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How New Microschool Accreditation Pathways Are Opening Doors for Founders and Families

The Next Generation Accreditation pilot program aims to offer faster, more affordable, and more flexible routes for emerging schools.
How New Microschool Accreditation Pathways Are Opening Doors for Founders and Families
MCP Academy in Mansfield, Texas/FEE
Kerry McDonald
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As a mother of nine in Tennessee, Sarah Fagerburg tried a variety of different schooling types, from public schools to homeschooling, but she always felt there had to be something better. In the spring of 2023, she discovered Acton Academy from listening to a podcast and knew that this was the educational model she had been seeking.
Kerry McDonald
Kerry McDonald
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Kerry McDonald is a senior education fellow at FEE and host of the weekly LiberatED podcast. She is also the author of “Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom” (2019) and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. She lives in Cambridge, Mass., with her husband and four children.
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