235 - Julie Young on ASU Prep Digital

Today, the Getting Smart team is bringing you an episode with an innovative leader and celebrated education disrupter for more than two decades, Julie Young! Julie is the CEO of ASU Prep Digital and Deputy Vice President of ASU Educational Outreach. Before leading ASU Prep Digital, Julie was the founding CEO and President of Florida Virtual School, the world's first statewide virtual school and one of the nation's largest K-12 online education providers. ASU Prep Digital is a part of the ASU Preparatory Academy (a network of a dozen PreK-12 schools sponsored by Arizona State University.) ASU Prep Digital is now in its 3rd year and has grown to over 20,000 enrollments both nationally and internationally, which includes 600 fulltime students across the country! The school is striving to equip all students with the knowledge and training needed to graduate high school and be successful in college. In today's episode, you will get to hear directly from Julie and learn more about ASU Prep Digital's history, features, and how they're serving learners worldwide! Key Takeaways: [:15] About today's episode. [1:28] Tom welcomes Julie Young to the podcast! [2:02] What interested Julie about...