Hello, my name is Doc Schwartz.
People call me "The School Doc" because my father was a true pioneer in the field of education and psychology. He earned a PhD from Fordham University, but because I don't have a doctorate - people just started calling me Doc out of respect.
I want to thank you for visiting Leaf Academy. I know it was difficult to find us. There are a million websites and hundreds of millions of tweets and posts dominating your news feeds, but the good news is you found a place where the truth always comes first.
And the first truth I want you to know is that our current school system is really old, out of date and no longer very helpful to 21st century learners.
What I want you to do is explore Leaf Academy. Read the blogs, sign up for the mini-challenges and start educating yourself on the academic research of the last 25 years that proves our schools are stuck in the past.
But I want to warn you - the problem with the school system isn't the teachers, and it isn't the principals. This is the second truth I hope you learn here.
Our school system is run by a bunch of empty suited bureaucrats, who have three fancy letters after their name, but know less than nothing about education. And this is why our student outcomes are so horrendous.
What we need to do is ignore what the bureaucrats have to say. We need to save our teachers and principals from their reign of terror. And we also need to disrupt education and the status quo.
I hope you agree with what I'm saying and if you do - I hope you will join me on this journey to give you the 21st century education that you deserve.
Sincerely,