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A new book · Coming soon

The Microschool
Difference

Why Families Are Choosing Small, Student-Centered Schools and How Founders Are Bringing Them to Life

Rachelle Noble
Lorien Jepson · Charaki Yeomans

For everyone who has looked at a child and wondered, “What could school become?”

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The Microschool Difference, by Rachelle Noble, Lorien Jepson, and Charaki Yeomans. A cream and teal cover showing children and an educator collaborating around a table.

A different starting point

What if school
started with
the child?

You see their curiosity. Their strengths. The things that light them up. You want a learning environment where those things matter.

The Microschool Difference explores why families are choosing small, student-centered schools—and what it takes to bring those schools to life.

It connects the possibilities of a more personal education with the relationships, thoughtful design, and practical decisions that help a school earn a family’s trust.

Inside the conversation

A bigger vision.
A more personal school.

01

Begin with belonging.

Consider what changes when children are known, relationships are central, and learning makes room for the individual.

02

Make room for ownership.

Explore curiosity, meaningful work, and the possibility of children taking a more active role in their learning.

03

Give the vision a foundation.

Look beyond the idea to the courage, structure, and trust involved in creating a school families can believe in.

Find yourself in these pages

For the questions
you’re already asking.

For parents

Could school feel different for my child?

Understand what draws families to microschools and the learning environments they are seeking.

For educators

What would it look like to teach the way I believe?

Revisit the relationships, curiosity, and purpose that brought you to this work.

For founders

Could I bring this kind of school to life?

Begin connecting your vision with the thoughtful decisions that make a school possible.

The next chapter is coming

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the conversation.

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The book is coming soon. A release date and purchasing details have not yet been announced.