If You Could Choose Any School… What Would You Choose?

Most families don’t pick a school, they inherit it. We enroll where the boundary lines tell us to enroll, then we try to make our child fit the system even when the system does not fit our child. I want to flip that script and start with a simpler, more powerful question: what environment helps my child learn best?

We walk through the real-world pros and cons of today’s education options, including traditional public school, private school, micro schools, self-directed learning, online and virtual school, homeschooling, Montessori and mixed-age classrooms, and performing arts schools. You’ll hear what each model tends to do well, where families get surprised, and the practical “fit” questions that matter most: structure versus flexibility, pacing, social overwhelm, hands-on learning, access to services, executive functioning demands, and how much parent involvement a choice truly requires. The takeaway is not that one model wins, but that every model carries a philosophy, and alignment is often the difference between thriving and merely surviving.

I also don’t leave teachers out. When educators feel matched to their environment, students feel it too, and when the match is off, everyone pays the price. If you’ve been wondering whether a change would help your child, or you simply want to advocate with more clarity, this conversation will give you language, options, and confidence to explore what’s possible.

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Transcript

Why Most Families Never Choose

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Welcome to Tuesday Talks, your educational podcast helping parents become strong advocates for their kids and teachers to make big impacts in the classroom. Here we go. Hey, hey, hey. Thank you for joining me for another Tuesday Talks. Again, if this is your first time listening, I really appreciate you taking the time to just check out what it's all about. If you're a returning listener, then really thank you for always supporting, sharing, commenting, all of the things. I really appreciate it. It helps just inform me as far as topics that are interesting because these all come from the heart. I'm a mom, I've worked in education. So all the topics from Tuesday Talks come from my own personal experience or questions that have been sparked in my mind as I navigate education with my son. So I want to talk today and ask you a question to start. What if I told you that most families don't actually choose their child's school? Would you agree with that or would you would you not? Most families don't actually choose their child's school. Think about it. They inherit it, they default into it, they go where their zip code tells them to go. And for many families, that works, right? That's how I grew up. I went where the zip code told me to go. Well, elementary did use a friend's zip code to go to a better school. But you know what I mean. You I went where my zip code told me to go. And that worked for me. I feel like I'm a productive citizen, but for others, defaulting into it, going where your zip code tells you to go, inheriting the school that you go to, it doesn't work. And sometimes that misalignment is quiet. And no one ever stops to ask the question: what kind of school does my child actually need to thrive? Not survive, not just pass, but thrive. So today's Tuesday Talks is about school choice, but not in the political sense because it's not about debates, it's about possibility. That's what I want to tap into for today's episode: the possibility, the imagination. And really at the heart of it is putting the child and not the system at the center of any decision that you make for the type of school that your child goes to. So I want to reframe this idea of school choice completely. It's not about public versus private, it's not about right versus wrong. It's not about left versus right. It's not about better versus worse. It's really this question. What environment helps this child learn best? Or if we're turning it inward, what environment helps my child learn best? Right. Because the truth here is every school model is built on a philosophy. Whether you choose private, public, homeschool, even here in Georgia, they have, you know, outdoor schools. Every school model is built on a philosophy, a set of beliefs that is guiding them in the way that they are imparting knowledge on children or giving children access to knowledge, right? But every child learns differently. So when the school philosophy and the way the child learns doesn't align, that's when we see behavior challenges. We see lack of engagement, we see heightened anxiety, we see underperformance that really isn't underperformance. It's a mismatch. That's what it is. It's a mismatch. And sometimes it's not the child that isn't thriving, it's the environment that isn't built for how they learn. Right. And you might be thinking, well, we can't have a different school for every single child because every child does learn differently. But I'm gonna share today some options because that's what I did when my kid was younger. I knew for me, public school wasn't where I wanted to send him, not because public schools are bad. Because remember, this isn't about better versus worse. I saw how he was learning as a toddler. I saw the exploration, I saw the imagination, and I wanted that to be a part of how he started to learn academics. So I looked at something different, and that started in preschool.

