College might be the most inefficient path to finding out what you want to do.

Co-founder of BitsBox, Aidan Chopra, talks about the importance of combining technology and the arts to make a great educational experience.  Check out more at www.bitsbox.com.   Follow the journey at www.disrupteducation.co Instagram @disrupteducation Facebook @disrupteducation1 Twitter @PeterHostrawser

 I interview the guy who told me not to become a teacher.  My father, John Hostrawser, tells it like it is as a high school math teacher for over 35 years.     Follow the journey at www.disrupteducation.co  Instagram @disrupteducation  Facebook @disrupteducation1  Twitter @PeterHostrawser 

His mission is to give every kid in America the opportunity to stand up in their classroom if they choose. Derek Lopez started a movement called #StandUpOurKids and is committed to exposing why kids should have this choice in the classroom. Humans have not accomplished much by sitting on their butts.  This is his interview on Disrupt Education.  Learn more at www.standupourkids.com Follow the journey at www.disrupteducation.co Instagram @disrupteducation Facebook @disrupteducation1 Twitter @PeterHostrawser

In this episode, Lambda School co-founder and CEO Austen Allred talks about his journey in education and the creation of the innovative Lambda School.   Check out www.lambdaschool.com to find out more about this 30 week immersive program. Follow the journey at www.disrupteducation.co Instagram @disrupteducation Facebook @disrupteducation1 Twitter @PeterHostrawser

In this episode, Matt Hutson talks about his journey in education from the United States to Indonesia.  Matt founded Bookmattic and consults, speaks, and teaches across the world.  Check out www.bookmattic.com or @bookmattic across social media and YouTube to find out more about this true disruptor of education. Follow the journey at www.disrupteducation.co Instagram @disrupteducation Facebook @disrupteducation1 Twitter @PeterHostrawser

In this episode, Sylvain Kalache talks about his educational journey and co-founding Holberton School.  Holberton School is an alternative to college training full stack software engineers.  Learn more at www.holbertonschool.com Follow the journey at www.disrupteducation.co Instagram @disrupteducation Facebook @disrupteducation1 Twitter @PeterHostrawser

In this episode Brian Marth, the Assistant Provost for Academic Services at Columbia College Chicago, talks about his journey through education.

Darcel Washington is a mentor, education consultant and visionary. She is the Founder and CEO of Mentoring You and co-Founder of ScholarChics. Her commitment to help youth thrive in life, college, and the workplace is immeasurable. Darcel shares her story on this episode of Disrupt Education. Check out more about Mentoring You and ScholarChics at www.mentoringyou.net.

Entrepreneur, Coach, Mentor, Motivator, Creative, and Actor Henry Nwoko talks about his path to Los Angeles from Oak Park. He shares his Nigerian background and how he chose his path to success though formal and informal education. Check out more of Henry at www.henrynwoko.com. Follow the journey at www.disrupteducation.co Instagram @disrupteducation Facebook @disrupteducation1 Twitter @PeterHostrawser

The 2018 Hawaii Teacher of the Year Mathieu Williams talks about his past in education and how it formed his passion for teaching others. See more of Mathieu's journey at www.mathieuwilliams.com

In this episode, we talk with Elliot Friedland of Lunacy Now. Elliot talks about how people can take advantage of their learning by searching out different ways to learn. Check out more at www.lunacynow.com Follow the journey at www.disrupteducation.co Instagram @disrupteducation Facebook @disrupteducation1 Twitter @PeterHostrawser

T.K. Coleman is the Education Director for Discover Praxis. He talks about a different look at education and learning... a common sense one. Check out more about T.K. and Praxis at www.discoverpraxis.com

DeViaughn Benion talks about how his changed mindset in college helped him become successful in his studies and much more on changing education.

Chris "Kubby" Kubbernus is the CEO of Kubb & Co. and has experiences a global look at education. From Canada to Denmark becoming an entrepreneur has given Chris a great look at different systems. He highlights the positives and negatives of different systems and gives his personal journey.

Nedo is one of Chicago's premier sound engineers. He's from Bosnia and is making moves in the music industry. College didn't help him much. Here's his path in education.

Beau Cowan is just a guy living the dream in a wheelchair machine. His goal is to motivate and inspire people. Beau shares his educational path through his lense.

Rene Ayala and Rawan Elshafei come from different backgrounds. That doesn’t mean they are different in the way they want to change education. This is their story of how their paths lead them to believe that disruption of education is needed.

Courtney McGovern is the executive director of Hope’s In. She talks about her educational experiences in giving to the less fortunate.

