Texas Microschools: Radio Interview on Texas Education Now

Microschools have built a compelling footprint of diversified models across Texas, and are highly popular with the families they serve, many for years before TEFA came along more recently joined by many new, innovative microschools.

Families are choosing microschools for their children for many different reasons. As host Colleen Dippel aptly points out, if you've seen one microschool, you've seen... one microschool. Lots are discussed here, along with an overview of research findings on this movement and its impact.

Some aspects of Texas microschools discussed include:

• More than half of microschool founders are former (or currently) licensed public school educators.
• School climate research conducted with microschool students and families are producing among the most positive ratings, including for strong, trusting and valued relationships with teachers, found in education research across any sector in American education.
• For the first time this year, Center research observed that prelaunch founders prioritize students' nonacademic growth and durable skills as their most important student outcomes for their microschool.

Don and Ashley Soifer join Houston Pacifica Radio's Texas Education Today for this lively half hour interview. Listen to the interview here.