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Podcast: MCC Podcast
Episode: Classical Virtues in the Bronx? The Vertex Academy Model
Description: In this episode of the MCC Learning Institute podcast, Dr. Richard Fodor, Head of Research, and Dr. János Setényi, Director of the Institute sit down with Ian Rowe — American education entrepreneur, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies in the Bronx.Together, we explore the foundations of Ian’s philosophy of education, shaped by his parents’ immigrant journey and his belief in the American Dream as a source of agency for young people. We discuss the mission of Vertex Academies and its focus on the classical virtues of Courage, Justice...