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Should a School Brand Ever Be Polarizing?
A teacher at the school where I serve as Chief Product Officer recently approached me, expressing concern about two posts she had seen on our company's…
Jun 2
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Nicolás Forero
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Should a School Brand Ever Be Polarizing?
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May 2025
Early Alternative Education Adopters Wanted Inspiration. The Mass Market Wants Proof.
The next wave of parents won’t switch unless you make the risk of staying feel greater than the risk of leaving.
May 19
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Nicolás Forero
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Early Alternative Education Adopters Wanted Inspiration. The Mass Market Wants Proof.
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Why the Next Socialist Revolution Will Be AI-Led
The Socialist Dream Is Alive in the Age of Data
May 17
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Nicolás Forero
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Why the Next Socialist Revolution Will Be AI-Led
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April 2025
I’m Me at 26 Because of These 26 Beliefs
An invitation to anyone who feels something about me—good, bad, or somewhere in between.
Apr 24
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Nicolás Forero
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I’m Me at 26 Because of These 26 Beliefs
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Whenever We Force Equal Outcomes, We Forfeit Both Equality and Outcomes
What History Teaches About Equality by Decree
Apr 7
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Nicolás Forero
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Whenever We Force Equal Outcomes, We Forfeit Both Equality and Outcomes
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March 2025
How We Cut Spending and Still Increased Student Enrollments
Experiments I’ve run as Chief Product Officer of an alternative school in the last 56 days to increase profit, reduce costs, and better serve families.
Mar 27
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Nicolás Forero
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How We Cut Spending and Still Increased Student Enrollments
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More Kids Are Learning by Doing—But at What Moral Cost?
Losing the ‘How’ in the Pursuit of the ‘What’
Mar 20
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Nicolás Forero
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More Kids Are Learning by Doing—But at What Moral Cost?
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How Schooling Stole Education from Young People
Growing Up Without Classrooms: The Lost Wisdom of Early Independence
Mar 11
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Nicolás Forero
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How Schooling Stole Education from Young People
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A Profit Model for Alternative Education: Document, Repackage, Launch
My March Experiment: Treating Classrooms Into Product Labs
Mar 5
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Nicolás Forero
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A Profit Model for Alternative Education: Document, Repackage, Launch
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February 2025
In Education, the Market Makes the Final Call on Your Value
Teachers and Policymakers: Parents and Students Are the Ultimate Arbiter.
Feb 24
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Nicolás Forero
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One Alternative School's Profit Depends on Every Other (And Not Because They "Compete")
Why Microschools, Virtual Schools, and Learning Pods (etc) Can Only Succeed as a Network
Feb 19
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Nicolás Forero
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One Alternative School's Profit Depends on Every Other (And Not Because They "Compete")
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How Unrecorded Information Keeps Valuable Company and Nation Potential Dormant
Rewriting the Rules of Asset Utilization Through Documentation
Feb 9
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Nicolás Forero
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