Revealing Podcast About Success Academy — Part V
Star Wars fans know that Episode 5 — The Empire Strikes Back, was the best of the Star Wars saga. And of Beethoven’s nine symphonies, the most famous is surely his fifth. Likewise, of the seven episodes of Startup’s podcast about Success Academy, the fifth (found here) is the most powerful and the most important.
To say that this episode has the ‘smoking gun’ would be an understatement. This episode has not just the smoking gun, but a video of the culprit firing that gun. I’m not sure why this episode hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves. Maybe because it is so many hours into the podcast and most people don’t listen to all the parts. Or maybe there are so many Success Academy excuses and talking points weaved into all the other episodes that this episode just seems like a small blemish on a generally favorable portrait of the controversial charter network. Whatever the reason, I’m hoping that people will take the time to listen to the whole podcast and to share it, along with my summary, widely.
This episode is entitled ‘Expectations’ and it explores whether or not the expectations Success Academy has for it’s students and for the parents of those students are something that the students and parents rise to meet or if they scare away potential families and families who struggle to keep up with those expectations.
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