12/24/2022 0 Comments Rocketship coffee![]() Then I helped launch Rocketship in Tennessee, and now we're set to open our third school in four years. It was a great opportunity to put all that study and policy into practice at the school/network level. LEAD was growing and it was all hands on deck. Eventually my wife and I made our way back to Nashville and I got connected with We represented parents that sought to exercise their right to choose the best option for their children-that was an awesome role. Then I worked at a constitutional law firm, the Institute for Justice, that has a major school choice mission. No Child Left Behind (NCLB), so it was a great time to learn about which levers really move the dial in terms of providing more kids with better educational opportunities. It was right about the time when states and districts were feeling the first effects of When I graduated I immediately went to Washington, D.C. How did you go from practicing attorney to education advocate to charter school leader? For law school, I went to Wake Forest in North Carolina and the motto is "Pro Iustitia," or "In Service of Justice." Justice was always more interesting to me than practicing law, though I'm so thankful for that experience and my education. Honestly I think coffee is the placebo-the run is what gets me moving for the rest of the day. What is your favorite morning pick-me-up? I start most mornings with a little coffee, followed by a run, then some more coffee. Here's how the education dynamo takes care of business. ![]() After opening two charter schools, Mitchell will be opening Rocketship Nashville’s third school, though not without a battle. ![]() The avid runner, former attorney and recent TEDx Talk presenter is shaking up things in Nashville-and parents and children are better for it. Nashville's Rocketship schools, is a jack of all trades. ![]()
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