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What Microschools Need to Know About the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit

Federal officials last week published important new details about the operating rules for the new national education scholarship tax credit program passed by Congress earlier this year and scheduled to begin in January, 2027. What do microschools...

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What Microschools Are Demonstrating About Preparing Students for The Future

Americans are relying on our elementary and secondary school systems to prepare our children for success in today’s fast-changing economy. Meanwhile,...

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Rubric Reboot 2026: What Happens When Learners Set the Standards

This article was originally published on Teaching on the Hedge.

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When Children Want to Be at School: What Microschool Parents Are Telling Us

What does it mean for a family when their children actually want to go to school? In the latest National Microschooling Center research publication,...

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Measuring the Microschool Experience: A National Analysis

MEASURING THE MICROSCHOOL EXPERIENCE:

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Community Partners for Microschools

Whether you are just starting out or have been running your microschool for years, the work can feel lonely. You may feel like you are on your own...

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Four Unexpected Results from Middle States’ Microschool Accreditation Process

When a microschool leader reaches out to Middle States to learn about accreditation, I'm the first person they talk to. I've had that conversation...

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Digital Learning Less Common in Microschools Than You Might Think

Asked their estimate of the percentage of teaching is delivered digitally in their microschool, two-thirds of founders estimated that digital...

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Microschools' Varying Weekly Schedules

Most microschools surveyed nationally, 64 percent, meet on a full-time weekly schedule. Of those that do not, half offer part-time/hybrid schedules,...

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As Microschools Multiply, Advocates Grapple with Questions of Scale, Funding, and Accountability

Microschools by their very nature embody the “let a thousand flowers bloom” phase of education innovation, as I discovered in researchingSchool’s...

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