Kelly Smith, CEO of Prenda, on the microschool movement

01/07/21 • 50 min

Today's guest on the EdTech Startup Show is Kelly Smith, founder and CEO of Prenda.

Prenda helps create flexible learning environments known as microschools. Often described as the “reinvention of the one-room school house,” microschools combine homeschooling, online education, smaller class sizes, mixed age-level groupings, flipped classrooms, and personalized learning.

Today's guest on the EdTech Startup Show is Kelly Smith, founder and CEO of Prenda.

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