By Staff Reporters

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MICRO-SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS

A new kind of school with fewer pupils is becoming increasingly popular. They’re called micro-schools, and they serve between five and 25 children following home-schooling curricula. There are at least 125,000 micro-schools in the US with ~1.5 million students, the head of the National MicroSchooling Center, Don Soifer, told EducationWeek.

Many parents turned to home schooling during the pandemic, and now there’s money flowing into these smaller learning environments.

• As states adopt voucher systems for private schools, roughly a dozen of them allow that cash to be used for home schooling and, therefore, at micro-schools.
• And venture capitalists have plowed tens of millions of dollars into companies that serve this market, per the Washington Post. That includes businesses like Prenda and KaiPod that help parents to set up their own micro-schools.

Micro-school advocates say that their size allows for more individualized, student-focused environments. But critics note that, although it varies by state, the may follow fewer standards than public and private schools, leading to the possibility of poorer education.

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MICRO-CREDENTIALS FOR ADULTS

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On the other hands, Stock-Brokers, Financial Advisors, Investment Advisors, Accountants, Consultants, Financial Analysts and Financial Planners need to enhance their knowledge skills to better serve the changing and challenging healthcare professional ecosystem. Doctors, dentists and allied healthcare professionals are in need, as well.

But, it can be difficult to learn and demonstrate mastery of these new skills to employers, clients, physicians or medical prospects. This makes professional advancement difficult.

That’s where Micro-Certification and Micro-Credentialing enters the online educational space. It is the process of earning a Micro-Certification, which is like a mini-degree or mini-credential, in a very specific topical area.

MORE: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2023/09/01/micro-certifications-for-financial-advisors-seeking-physician-client-niche-success-6/

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