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Microschools and the New Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Explained

Microschool families in many states that have opted in will have an opportunity to receive scholarship that can go toward paying their tuition when a much -anticipated federal tax credit scholarship program takes effect early next year. But for...

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The Real Regulations Standing in the Way

Microschools are framed through the lens of education innovation, and while they certainly are innovative with teaching and learning, microschool...

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The Cost of Educating Children in Microschools

On average, the total annual cost to educate a student in a microschool is $8,239, according to new 2026 data collected by the National...

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What Microschools Cultivate, and How We Show It

I've spent the last 15 years building learning environments that recognize learning is natural and happening all the time. I co-founded the Agile...

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What We Mean When We Say, "We Serve Students"

A question we hear often—at schools like CALE (the one I co-founded) and across the microschooling sphere—is this:

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Microschools and Educational Accountability Systems

As both the microschooling movement and school choice programs continue to grow, what role should government accountability systems play connecting...

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One Movement; Infinite Opportunities

“You don’t know what you don’t know” is often attributed to Socrates. I doubt he phrased it that way, but leave it to a 4th‑century philosopher to...

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Above is a collection of images from the Hooper-Renwick Library in metro Atlanta, GA, and from the Urban Librarians Conference in New York.

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Hidden in Plain Sight: How Microschools Can Unlock the Power of Public Libraries

I (Tiffany Blassingame) recently attended a literacy festival in Atlanta. A library system booth caught my eye—it was staffed not just by librarians,...

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You Do Not Have to Be All Things to All People

As new founders begin dreaming about their microschool, one realization (hopefully) comes quickly: you do not have to be all things to all people.

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