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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 school corporation, a rural district about 30 miles from the state capitol.

The schools will add to the fast growth of microschools both nationally and in Indiana , which has the third-most in the country after Arizona and Florida, according to the National Microschooling Center , a Las Vegas-based advocacy group.

The charter microscho

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