Microschooling is the reinvention of the one-room schoolhouse, where class size is typically smaller than that in most schools.
[1] Other microschools, often those led by a single educator, various emphasize different topics or approaches, such as project-based learning, the arts, or the Socratic method.
[2] As of 2023, about one-third of microschools received public funding as part of school voucher-type programs.
[2] Many microschools are unregulated; in some states, curricula is not overseen, facilities are not inspected; and background checks are sometimes not done for staff.
[2] However, some microschool operate four or five days each week, have full-time teachers and formal curricula, and use standardized tests.