Consistent Local Planning for Individualized Learning Shouldn’t Be Controversial

In learning pods, or microschools, small groups of families take turns teaching children, or pool resources to hire a teacher. Andrii Medvednikov/Shutterstock

Commentary

Over the last 8 months, I have been developing a model land-use policy designed to ease the process of building out a microschool ecosystem in California. A handful of states across the country already allow microschools to hatch, grow and proliferate. However, defining is a legitimate challenge, especially for the legislature. So, I needed a fearless advocate to sit before the Senate Education Committee and articulate the concept to a largely indifferent panel.