Matt Kramer

The Teacher Leaders of @wildflowerschls at our biennial Gathering of Wildflowers. As usual, team Puerto Rico closes out our day together - this time with salsa lessons.

Thanks ⁦@calvertimpcap⁩ for highlighting ⁦@wildflowerschls⁩ in this year’s impact report (p.10). Appreciate your support and partnership! calvertimpact.org/impact/imp…

Curious Mike’s Visit to Rain Lily Montessori - a @wildflowerschls microschool pioneerinstitute.org/feature…

From my @wildflowerschools colleague Lindsey Barnes - reflecting on the meaning of #Juneteenth2024 wildflowerschools.org/post/t…

On my way to @asugsvsummit - excited to visit with many friends and education innovators.

The Wildflower Foundation is launching its first national cohort to support a group of teams from across the US in starting up Wildflower Schools that will open in the fall of 2025. To learn more and to register for information sessions, visit: buff.ly/4c0oSAN

Wildflower @wildflowerschls was just selected as a quarterfinalist for the @YassPrize. Exciting. And dramatic. I found out by watching the live announcement, done in alphabetical order, in which Wildflower was the 64th of 64 mentioned.

Panel hosted by @MplsChamber on supporting employees 3 years into COVID. Employers always tell me they want to be helpful in starting new childcare programs but need alternatives other than building their own programs onsite. w/ @McGoughCompany @mndeed

We are thrilled to feature two Black-led schools in our network that opened recently! Join us later this month to hear Beverlee and LaTania’s founding stories. Register at buff.ly/3AM8faV

Wildflower is proud to introduce Black Wildflowers Fund, a sister organization of Wildflower committed to investing in black educators and closing the leadership gap. Watch the highlights from Black Wildflowers Fund's Launch Announcement Event below!

This is a great analysis of the emerging microschools movement: forbes.com/sites/mikemcshane… @MQ_McShane @wildflowerschls

This week's newsletter from @stanford Learning Accelerator's @volcoucou offers a hopeful interpretation of social epigenetics research: "rich and nurturing environments can alter genes for the positive and cancel the negative effects of trauma." buff.ly/3Jaab1U

Loved this piece in @nypost about innovative charter schools. (Mentions @wildflowerschls. Thanks @Kerry_edu) nypost.com/2023/02/24/we-nee…

Joined Dahlia School of SF for a community fundraiser last night. It is a beautiful example of teacher leadership and close partnership with very supportive of families. @wildflowerschls #montessori

Join us for 'teacher leader stories' - 1/26, 6:30pm ET - to hear from Helen B. of Sundrops (set in an affordable housing project in San Jose, CA) and Marion G. of Capucine (a French/English dual immersion program in Cambridge, MA). #montessori Register: bit.ly/TLStoriesJanuary

Great @washingtonpost mention of Wildflower's Riverseed school in Washington, D.C. washingtonpost.com/education… @wildflowerschls

That would be very helpful!

In other words, making things more difficult for for-profit providers would lead to less childcare and the gap wouldn't be filled by nonprofits like @wildflowerschls until there's a way for nonprofits to get startup capital without turning to private equity firms.

A main reason why for-profits thrive in U.S. childcare is because there is no good way to fund startup costs of nonprofit programs. Nothing like CSP for charters. Can't access SBA loans. Bank loans require staff to personally guarantee.

River #Montessori High School reminds me of the words of Zani and Ebony from Riverseed: school should be a place you go to heal, not a place you need to heal from. River is 600 miles away in a very different community, but it is clearly a place to heal. @wildflowerschls