Singer and songwriter Conner Cherland talks about his journey to write and perform music. Along the way to becoming an artist, Conner tells how teachers pushed him to work hard and how education could be different.

Maui Jones is the founder and artistic director of Echo Theatre Collective. His insights run deep in figuring out how to understand all students in an educational system..

Sydney Claps is going into her senior year with the goal to learn as much as she can. From struggling in school to gaining a B- in a graduate-level course in New York City, Sydney’s journey is one that goes further than traditional education systems can offer.

Kevin Price leads us through his journey in education from working through being a struggling learners, to realizing he had to work harder than his peers. Now a recent college grad, Kevin shares important insights into being successful in and after high school.

Matt Starcher traveled from Illinois to Colorado to further his education. College didn’t work out for him and he pivoted to be getting an education in the trades. This is his journey.

As an artist, Robby Love has an innovative look at the current educational system and how he would change it. His view on education was rattled when a college professor told his class that many of them shouldn’t be in college.

Valparaiso University student athlete Emily Richardson talks about her journey being an athlete, a student and now training to become a teacher. Her stories along the way play a huge role in her learning life.

University of Wyoming student athlete Jahmari Moore shares his lens growing up and learning in three very different environments his insight on how he taught himself to interact with people not like him made him a stronger person. He also shared some insight on how he would change the educational system.

Dr. Peter James is not your typical college professor. He teaches business and entrepreneurship and is a business consultant and coach. Dr. James does not look at traditional education as the answer to an ever changing world. That curriculum is found in entrepreneurship.

Connor Boundy takes us through his path participating in the INCubatoredu course in high school and how it helped him see authentic learning in and out of college. Now he is launching TMR technology which is a bus tracking application.

Carl Lee talks about his family business, grind, becoming an entrepreneur in his educational journey. Carl explains the importance of showing what you can do in projects and creating actually have something to present to your next level of education, life, etc.

Jake Fine talks about his work ethic in an out dated educational system. Explains his journey as a high school student and a Vlogger who has very high expectations of himself.

Gil Lemar talks about his high school journey and how most of the traditional structures didn’t work for him and many others.

Cynthia Martz talks about her expertise in restorative justice and the theater. Hear her journey and how she would change the narrative on students and give them more voice in traditional systems.

Once a thriving basketball player during her educational path, Lyneice gave it all up to learn more about herself. Now on the verge of her first book being published she talks about how she learned from her experiences to help others find that balance from within.

Brian Branand and Cullen Benson talk about their journey into being filmmakers at Deaf and Blind Video. Their path into college was not what they expected.

Nehemiah Moon is not your typical student. He explains how he pivoted many times in his educational path and how he would change education to provide more opportunities for students to explore careers before graduating.

Jams The Flavor Child has a very unique eye on life as a musician and artist. He is ready to build a place where youth can learn all aspects of music and recording. This is his path in education and life.

Nicole Acree talks about her path from having a dream to be involved in music at the age of 12 to creating a business in her 20s. She shares her insights on how education can be improved.

Evan Brightfield talks about his path from high school, a little college, to being a professional photographer.

From high school to a few semesters in college to being a self starter and learner, Kelvin Evans gives his authentic views of how education missed him in many ways and how he overcame it.

From her diverse family, helping hundreds of people, to starting her own practice, Sarah VenHorst knows what needs to be changed in education.

Ciara Doherty did education differently after she was deemed to not be a good traditional student. Her story takes you from her struggle to read to becoming an entrepreneur all while graduating high school early.

Entrepreneur Carlo Navarro talks about his pivots through education, teaching his own children about life, and his passion to connect businesses with diverse sets of employees.

Chanel Washington talks about her trials and tribulations through a large high school and how she found her way to become a professional Doula. Oh yes and a few suggestions to change education along the way.

Recent high school grad Emma Thompson talks about how schools need to realign their curriculum to not repeat the same topics four years in a row.

Malcolm talks about how school should be more individualized surrounded by student interests.

Jen Roth talks about her pivots in education and her blog and even ways to find a path to study abroad while in community college.

Disruption Joe of the Chicago Blockchain Project. Joe talks about how early in his schooling, he was outcast as a student and it changed the way he looked at education systems.

Naraia talks about how business courses in high school helped pave the path to get her apparel company up and running.

As the founder of the I Can Collective, Afenya talks about her pivot from fashion to nursing to being an entrepreneur and learning that comes with it.

Patrick is a rapper and creative who talks about how systemic education misses the target on teaching artists and creatives.