Public School Strengths And Limits

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But I want to start here with traditional public school first because this is where most children are. Let's be honest. And there are some strengths to public school. You get exposure to diverse learners and backgrounds, you get access to services like special education, speech therapy, occupational therapy, all of those things. You get structured curriculum and set expectations. They're going to make sure that they are documenting progress through state testing. And there's socialization at a large scale. Those are what I consider some of the strengths of public school. The challenges with public school, though, there are larger class sizes. We've heard that talked about many, many times. It really is a one-size-fits most type of instruction. There's limited flexibility and pacing. If you've listened to other Tuesday Talks episodes, we talked about those pacing guys. The teachers are on because they got to hit certain content within a certain time frame and move on. So if you didn't catch it, that's on you to catch up, whether it's through after school tutoring, at-home tutoring, whatever. And teachers are stretched really thin in those public school settings. So you can ask yourself this question is my child someone who thrives in structure, benefits from routine, can navigate larger social environments, or are they one that gets lost in the crowd? And that might guide you towards whether or not traditional public school is the right option for your kid. This whole conversation today is about sparking thought. It's not about arriving at a decision on what is best, but it is about sparking thought because I feel like as parents, we get boxed in to what is normal, what is just like status quo, and we don't think outside of the box. And there are maybe some other possibilities. And maybe you ask yourself the questions that I'm gonna challenge you with today, and you think, hey, where my kid is is what's gonna work best, and we're just gonna have to make it fit. And that's fine too. But I want there to be a discussion about possibilities. So

Private School Myths And Tradeoffs

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next, I want to talk about private schools. I know, you know, I remember being a kid in the private schools where where the smarter kids went. You want your kid to be smart, send them to private school. It's better. But they have strengths and weaknesses just like any other setting. And so some of the strengths of private school are gonna be smaller class sizes, usually. There's more flexibility in the curriculum. Some most times they they think outside the box of traditional public schools, and maybe there's, you know, a different curriculum that they might use that public schools aren't tapping into. There's a real strong community feel, especially if you go to a private school that's religion-based or um, you know, different private schools focus on different maybe aspects sometimes. And so they embody a sense of community. Um, and then there's the potential for individualized attention for your kid too. But some of the challenges with private schools, and if you went to private schools, please leave a comment, leave a review, let me know what your experience was and possibly why you even chose that for your child. But one of the challenges that I've heard and seen with parents that I've talked to, cost is always number one, right? Private schools are not free and they're not cheap. Some do offer scholarships. So if you are interested in your child going to a private school, reach out and ask if they have any type of scholarship, grant. You know, usually there's a process you have to go through to qualify for that, but that could really offset some of the costs and maybe even have your kid go to school there for free. But some of the other challenges with private school, limited access to specialized services in some settings. Now, some private schools tap into public school services. So if your child needs speech therapy, they're able to get that through their public school speech therapists. We'll service them at their private school. But if you're looking for special education services, sometimes private schools don't offer that. They don't have to honor an IEP because they are a private institution. So they don't operate under the same rules as traditional public schools do. And then lastly, private schools sometimes lack diversity, depending on the school. But sometimes you might see that. And so private doesn't automatically mean better, it just means different. And that's something that I really want you to hold on to if you're, you know, eyeballing a private school that you want your kid to go through. You still need to ask the same types of questions that you would in a public school about teacher-parent communication, collaboration. How do they see parents fitting into the model as an advocate for their child? How do they push your child to expand beyond maybe what they think they're capable of? How do they differentiate the learning if your kid is struggling with something? Those are questions you need to ask whether your kid's going to school for free at a traditional public school, or if they're going paid tuition to a private school. So it doesn't mean better, it just means different.

