Out To Lunch - New Orleans Business Podcast

It’s New Orleans: Out to Lunch

Hosted ByPeter Ricchiuti

OUT TO LUNCH finds the country's most entertaining finance professor Peter Ricchiuti conducting business New Orleans style: over lunch. Each week Peter invites guests from the New Orleans business world to join him, sometimes for fine dining others for pizza. From CEO's to startups, managers, musicians, biomed needle-movers, Silicon Bayou success stories and entrepreneurs of all stripes put aside the elevator pitch and the talking points and actually enjoy themselves. It's business, New Orleans style.
You can also hear the show on WWNO 89.9FM.

Education 3.0 – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

February 18, 2016 Out to Lunch Comments Off on Education 3.0 – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

The world of New Orleans education is changing. For elementary, middle, and high schools that change has been so radical that we’ve become global pioneers in charter education.

There’s another education transformation going on that you might be less familiar with. It’s a parallel universe. Of paradoxes. They’re educational entrepreneurial ventures – that are nonprofit. Organizations that integrate into the education system – but aren’t a part of it. Two of these intriguing new ventures are here in New Orleans.

matt candler

Matt Candler is principal of a company called 4.0 Schools.

jonas chartock

Jonas Chartock leads Leading Educators.

Matt and Jonas join Peter Ricchiuti on this edition of Out to Lunch to explain the revolution behind the revolution. It’s an eye-opening and fascinating insight into the future of education, in New Orleans and far beyond.

P H Fred

Peter’s entrepreneur du jour today is, P H Fred, creator The Freducator, a simple $4.99 smart phone app that helps students outsmart the ACT. And by all accounts, works.

Photos at Commander’s Palace by Alison Moon.