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a classroom with the headcount of a dinner party and the paperwork of neither.
means a small, often multi-age school — usually 5 to 20 kids — run out of homes, storefronts, or churches instead of a traditional building.
from the model traces back to one-room schoolhouses but got its modern rebrand around 2018-2020, when pandemic pod-learning made parents realize a garage and a good teacher could out-perform a 30-kid classroom.
pandemic boostenrollment surged during covid learning pods
legal structureoften classified as homeschool co-ops, not schools
typical sizeusually under 15 students total
funding shiftmany now accept state voucher money