give students a learning environment that promoted more creativity, innovation, and a stronger passion for learning than other options could. When Clark, the 2000 Disney Teacher of the Year, opened the doors of the academy, every student and teacher entered the building via a 20-foot indoor slide, proving it would be an institution that dared to be different.   Then there’s Mercedes Ricon, founder of Killian Oaks Academy, in Miami, Florida. Ricon wanted to promote a more individualized learning experience. The school she founded accomplishes this by allowing no more than 10 children per class and by seating them in a…

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