Brandi Dowell

Houston Chronicle just profiled The Bennett School - Houston's first high school sports academy powered by Texas Sports Academy. The model: 2 hours of AI-powered learning. Rest of the day: elite baseball development. The results: • 24-4 record, #1 in Texas • Beat IMG Academy • Players committed to Texas, Oklahoma State, Rice Academically? Students are outperforming in a fraction of the time. Texas Sports Academy is expanding across the state - new schools, new sports, new cities. You don't have to choose between being a great student 📚 and a great athlete. ⚾

.@jliemandt went on @ShaneParrish and broke down everything we're building at Texas Sports Academy. He explained the coolest things we're doing to change education: 19:04 What is Texas Sports Academy 19:47 "A middle school for D1 aspirational athletes" 38:47 Academics in the morning, sports all afternoon 45:45 The motivation system that makes kids lock in 1:35:13 Post-game press conferences 1:35:50 Nike contract math for 12-year-olds 1:58:18 "We're hiring 1,000 coaches" Full episode is 2 hours. Worth every minute.

💪 Judson Dowell (@JudsonDowell44) is enjoying an outstanding senior year at @tbsbsbl. RHH OF and Rice commit is slugging .953 with 10 HRs in 98 PAs. Always possessed the tools and the impact off bat is really showing.

I left @WHOOP HQ on Monday feeling more optimistic about the future of education than I have in years. We’ve spent a century stuck in an industrial school model that doesn't respect a student's time. But seeing @jliemandt and @michaelbhorn discuss the "2-hour mastery" model at Alpha School proves that the grind we all went through is finally becoming obsolete. It’s rare to see the best minds in software, education, and policy, like those at the @massaicoalition, unite to build something this radical. They aren’t just "fixing" school; they are reclaiming 4 hours of every child's day for life skills and passion projects. Massive thank you to Joe, Michael, and @ragsgupta for a direct, no-nonsense conversation on what’s possible when we put students first and prioritize motivation. The future of education is here, and it’s being built in Boston.

Hoot ‘em 🦉 📈

One for the History books (literally) Inside The Bennett School's First Game in Program History | TBS vs. Barbe youtu.be/O3Dx0W4cf9g?si… via @YouTube @AlphaSchoolATX @BarbeBaseball71

A well placed knock by @DashDowell leads to a double down the right field line. @tbsbsbl Prospect double header game 2

2027 C Jhett Bubke @Jhettbubke43 | @tbsbsbl The @PB_Uncommitted backstop give the Bennett School a lead in T6 on the RBI 2B to RF. Physical backstop that looks the part behind the dish. @PBRGreen_ | @MSemlerPBR | @KilgoKyle27

@LamarDealMaker @GeeteshParelly I think I just found my solution to some of the things on my to do list! @GeeteshParelly I am going to book a call with you for next week - looking forward to it!

@GeeteshParelly Video is 🔥 did you edit?

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Transforming Texas Student-Athletes: The Bennett School Model - Investors Hangout investorshangout.com/transforming-t…

Let's take a closer look at the points pointed out by the respected Dr. Ilia Bouchouev. There wasn't much of a catalyst for today's oil sell-off. Trump was just fighting with himself as usual, and we actually got news of production cuts from the UAE. No one is stupid enough to open a massive short position just bc one Aframax made it through. If that were the cause, Brent should have faced even stronger selling. Today's price action mostly stemmed from the SPR. You should pay attention to the fact this SPR release is an exchange, not a simple sale. 86mb RFP was announced, and the exchange terms specify a premium (extra barrels) of 18% to 22%. This release is a kind of physical loan where the government lends oil and gets back a larger amount later. Demanding a premium of around 20% in less than two years is like a high-interest loan with an APR over 10% in financial terms. The US government is a pretty vicious trader, right? Also there are complex spread risks. For example, when returning the Sour crude that came out of West Hackberry, it has to be deposited as Sweet crude at the Big Hill site. Traders participating in the SPR bid have to calculate not just oil price fluctuations, but also the light-heavy spread and transportation costs two years from now. One way to hedge this is to sell prompt WTI and buy the 27/28 calendar spread, taking advantage of the steep backwardation. You just sell the expensive SPR oil now and pay it back by buying cheaper oil later. This is one reason why the price movements at the front and back ends of the WTI curve are so starkly contrasted today. Also, as selling pressure concentrates on the prompt WTI, the Brent-WTI spread widens even further. 86mb is a huge volume, so a 20% premium is definitely not cheap. Traders only break even if oil prices in 2027-28 are at least 20% cheaper than they are now. The risk is clearly there. The DOE is playing tricks. They're demanding high fees from SPR traders while essentially inducing them to put downside pressure on the front of the curve. I think fewer traders might participate in the SPR bid than expected. Since the DOE is playing speculative games like a hedge fund, oil majors might want to avoid taking on that risk. Bessent mentioned today the Treasury hasn't intervened in the oil futures market. I wonder what he thinks about the game the DOE has designed. However the sell-off stemming from this will gradually fade out. #oott #iran

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Thank you @PerfectGameUSA - honored to be on this list of talented teams! Go Rebels! 📈

@chrisontesla @PeterDiamandis The competition in education funding is about to speed things up - evolve or go extinct.

@PeterDiamandis Peter, schools are still having battles on whether or not tech should be used by students in schools. You’re at least a decade early on this…but probably more.

To High School Administrators: if you are not actively pivoting your school’s curriculum towards “AI-first” and helping kids develop as entrepreneurs rather then employees, you’re doing them a major disservice. The social contract is vaporizing.

You do NOT have to already be accepted to The Bennett School in order to apply for the TEFA voucher. If there is any tiny chance you MIGHT want to apply to The Bennett School for next year, it would be silly not to apply for the chance to cover over 2/3 of your tuition. Only 3 days left to apply for the voucher, so don’t wait! It’s quick and easy and there is no obligation. Link below 👇🏼

@baseball_THS @BryceKrenek1 Congratulations Bryce!!

🚨 Taylor HS has a new career strikeout leader! Passed Rodney Steph (311) from 1986 - 40 years later‼️⁦ @BryceKrenek1⁩ (315 and counting)

Major shifts in core societal systems usually happen slowly, and then all at once. We are past the “slowly” part…the education revolution is about to start the “all at once” bit. Whatever you think your kids education should look like, make it happen. Find it. Create it. Reimagine it. Stop making them punch a time clock and let them discover passions and strive greatly at something that is important to them. It doesn’t have to look the same for everyone anymore. @AlphaSchoolATX can be paired with whatever makes them tick, and it doesn’t have to be expensive.