In this episode of Educate Everyone, our guest is Jackie Duarte, one of the first students at Middle Tree. Jackie and her sister were part of the inagural summer class helmed by Dr. Joseph Atman. Jackie and Dr. Atman look back at the beginnings of the program and discuss how the education that Jackie got that summer and later as a high school student returning for after school assistance in some of her courses helped her through both her college career and in life. Jackie talks about continuing her education with a Master's from USC and her plans after graduation. Dr. Atman explains how the Middle Tree program has evolved in it's first ten years but talks more more about the philosophy behind it which continues to help students with individualized learning.

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Find out what opportunities Middle Tree has for your students at MiddleTree.org.

Dr Atman has written several books on education. You can check them out at Amazon.com.

The music you hear on the introduction to Educate Everyone is from Dr Atman's album It Took the Village. Enjoy the full song and other tracks on his album on Apple Music.