microschool

plural microschools · alternative micro-school

1. A school having an unusually small class size.

   Pod has become a magic word, even though its meaning is not always clear. Some public schools are “podding” their students into smaller groups. Private companies are popping up with “microschools.”

   2020 August 12, Brian Platzer, “I Run a Tutoring Company. I Get Dozens of Calls a Day About Learning Pods.”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2020

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   Though not all of the families that have been forced to embrace “pandemic pods” to educate their children are thrilled about it, at least some of them will decide that micro-schools are a better option than traditional district schools after the pandemic subsides.

   2021 February 8, Reihan Salam, “Is America’s Educational System Becoming More Pluralistic?”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2021