Interview with Daniel Quisenberry of MAPSA and the Role Public School Charter Academies can play in solving the Dropout Crisis.
This week we talk with Daniel Quisenberry, President of the Michigan Association of Public School Academies. Dan shares with us the mission and vision for MAPSA and the role that Public School Charter Academies can play in helping solve Michigan's Dropout Crisis.
"Big doesn't work any more for students -- I talked to one of our school Principals, who said, 'Dan, my most important job is to know when a student changes their hairstyle.' You have to know a kid to know some of that and then you say, 'What's going on in your life?' And that matters to teenagers and then you can make sure you are tying up the academics with it as well, but those are the components you were hearing the other night and yeah, for kids that are experienced a little rebellion in their life, you want a school that's willing to tackle that."
We hope you enjoy this show as we continue to seek ways to solve the 'silent epidemic' of children who are dropping out of school.
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