How VELA Founders Spend Their Money
Money. It makes the world go round. It’s a gas. More of it can lead to more problems. Well, that’s at least if we believe what musicians tell us. As an organization that invests in entrepreneurs who deliver alternatives to conventional schooling, VELA is interested in how founders spend their money (and not just the […]
Boundless Education: Unlocking Learning Spaces
If we think about the basic building blocks of any learning environment, we start with students and educators (clearly the most important components). But shortly thereafter we realize that students and educators have to meet somewhere. Access to facilities is central to launching new educational ventures. Not only that, rethinking education can often mean rethinking […]
VELA Founders’ Views on Growth
The scale of the challenge of improving American education is so large that it is hard to fathom. Paradoxically though, large scale efforts to improve education have often failed to live up to their advocates’ lofty promises. VELA subscribes to a different mindset. Small is A-OK. If a microschool only serves a small number of […]