Heartland School Security Association

The Heartland School Security Association (HSSA) is dedicated to making proactive school security accessible to every school.

[Heartland School Security Association @HSSAofficial]

Every parent deserves to know their child is safe at school.

The Heartland School Security Association (HSSA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit making effective, practical school security accessible to every community.

Learn more: https://t.co/XgySGrT99y

#SchoolSecurity #CommunityFirst

[liemandt @jliemandt]

Today, I’m honored to join Andrew Huberman for a deep conversation about how children learn and how we can redesign school around what science makes possible.

Just one year ago, I recorded my first podcast with @patrick_oshag on Invest Like the Best.

Since then, word of mouth and demand for Alpha School have exploded.

We’re now bringing Alpha to 50 communities across the country, each made possible by founding families determined to build a better education for their children.

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

The new Huberman Lab episode is out: How to Accelerate Learning & Improve Education | Joe Liemandt

0:00 Joe Liemandt
3:16 History of Traditional Classroom Model; Education Milestones
8:08 Sponsors: David & Lingo
10:25 Alpha School, High Standards & Support
22:33 Effective Support, Academics vs Athletics; Homeschooling
30:03 AI, Individualized Learning & Mastery
34:31 Teacher Education, Standardized Tests, Role of School
40:52 Sponsors: AG1 & Helix Sleep
43:42 AI, Scaffolding Learning, Mastery; Working Memory & Fluency
52:41 Working Memory, Focus; Gifted Kids
1:00:30 Basics Mastery, Grade Level Catch-Up, Individualized AI Lessons & Pace
1:06:57 Sponsor: LMNT
1:08:17 Shame, Motivation, Growth Rate; Overcoming Mental Blocks & Paying Kids
1:20:55 Suffering & Motivation, Kids Goals, Sports; Doing Hard Things
1:31:21 Founders High School, Life Skills; Kids' Goals
1:42:44 Reimagining Classroom Education
1:47:21 Importance of Building & Creating, AI & Humanity
1:58:04 Science & Redesigning Experiments, Kids' Interest-Led Projects
2:05:26 Huberman Lab Live Events
2:06:14 Learning Predictors, Gender, Income; Redesigning the School System
2:18:32 Success; Sports Academy, Alpha School Expansion
2:28:36 Acknowledgements
2:31:07 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

Includes paid partnerships.

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

My conversation with @jliemandt on why the future of education is better than you think.

0:00 The current education system
7:01 What makes Alpha School different
11:01 What are the results
23:20 Current classroom struggles
26:40 What does mastery mean?
35:37 Changing the education system
39:19 Teaching through AI
44:27 How do you solve motivation?
57:01 What makes a good teacher?
1:01:04 Coaching
1:05:17 What life skills matter?
1:08:18 Doing hard things
1:13:25 AI Monitoring
1:21:08 Effort vs. IQ
1:24:40 What happens after Alpha School?
1:38:21 The Genius of Jack Welch
1:45:49 Trilogy IPO: the choice to not go public
1:51:40 Physical vs. virtual learning
2:03:18 Does Paying Kids To Learn work?
2:11:01 What Is Success For You?

(Includes paid partnerships)

[Nat Eliason @nateliason]

The @AlphaSchoolATX campus in NYC is incredible

[Reece Harding @ReeceHarding]

"Alpha School is really the much better version of what education should look like" - Alex Hormozi

[liemandt @jliemandt]

Our multi-user math games are in trial at Alpha School.

[liemandt @jliemandt]

I'm preparing a mid-year academic talk for Alpha School parents. Here is an AI's summary of our first-half standardized test results:

Taken as a standalone school, 2nd-8th grade results would make it the top performing school in the country. But at Alpha, it is the bottom of the "U" between K and high school.

🔥

[liemandt @jliemandt]

Parents worry about their kids being mindless consumers - obsessed with video games, TikTok, and Netflix.

Alpha School teaches them to be builders and creators.

Congrats @AliRomman144731! 🚀

[liemandt @jliemandt]

Most edtech fails to teach because it ignores the science of learning.

Alpha Timeback (2026) will use @C_Hendrick's invariants to grade edtech apps.

Parents deserve to know whether their student is learning—or just consuming slop.

[liemandt @jliemandt]

Learning science dream team assembled. 🧠

The secret to Alpha School kids learning 10x faster isn't magic. It’s the books, papers, and direct feedback from the people in this photo.

The Alpha Timeback 2026 roadmap just hit a massive inflection point.

[Heartland School Security Association @HSSAofficial]

Today's spotlight is Jake Petersen.

Jake is a national security professional and the Founder of the Heartland School Security Association (HSSA), a nonprofit dedicated to making effective school security accessible, practical, and proactive for every K–12 school.

[Heartland School Security Association @HSSAofficial]

The Heartland School Security Association (HSSA) is proud to announce our official partnership with @AtronicAlarms , trusted leader in security integration and monitoring across the Midwest.

[Heartland School Security Association @HSSAofficial]

@BennyAce @PatrickRuffini Thank you! We agree!

[Heartland School Security Association @HSSAofficial]

Today's spotlight is Patrick Ruffini.

Patrick is a founding partner at Echelon Insights, one of the most widely recognized public opinion and strategic research firms in the United States.

Welcome @PatrickRuffini

[Heartland School Security Association @HSSAofficial]

This week, we want to introduce the members of our organization who help us work towards our mission.

Today's spotlight is Maggie Miller Ruffini.

Maggie is a seasoned government affairs expert and we are grateful to have her on our team.

#hssa