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Please enjoy this sampling of articles on founders who have successfully created their own schooling alternative start-ups.

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A Misdiagnosis of the Miseducation of Maria Montessori: A Free-Market and Pedagogical Response to a New Yorker Critique

By Marissa Hess

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How Cultural Shifts Are Driving Change in Unconventional Education

By Angel Sobrino

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An Inside Look at Back-to-School Season in Unconventional Learning Spaces

By Nasiyah Isra-Ul

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How Regulation Threatens Entrepreneurial Creativity

By Jennie Jones

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The Blessings of Community in Self-Directed Learning

By Jennie Jones

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Modeling Focus for Students in a Distracting World

By Jennie Jones

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Scaling Your School: Why You Need Systems

By Jennie Jones

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What If the School Year Began with a Dream?

By Terry Travers

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From Burnout to Breakthrough: How Microschools Are Restoring Joy in Teaching and Learning

By Tonya Kipe

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Empowered Learning: How Homeschooling Through High School Helped Me Thrive

By Nasiyah Isra-Ul

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Why Families Deserve Transparency in Education Costs

By Denise Lever

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What Dance Taught Me About Co-Created Learning Spaces

By Jennie Jones

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Growing a Home-Based Microschool

By Jennie Jones

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How This Fourth-Generation Educator Is Continuing the Family Legacy with Her Own Microschool

By Nasiyah Isra-Ul

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Niche Education: Why microschools are not one-size-fits-all

By Jennie Jones

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Why One Teacher Created A School to Prioritize Parents and Learners

By Nasiyah Isra-Ul

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An Edupreneur Confronts New Zoning Challenges

By Kym Kent

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Entrepreneurial Growing Pains and Ambiguity Tolerance

By Jennie Jones

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Self-Directed Education and the Future of Learning

By Nasiyah Isra-Ul

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Avoiding Burnout As a Microschool Founder

By Jennie Jones

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The Paperwork of Starting A School Or Learning Space

By Kym Kent

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Navigating Regulatory Compliance As A Microschool Founder

By Jennie Jones

Education

Top 3 Secrets to Being A Successful Edupreneur

By Nasiyah Isra-Ul

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Minimum Viable Product: Why Simple Might Be the Best Starting Point

By Jennie Jones

Education

Educational Freedom for All: A Call to Action

By Kym Kent

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3 Tips for Creating a Faith-based Microschool

By Emily Harber Williams

Education

You Don’t Need to Have All the Answers Before You Start

By Jennie Jones

Education

Lemonade Stands and Microschools: Pricing in a Free Market Economy

By Jennie Jones

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How I Unschooled My Way to Opening a School for Unschoolers

By Jennie Jones

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From Teachers to Business Owners: Educators Launching Microschools Learn the Ins and Outs of Entrepreneurship

By Kerry McDonald

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How to Bootstrap Your Microschool

By Michael Strong

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The Rise of Niche Educational Entrepreneurship

By Michael Strong

Education

Announcing the Winners of FEE’s Enterprising Founder Award!

By Kerry McDonald

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Betting on Homeschooling and Microschooling

By Michael Strong

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How Regulations Constrain Education Entrepreneurship and Innovation

By Kerry McDonald

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Why Diverse, Decentralized Schooling Models Are Gaining Momentum

By Kerry McDonald

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How Microschools Are Providing Meaningful Careers for Teachers

By Kerry McDonald

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A Young Entrepreneur Offers Tips for Education Trailblazers

By Nasiyah Isra-Ul

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Meet the Education Entrepreneurs behind Maine’s Growing Microschools

By Kerry McDonald

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Whole Foods Market Co-Founder John Mackey on Entrepreneurship, Education, and Capitalism

By Kerry McDonald

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Montana’s Microschool Founders Are Offering Families Creative, Learner-Centered Education Options

By Kerry McDonald

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How ‘The Learning Lounge’ Is Bringing Educational Entrepreneurship to Arkansas

By Kerry McDonald

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The Microschool Movement Is Taking Off in Tennessee

By Kerry McDonald

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A Robust Education Marketplace Means Some Schools Will Fail

By Kerry McDonald

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Why Doesn’t Every Office Building Have A Microschool?

By Kerry McDonald

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10 Education Entrepreneurs Offer Advice To New Founders in 2024

By Kerry McDonald

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Utah’s Emerging Education Ecosystem Is Diverse And Accessible

By Kerry McDonald

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In Los Angeles, a Tiny School Lets Young People Direct Their Own Education

By Kerry McDonald

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As Education Decentralizes, Those Who Like Control Are Nervous

By Kerry McDonald

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Former Public School Teachers Find Happiness In Entrepreneurship

By Kerry McDonald

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In This Business-Friendly State, Why Is It So Hard To Start A Private School?

By Kerry McDonald

Education

On His Birthday, Milton Friedman Would Be Happy

By Kerry McDonald

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It’s the Year of Universal School Choice, but Barriers Remain

By Kerry McDonald

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A Rural, Waldorf Microschool Gets Shut Down By State Regulators

By Kerry McDonald

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Education Entrepreneurship and Innovation Across the US: A Case Study

By Kerry McDonald

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Two ‘Mompreneurs’ Created a Forest School That Reaches Thousands

By Kerry McDonald

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Entrepreneurial Teachers Create New Education Options For Rural Families

By Kerry McDonald

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How Entrepreneurs Are Expanding Education Options For Families in Texas

By Kerry McDonald

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Why Can’t This Retired US Navy Officer and Engineer Open a Private School in Nevada?

By Kerry McDonald

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How a Former Football Star Is Trying to Break the School-To-Prison Pipeline

By Kerry McDonald

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The (Further) Case for the Free Market in Education

By Kerry McDonald

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Advice From 13 Successful Education Entrepreneurs on How to Take the Plunge Into Non-Traditional Schooling

By Kerry McDonald

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