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Out To Lunch: Education 3.0

Matt Candler is principal of a company called 4.0 Schools.
Alison Moon
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It's New Orleans
Matt Candler is principal of a company called 4.0 Schools.

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.

Peter Ricchiuti is the finance professor you wish you had back in college! His insight and humor have twice made him the top professor at Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business. After a successful career on Wall Street, Ricchiuti served for five years as Assistant State Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer for the State of Louisiana. There he skillfully managed the State's $3 billion investment portfolio.