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Next Wave of Microschool Founders are More Diverse, Less Likely to be Educators

The face of microschooling is changing — from the racial diversity and professional background of its founders to how these small, nontraditional learning centers finance their operations. An analysis of the burgeoning sector shows greater numbers of Black and Hispanic founders, fewer teachers at the helm and less reliance on tuition.

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School Fit: A Teacher’s Reflection

Articles, News / Micro Schools Network

Can a school really make a dramatic difference to a student? This teacher from The Sycamore School certainly feels that it does in experience and reflections on school fit.

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Intergenerational Learning Ideas

Articles, News / Lauren Barack

Forging connections between young learners and older people can strengthen SEL skills like empathy and community building – 3 ways students and older adults can build bridges with intergenerational learning.

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Ten Innovative Educational Programs Awarded Grants to Transform Learning

Articles, News, Resources for Parents / Maureen O’Shaughnessy

Micro schools, rooted in a tradition of cooperative and small-scale learning, are envisioned to become diverse, sustainable, and impactful alternatives within the educational landscape. To better amplify, evaluate and develop these learning models, Getting Smart Collective ran the Big Push for Small Schools grant opportunity earlier this year and we’re thrilled to announce that ten

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Teachers Want to Innovate. Schools that Don’t Let Them Are Losing Out

Articles / Chelsea Waite

At the end of April, I attended a conference in Atlanta featuring a small but heterogenous group of self-described education entrepreneurs. It was the second year of the National Hybrid Schools Conference, which launched in 2022 to connect people involved in less conventional styles of schooling that have exploded in interest since the pandemic. I

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60 Years of Research on Small Schools

Articles / Stuart Grauer

Smaller learning communities offer greater benefits in every key area of national concern as well as of concern to every parent and school leader: safety, teaching conditions, academic performance, culture of equal opportunity on campus, learning choices and curriculum, and costs of schooling.

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Participation in Private Education Choice Programs

Articles / Martin Lueken

This is an update of an analysis on take-up in educational choice programs published in Education Next. In that analysis, we looked at programs that were introduced in 2010 or later and that were in operation for at least 5 years (27 programs in 19 states). The data below reflect all programs that were in

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Building a Microschool Network with Iman Alleyne of Kind Academy

Articles / Lily Jones

As teachers, we know that kids are unique individuals and learn differently from one another. And while teachers do an amazing job at teaching students at all different levels, sometimes the school system isn’t working for them. Therefore, attending a microschool can be the perfect fit. To learn more about this, I have guest Iman

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Why families and teachers are turning to micro schools

Articles / Tamara Becker

Micro schools are gaining popularity in the Phoenix area as families search for flexibility and teachers express overwhelming stress due to conditions brought on by the pandemic and the never-ending coronavirus variants. While some parents prefer remote learning in the current COVID-19 climate, others are seeking schooling options elsewhere. Micro schools offer a solution with

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5 Reasons a Micro-School Provides a Better Education than Public or Charter.

Articles / Jody Cordova

If you are considering a new school for your child away from public or charter, then a private micro-school should be at the top of your list. In this blog, we will discuss 5 reasons why a micro-school can provide a better education than the traditional public or charter school system.

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Content Curation: Everything School Marketers Need to Know

Articles / Emily Cretella

For many school marketers, the thought of adding “content creation” to their team’s (or their own) to-do list is enough to cause a hive breakout. But in reality, school storytelling doesn’t have to be overwhelming, and it’s not an all-or-nothing concept. The key to making strong school storytelling a reality for your school is developing

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Erika’s weekend picks for Oct. 10 and 11

Articles / Erika Bigelow

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