# Building a Public Education MarketPlace Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-education-3943663/building-a-public-education-marketplace Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-education-3943663/building-a-public-education-marketplace.md Podcast: [The Future of Education](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-education-3943663) Published: 2025-11-24T15:44:00+00:00 Episode link: https://michaelbhorn.substack.com/p/building-a-public-education-marketplace Audio file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/179167249/eae82921fdc97901ddd338eb41caccb3.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-future-of-education-3943663/episodes/building-a-public-education-marketplace Duration seconds: 2040 ## Resource Jamie Rosenberg, founder and executive chairman of ClassWallet, joins me to explore the evolving landscape of education savings accounts (ESAs) and the broader push toward education choice. Jamie shares the origin story of ClassWallet and discusses how the company is innovating digital wallet solutions that streamline the flow of public funds to families, educators, and nontraditional providers. The conversation sheds light on the challenges families and entrepreneurs face in navigating new ESA programs, the delicate balance between agency and accountability, and how states can design effective policies that empower both families and innovative education providers. Michael Horn I’m Michael Horn. You’re joining the show where we’re dedicated to creating a world in which all individuals can build their passions, fulfill their potential and live lives of purpose. And to help us think through that today, delighted to bring Jamie Rosenberg to the show. Jamie is the founder and executive chairman of ClassWallet, which we’re going to hear a lot more about the show. And Jamie and I were in a conversation a few months back with a bunch of others around this growing education savings account space with a bunch of insights that really struck me around the market and how to create a really robust one between demand and supply. So delighted to get into all of that today. Jamie, welcome to the Future of Education. Thank you so much for joining me. I appreciate you being here. Jamie Rosenberg It’s great being here, Michael. I appreciate the invite. Michael Horn Yeah, no, I’m delighted to learn from you. And before we get into some of the ways that the market is emerging, I, I want to start out with ClassWallet origin story, if you will. You all were founded in 2014, well before educa… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-future-of-education-3943663/episodes/building-a-public-education-marketplace/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-education-3943663/building-a-public-education-marketplace.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.