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7 Tips to Open a Microschool: Navigating the Legal Landscape and Avoiding Pitfalls

Articles, Licensing & Accreditation, News, Opening a Micro School, Resources / Erica Smith Ewing

Microschools exist in a regulatory gray area where there are rarely clear guidelines. Are they schools? Homeschooling co-ops? Daycares? Tutoring centers? Or something else entirely? This answer affects how state educational laws apply to them, as well as local zoning codes, building regulations, fire safety codes, and a host of other regulations. This regulatory uncertainty […]

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Exclusive Report: As Movement Grows, Microschools Aren’t So ‘Micro’ Anymore

Articles, News / Linda Jacobson

The spread of private school choice programs are fueling growth, but public schools also see the model’s potential. Microschools are also less “micro” than they were last year, according to the latest analysis of the sector from the National Microschooling Center, shared exclusively with The 74. In 2024, the median number of students in a typical microschool was

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Here’s what alternative grading models could look like

Articles, News / Briana Mendez-Padilla

Education experts are examining alternative ways of grading that are more equitable and foster a better learning environment than the traditional letter grading, percentages and weighted assignments students and teachers are accustomed to. There are many concerns around post-pandemic learning loss and negative consequences the health crisis had on students’ social-emotional learning, but returning to

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Microschools as an Emerging Education Model

Articles, News / RAND

Microschools typically are small, have multi-age classrooms, and focus on self-paced learning. But they vary tremendously in setting, size, and focus. The best currently available estimate is that between 1 million and 2 million students attend microschools full time, and many more attend part time. Microschools seek to serve a wide range of students including

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UK Micro Schools

Opening a Micro School / Micro Schools Network

Jo Symes & Alex O’Neill are providing many resources for the growing number of people who want community and support in setting up their own schools or learning communities. You can learn more at https://www.progressiveeducation.org/ and https://educationstartups.org/ Progressive Education Facebook Group

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The Importance of Holding Microschools Accountable

Articles, News / Tania Otero Martinez

As school choice expands and new models such as microschools emerge, policymakers and advocates must ensure that these options adhere to accountability standards and do not divert critical resources from a universally accessible, high-quality public education system. The rapid growth of microschools and their acceptance of taxpayer dollars in certain states raises questions about their

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Homeschooling becomes more mainstream as registrations rise in Australia

Articles, News / Johanna Marie

An estimated 45,000 children were homeschooled in Australia last year. Experts believe changing attitudes towards education is driving the boom. What’s next? Advocates say different rules in every state and territory can be “challenging” and would like to see uniformity across the country.

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One country wants to close math achievement gaps by ending academic tracking

Articles, News / Christina A. Samuels

For years, much like in the United States, New Zealand has worried about sliding student proficiency in mathematics, as captured by both national and international test scores. Later this month — the beginning of the New Zealand school year — the country is launching an overhaul of mathematics instruction that education leaders hope will reverse the trend.

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The arts can help students strengthen social-emotional skills

Articles, News / Lauren Barack

Research suggests the arts can help students develop empathy and compassion — even if they’re only viewing a work or performance. Going to plays and steeping oneself in the experience of another — even through a fictional tale — can boost social-emotional skills like empathy in middle school students when paired with discussions before and after the

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The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges — and the economy

Articles, News / Jon Marcus

That’s because the current class of high school seniors is the last before a long decline begins in the number of 18-year-olds — the traditional age of students when they enter college. This so-called demographic cliff has been predicted ever since Americans started having fewer babies at the advent of the Great Recession around the

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How K–12 Can Get a Head Start on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Articles, News / Kimberly M. Niebauer

As the nation faces a science and technology talent shortage, the earlier students get exposed to these subjects, the better. The State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2024 report goes on to say, “We are not producing STEM workers in either sufficient numbers or diversity to meet the workforce needs of the 21st century knowledge economy.”

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2024 Wrapped: What Polling Revealed About America’s Thoughts on Education

Articles, News / EdChoice

The Biggest Hits: Top Education Stories of 2024 Fresh Finds: New Trends in 2024 Fan Favorites: What Parents Want

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