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9 Principles for Microschooling

Earlier this year, 27 microschool founders from around the country assembled for a retreat to reflect on the microschooling movement’s present and...

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The Center's New "What is a Microschool?" Video Series

What is a microschool? The National Microschooling Center get asked this question a lot, almost every day. And we are thrilled to share this series...

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5 Questions With Kathryn Kelly, Northern Nevada Founder

I·School started out in 2011 as the eLearning Café community learning center in a strip mall in a small resort town on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe....

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Individualized, Inclusive, Innovative: AMPed Hybrid Academy in Metro Detroit Michigan

Anne Marie Palazzolo knew she wanted to be a teacher when she was five years old. After pursuing a degree in Special Education and Emotional...

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Steps Learning Center: Celebrating Individuality in Orlando

My name is Alexandra Batista I am the founder of Steps Learning Center LLC, born and raised in Puerto Rico. I graduated with a double Bachelors...

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Self-Directed Learning Changes the Game: Questions for Founder Tobin Slaven

"Traditional school wasn't getting what our children needed for today's world, so we started one that does," explains the team leading Acton Academy...

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“We’re Building a Civil Society from Scratch”

James Lomax, founder of LifeSkills Academy in Las Vegas, explained in a feature article by reporter Jackie Valley in the Christian Science Monitor's...

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A Brave Space Where All are Welcome: 5 Questions for Ellemercito's Lizette Valles

Ellemercito Academy is an independent microschool founded in 2021 with the simple goal of providing students with a living, highly tailored, and...

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Taking Charge of Your Children's Education

It can be scary taking charge of your children’s education—I remember feeling very relieved when my oldest received her first college acceptance. But...

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Why Your Microschool's Handbook Matters

In one of the more oft-quoted lines in constitutional law, the Supreme Court said in 1969 that neither a teacher nor a student “shed their...

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