Commentary
One of the most popular and fastest-growing educational trends today is microschooling.
Microschools are intentionally small, mixed-age, K-12 learning communities with personalized curriculum approaches that are sprouting rapidly across the United States. They harken back to the one-room schoolhouses of yesteryear and were gaining traction even before the education disruption of 2020 unleashed greater exposure to this learning model.
Over the past couple of years, interest in microschools has soared, with some estimates suggesting that as many as 2 million students are now attending microschools full-time. From large cities to rural villages coast-to-coast, microschools are catching on with parents, teachers, and learners….