How to start a school with your friends

FractalU is a “school” for adults, taught from living rooms in New York City. We’ve run over 100 classes and taught thousands of students. Classes meet weekly and are held on evenings and weekends, since most of our students and teachers are working professionals. Here's a small sampling of our recent courses: We teach out of our homes, and keep the administrative burden low. That way, teachers can offer their classes at affordable rates. And adult students can make taking classes and learning new skills a regular part of our lives. How It Started… A few years ago, Mari dropped a message in the group chat. She was going through Andrej Karpathy's online course on AI …did anyone want to take it with her? It turned out that several other friends were also going through the course. A plan was soon hatched: my friends would meet weekly to watch the lectures and hack on the homework together. They'd do it in person at merlins place, our friend’s apartment which doubles as a community ... Read full article.