

Jennie Jones is a former professional ballerina, turned homeschooling mom of four, turned education entrepreneur. After taking a break from dance education, she started homeschooling her own children. Over the last seven years of homeschooling, Jennie started leaning more and more into unschooling and interest-led, child-driven learning. An educator at heart, she always dreamed of opening a microschool. In September 2024, that dream became a reality when she launched The Treehouse Agile Learning Community in St. George, Utah. A home-based microschool that uses agile learning tools to foster intentional community, natural learning, and independence, The Treehouse currently serves homeschooled students ages 5-12.
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The Blessings of Community in Self-Directed Learning
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Modeling Focus for Students in a Distracting World
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Scaling Your School: Why You Need Systems
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What Dance Taught Me About Co-Created Learning Spaces
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Growing a Home-Based Microschool
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Learn to Earn: Can Incentives Be Used in Self-Directed Learning Spaces?
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Niche Education: Why microschools are not one-size-fits-all
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Entrepreneurial Growing Pains and Ambiguity Tolerance
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Avoiding Burnout As a Microschool Founder
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Which curriculum is best?
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Navigating Regulatory Compliance As A Microschool Founder
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Minimum Viable Product: Why Simple Might Be the Best Starting Point
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Education As A Gift From Your Community
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You Don’t Need to Have All the Answers Before You Start
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Lemonade Stands and Microschools: Pricing in a Free Market Economy
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How I Unschooled My Way to Opening a School for Unschoolers
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