Alexander Cheung’s nine-year-old son has autism and ADHD. He struggled socially and emotionally in public school both in California and after the family moved to Liberty, Utah. After researching the benefits neurodivergent kids get from being in nature, Cheung started the Wilderland Academy, an outdoor microschool for self-directed learners. But then he tried to build a […]
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Next Wave of Microschool Founders are More Diverse, Less Likely to be Educators
The face of microschooling is changing — from the racial diversity and professional background of its founders to how these small, nontraditional learning centers finance their operations. Those are among the top findings of an analysis across 34 states of 100 current microschools and 100 more that were largely aiming to open this school year. […]