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School Choice & Charters Video How a Microschool Is Trying to Become a Model for Public Schools
This microschool utilizes community partnerships to get kids learning beyond the classroom.
Sam Mallon, December 19, 2024
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Recruitment & Retention Video How to Support Early-Career Teachers: Advice From Native Educators
They were new teachers fresh out of a graduate program to create a Native teacher pipeline. Today, neither is still in that position.
Kaylee Domzalski, December 14, 2023
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School Choice & Charters Opinion Can a Network of Tiny, Teacher-Led Montessoris Spread Like Wildflowers?
Do the strengths of this school network hold lessons for traditional public schools?
Rick Hess, November 16, 2023
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5 min read
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School Choice & Charters Opinion What the Heck Are Microschools?
Microschooling aims to create a more active learning environment for students than what's found in traditional school systems.
Rick Hess, May 31, 2023
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7 min read
Twin brothers John and Jonathan Easter walk together in their hometown of Bradley, Ark. a few weeks before they are going to begin college on July 30, 2021.
Twin brothers John and Jonathan Easter walk together in their hometown of Bradley, Ark. a few weeks before they are going to begin college on July 30, 2021.
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College & Workforce Readiness Video Resilience, Faith, and Support: How Twin Brothers Forged Diverging Paths to College
Twin brothers from rural Arkansas reflect on their path to college in the midst of the pandemic.
Brooke Saias, September 21, 2021
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1 min read
Education Opinion How School Districts, Cities, and CBOs Use Microschools to Innovate
Tom Vander Ark & Hassan Hassan share a guide to microschools as a source of innovation for school districts, community-based organizations, companies, and civic organization.
Tom Vander Ark, August 19, 2018
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6 min read
School & District Management Opinion What's The Next Big Idea? Microschool Networks
Microschools have been popping up around the country for the last decade with great success, so let's make it easier to launch these schools by creating supportive networks.
Tom Vander Ark & Megan Mead, April 10, 2017
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School & District Management Opinion 4 Lessons Small School Communities Can Teach Us
School communities need a balance of "formal" democracy and civic agency.
Deborah Meier, April 28, 2016
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3 min read
School & District Management Opinion The Roles of Direct Versus Indirect Power in School Communities
Who has the right to change the rules of the game to initiate public work? Who chooses its so-called leaders who speak for the whole?
Deborah Meier, April 21, 2016
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2 min read
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School & District Management Opinion Small Schools: The Edu-Reform Failure That Wasn't
Were small schools just another failed school improvement effort, or do they actually work? Jack Schneider's answer is both.
Jack Schneider, February 9, 2016
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6 min read
School Choice & Charters Explainer What Is a Micro School? And Where Can You Find One?
Some experts predict micro schools have the potential to shake up the private school sector. But what, exactly, is a micro school?
Arianna Prothero, January 28, 2016
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3 min read
Student Guide Kelley Gary, center, leads a group discussion at Acton Academy in Austin, Texas. Roughly 30 students make up the Middle School Studio, a one-room environment where students are self-directed in their academic progress.
Student Guide Kelley Gary, center, leads a group discussion at Acton Academy in Austin, Texas. Roughly 30 students make up the Middle School Studio, a one-room environment where students are self-directed in their academic progress.
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School Choice & Charters 'Micro Schools' Could Be New Competition for Private K-12
The growth in the number of small, personalized, and more affordable "micro schools" is seen as the first innovation in the private school sector in decades.
Arianna Prothero, January 26, 2016
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6 min read
School Choice & Charters 'Micro-Schools' Network That Fuses Technology and Instruction Expands to Chicago
Founded by Google's former head of personalization, AltSchools focuses on personalized instruction driven heavily by technology.
Arianna Prothero, November 25, 2015
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1 min read
English Learners Alaska Educators Fight to Keep Small Schools Open
Nearly 60 small, rural Alaska schools could close if lawmakers increase the minimum student enrollment number needed to get full state funding.
Jackie Mader, October 15, 2015
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1 min read
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