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title: Listening Session with Kerry McDonald
description: Education entrepreneurs, join Kerry McDonald for a listening session! Kerry wants to hear from you about your challenges and success in this space.
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# [Listening Session with Kerry McDonald](https://microschoolingcenter.org/news-blog/listening-session-with-kerry-mcdonald)

 Written by [News Story Posted by Center Staff](https://microschoolingcenter.org/news-blog/author/news-story-posted-by-center-staff) | Jan 13, 2023 4:13:34 PM

The National Microschooling Center is looking forward to co-hosting, with NPRI, a listening session featuring the host of [LiberatED](https://www.liberatedpodcast.com/), Kerry McDonald, on Thursday, February 9th at 6pm.

Kerry is seeking educational entrepreneurs who are looking to share their struggles and successes with educational entrepreneurship in Nevada. Seeking to understand some of the barriers in Nevada, Kerry is looking to connect with a variety of educational entrepreneurs, including microschooling leaders, homeschool co-op operators, and other innovative educational providers in Southern Nevada. Interested in learning more? RSVP to [ashley@microschoolingcenter.org](mailto:ashley@microschoolingcenter.org) (or reach out with questions) for more details, including the address of the event.

Refreshments will be provided.

Kerry McDonald is a Senior Fellow at the [Foundation for Economic Education](https://fee.org/) and author of [*Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom*](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1641600632/) (Chicago Review Press, 2019). She is also an education policy fellow at State Policy Network, adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and a regular [Forbes contributor](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerrymcdonald/#36e691a46885).

Kerry’s research interests include homeschooling and schooling alternatives, self-directed learning, education entrepreneurship, parent empowerment, school choice, and family and child policy. Her articles have appeared at *The Wall Street Journal*, *Newsweek*, *NPR*, *Education Next*, *Reason Magazine*, *Washington Examiner*, *City Journal*, *Entrepreneur*, and the *Journal of School Choice*, among others. She has a master’s degree in education policy from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Bowdoin College.

​Kerry lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband and four children.

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