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Being able to use and understand technology is becoming more and more important for success in the modern era, but students rarely engage in computer science in their traditional education. While jobs in computer programming are among the fastest-growing and highest-paying opportunities, 90% of schools do not offer

Mara Linaberger, a lifelong educator in school districts around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, created Microschool Builders to support a network of teacher-led microschools around the globe. 

With traditional school options, many deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing families struggled to find an educational option that allowed their students to learn in a mixed environment. The Albuquerque Sign Language (ASL) Academy was founded by a group of educators and parents who faced this challenge every day and decided to do something about it by starting their own school.

For all the talk now about pandemic-related mental health challenges for students, it’s worth remembering how things were before COVID-19. In 2019, more than a third of high school students had “experienced persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, a 40 percent increase since 2009,” according to the

At Strike School, an online education program that offers a virtual classroom, personalized learning coaching and homeschool help, students are given the flexibility to learn whenever and wherever works best for them with teachers that will cater curriculum specific to their needs.  “We’ve diversified our whole concept around the

DeKalb Christian Home Educators started in 1989 to give families in the metro Atlanta area – it serves DeKalb, Rockdale, Fulton, Newton, Henry, and Gwinnett counties – more educational options.