Sydney talks about the importance of taking some time after high school to find your true passion and interests before rushing into post secondary education.

Dan writes and performs music. He talks about his educational path in and out of his musical passion.

Levi Co-founded Second Shift Chicago as a diverse community based Co-working space. He talks about his educational journey along with he path to making communities stronger.

Cliff has been given the unique opportunity to rebuild a state of the art school in Oakland California. That’s perfect because Cliff is a unique innovative school leader.

Joshua and Isaiah founded Novus Club out of the need to learn more about business at the secondary level. These two share their insights on education.

Being a leading real estate agent is no easy task. Learning to become one isn’t easy either. Jeff Proctor shares his educational journey to becoming one of the top agents in Chicago and the learning moments that come with it.

Tom talks about how his goals in the trades and traditional education are vastly different. Tom talks straight about how many students are being pushed into areas of post secondary education they don’t want to be in.

Rachel talks about her journey becoming a top tier interior designer which includes a lot of hard work and learning along the way.

Lucas who is the Farm Manager at NoMi roots in Minnesota talks about getting involved in helping others through growing and preparing food in urban areas.

Chuck Carter, Cody Cotton and Anthony Garland talk about how they created a place for young people to grow through empowerment, inclusion, financial literacy, and navigation.

Brooke shares her educational journey from high school to her artistic blog Pariah Muse.

Jen talks about her dance background and how bringing different ways of meditation and body movement into education could help student learn more.

Recorded in the campus of The Georgia Institute of Technology, Jake talks about engineering, being involved and authentic learning.

Will talks about graduating high school early and his future plans.

Liam talks about his pivots through education as well as the engineering educational experience.

Starting a business together with very different educational backgrounds is working out for these two entrepreneurs.

Morganne talks about how her fitness and educational journey intersected and much more.

Spirituality and pivots in her learning take a major role in the life of Dasierra. This fashion designer featured in the Jan 2018 issue of LAXUM XP talks about education.

Mecca talks about his blog experience at www.thekingsjournal.com and how education should be viewed as an investment.

Ang started at college and pivoted into the Navy. She has learned so much about education and life along the way.

Alana talks about her interest in business in high school to her move to Montana. She talks about how schools and communities should work together.

From taking business management in high school to working in the fashion industry, Reed talks about his educational path and how authentic learning helped him along the way.

Darien talks about how as a society we need to look at different ways to evaluate our students in education.

Young entrepreneur and college student Carlos Font talks about how entrepreneurship education in high schools could help many.

Darryl is not your typical educator. He has taught at virtually every level and dives deep into how our current state is failing many people.

Jonathan started high school struggling to succeed. He chose to pivot his mindset to be a better student. This is his story.

Juanita talks about her path through high school and college and how classes in humanities really helped understand differences with classmates.

Bennett is not your average student who is following the traditional path of education. He talks about how schools should offer other options rather than straight into college.

Deno Andrews talks about how high school failed to prepare him in many ways and how it can be improved.

Christian Harris tells his journey from Bradley University to becoming a business owner and community leader.

Listen to how Clayton found his way into business education and beyond and how he would change the system as a whole.

Luke Gawne’s path of education is not typical. Through it all, he attained a degree and a recording contract.

Stephen has seen it all and his authentic look at education reform is spot on on.

Podcasters interviewing podcasters! Donny and the Machine talk about their educational paths and how they questioned everything along the way.

Isaiah Mākar was never going to participate in his poetry slam class. Now he uses poetry to teach corporations how to communicate better.

Amy left her corporate gig to start a School of Rock in Oak Park Illinois. Her efforts have taught a community music, confidence, and so many more life lessons.

Jack Deiter talks about how owning Big Bills Sandwich Shop provides a lot of authentic education.

Isaac Palmer talks to Disrupt Education about touring worldwide as a DJ and trails and tribulations of his personalized education.

David Douglas talks about how education and opportunities should intersect more often.

Dan Bevan explains how dropping out of college after a few weeks got him started on a successful entrepreneurial path.

Since he was a middle schooler, Peter Mullin was transforming shoes into pieces of art. He now runs the very successful OPC Kicks shoe customization company. He shares his educational path on Disrupt Education.

Sebastian Medala talks about how high school education didn’t fit his learning style on this episode of disrupt education.

In this episode Peter Hostrawser speaks to high school students about how to find opportunity in everything, find your passion, and disrupting traditional education.

In this episode Peter Hostrawser interviews Derrick Griffin about him juggling being a musician an entrepreneur and a full-time college student.