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# School of Rock

**Profile.** A **performance-based music education franchise**.

**In this source.** It faced scaling challenges — **uneven quality, talent shortages, copyright liability** — across **200+ schools**. Under CEO [[entity-rob-price]], it introduced **The Method App**, offering **100 proven shows with copyright-compliant songs** ([[concept-input-options|input options]]) and **instructional methods** ([[concept-process-options|process options]]). It grew to **over 430 schools** and was **sold to Youth Enrichment Brands**.

Also a leading example of [[concept-psychological-safety|psychological safety]] in practice (see [[entity-rob-price]]).

> **Enrichment.** Company and franchise materials confirm it as a case example in the book framing.