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How microschools are giving rural families more educational options
The Indiana Microschool Collaborative will open mastery-based charter schools starting this fall to serve rural families with personalized education and $7,000 per student in state funding.
- The Indiana Microschool Collaborative will launch several small charter schools starting this fall around the rural Eastern Hancock school corporation east of Indianapolis.
- The Indiana Charter School Board authorized these schools in May to meet growing parental demand for school choice tailored to individual children.
- Each school will admit between 30 and 75 students, implement a mastery- or competency-based learning model, and receive state funding of approximately seven thousand dollars annually per student to help reduce financial and administrative obstacles during startup.
- George Philhower expressed the goal that all children should have access to a school environment tailored to their needs, while Scott Bess described the initiative as a means to introduce school choice and opportunities in communities that currently lack them.
- The collaborative could grow by 1,000 students or more yearly, reflecting the fast growth of microschools nationally and Indiana’s position as third in microschool numbers.
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Patrick O’Donnell // The 74 How microschools are giving rural families more educational options A new network of charter microschools east of Indianapolis hopes to give rural families separated by acres of farms and woods a choice of schools similar to what’s available to urban families, The 74 reports. Starting this fall, the new Indiana Microschool Collaborative will create several small schools of 30 to 75 students around the Eastern Hancock …
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