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John Danner

John Danner

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Jan 5

Accelerating Strategic AI in Education

We are just beginning the AI era in schools. Some fields like coding or customer service are already years into the AI transition…

John Danner

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Dec 16, 2025

Flourish’s Four Pillars

Flourish rests on four pillars: Relationships, Superpowers, Passions, and Standards. The first three are essentially a return to…

Flourish’s Four Pillars

John Danner

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Dec 2, 2025

Thanks Mom and Dad

As we get deeper into trying to grow skills like agency, curiosity, perseverance, and self awareness at Flourish, it makes me really…

Thanks Mom and Dad

John Danner

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Nov 12, 2025

Why Microschools Are A Great Venture Investment

Fifteen years ago, I was a seed investor in a small adtech company called AppLovin. I knew them because one of my great engineers at…

Why Microschools Are A Great Venture Investment

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John Danner

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Oct 29, 2025

Business Services Will Transform Affordable Private Schools

The affordable private school sector, fueled by Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), is on fire. About $8b was spent by states funding ESAs…

Business Services Will Transform Affordable Private Schools

John Danner

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Oct 21, 2025

AI Tutoring Doesn’t Solve The Problem In Education

One of the things that happens with every new technology is that we use it to solve problems from before the technology existed. When the…

AI Tutoring Doesn’t Solve The Problem In Education

John Danner

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Oct 15, 2025

Who’s Your Customer?

A big moment is coming in American education. Almost half of our states are now funding microschools through Education Savings Accounts…

Who’s Your Customer?

John Danner

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Oct 7, 2025

Microschools are the Hacker Fringe of Education

One of my favorite theses comes from Chris Dixon — “What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the…

Microschools are the Hacker Fringe of Education

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John Danner

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Sep 30, 2025

Why Teaching Is About to Become a Great Profession

AI is ripping through the workforce, eliminating jobs, augmenting everything, and changing the way we work. For a lot of people, this is…

Why Teaching Is About to Become a Great Profession

John Danner

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Jun 21, 2023

Project Read

My co-founder Viv and I are so excited to be working on this product! The Science of Reading is sweeping the country now, helping teachers…

John Danner

John Danner

Co-founder and CEO Flourish Schools, SparkSpace, Project Read, NetGravity, Rocketship, Dunce Capital. john@danners.org https://dunce.substack.com/

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