Micro Schools And Flexible Learning

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Now, another type of school environment, micro school. I don't know if you've heard of the micro school before, but it is becoming very popular and really for good reason because it has some really good strengths. High personalized learning, strong relationships with teachers, flexible pacing, and often very student-centered. Um, micro schools think of, you know, there's a school that I saw online, the two-hour school. So they focus on academics for two hours a day. That's what their research shows them. Kids need any more than that, it really is falling on deaf ears. The kids get very intense academic instruction for two hours a day, and the rest of their day at school is spent exploring, being imaginative, creative. Are they still pulling in some academics? Of course, you want to explore, you're gonna need to maybe read through a manual, or if you want to be creative, you're gonna have to maybe use some math to figure out how you want to scale your large painting. The bringing in academics, but not in that targeted way. So think about that in the sense of micro school. But there are some challenges with micro schools. There are challenges with any model, limited extracurricular. So if that's something that is really important to your child, school sports. Usually micro schools don't offer that. They may lack the structure that some learners need. So again, you need to know your kid. Do they need that formal structure all day for everything that they are expected to do during the school day? If so, maybe micro school isn't the best fit. Maybe it is a good fit, but you need to work with your child more about being more on top of time management for their academics, making the most of those two hours, if we're using that example of the two-hour school. And then one of the last challenges about micro school is it's not always accessible geographically. Sometimes these schools are way out, um, outside of the metro area, maybe they're in a suburb way south of you, and there's no public transportation to pick your kid up and take them there. Now, usually you are going to have to be the school bus if if your child goes to a micro school. So for this type of school, I would prompt you to ask yourself this does your child need more attention, more voice, more flexibility? This model can be really, really powerful for those kids. And I'll tell you, my child goes to a type of micro school. A little bit of combination of micro school and self-directed learning, which I'm gonna talk about in just a second. But I saw that in him that he needed more attention, not in a needy way, but I could see him getting lost in a big classroom, which is what he tried for for preschool. He needed more attention, he needed more voice, that autonomy. I want to work on this. And he would get it done and work really hard, show a lot of resilience versus me pushing him towards something that he really wasn't interested in and didn't want to do in that moment. And then that's when I saw more behavior challenges. And I wanted him to have the flexibility to learn at his pace. And a lot of that was based and rooted in my experience as a kid going to public school. I've talked many times on here about my struggles with math. And that pacing guide for math always left me behind, every grade level. I was always struggling to keep up. I had to work very hard in every math class just to be average. It didn't come to me naturally. The way the teachers taught in the class, it just didn't stick for me. I had to put in a lot of work outside of class just to keep a solid B, sometimes a C in math. So I didn't want him to experience that same thing. I wanted him to be able to learn what he wanted to learn when he wanted to learn it at a pace that felt right for him. Of course, with some nudging to move beyond what he thought was capable of. So asking yourself those questions, that helped me lean in to know that traditional public school wasn't what he would thrive best in. And

Self-Directed Learning And Motivation

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so the next type of school, which is what he's in right now, is self-directed learning. So, what I love about it, some of the strengths, it encourages independence, it builds critical thinking, it connects life to, I'm sorry, connects learning to real life, and student ownership is high. Those are the strengths. Remember, with every type of school environment, there are going to be some challenges. The challenges with this self-directed model, it requires a lot of strong internal motivation. You have to have a kid that wants to learn so much that they are going to take the time to learn this material for themselves versus having a teacher standing at the front of the classroom explaining every step of how to work through a math problem, every step of how to write a paragraph, whatever the academic topic is. So there needs to be a real strong internal motivation for learning. It's not ideal for all learners, and it can feel too loose to some families. It can feel like there's not enough structure. You want your kid to have some structure, but not a lot of structure, and maybe self-directed learning isn't the choice for your kid. But the real reflective question here is: is your child naturally curious and driven? Or do they need more structure and guidance? And one isn't better than the other. Maybe your kid is a combination of both, and that's my son. He is naturally curious and driven. He also needs some additional structure and guidance. And so what I've done is worked with his school, which is a self-directed learning micro school. And I've helped and worked with the teacher and my son to figure out where he needs more structure and how he can get it. It's never going to be a teacher standing at the front of the classroom teaching him. No, it is going to be a guide showing him how to maybe work through a specific, a specific um topic, academic topic, and then giving him the reins to go and explore it and maybe circle back if he needs some additional support. But that is the type of school environment that I feel like will push him to be more of an independent thinker versus someone who is always looking for someone to tell him what is the next step. And that was really important for him. Also, Montessori School might fall into this category as well for student or self-directed learning because Montessory School is what he did as a toddler. And you know, if you've ever been in a Montessori classroom, it's like a busy hum in the classroom. Kids are working on different things. They go to the shelves, they pull off what they like, they work on that, they might put it back. There is a structure, but it is very loose and it is very student-driven, even at a young age of three. And that's what he started at. So he hasn't ever experienced that one direction learning, where it's just the teacher, you know, giving the steps for different topics and taking knowledge as it's given to him. He's always been in that exploratory type of school. So that really works. But I had to ask myself those questions to make sure it would be a good fit. And it doesn't have to be a perfect fit. Sometimes it could be a good fit. And you have to work with the school with the teachers to make it be a better fit, if that makes

Virtual School Needs Real Support

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sense. Another choice could be online or virtual school. Lord knows everybody tapped into virtual during the pandemic. But I'm sure if you were like me, I was waiting for the time when schools open back up because homeschool in a kindergartner virtually was very challenging. But for some families, that online virtual school works perfectly for their kid. And some of the strengths with online school, there's flexibility and schedule. If you are a family that travels a lot or, you know, is on the move frequently and you want there to be some stability and consistency in your child's learning, maybe online or virtual school is better. There's personalized pacing with these online virtual schools. You don't have to be on track with everybody else that is doing, you know, online school. You can personalize that pacing for your kid. And then there's a safe environment for students, especially those who may have high anxiety or health concerns. And so, again, there come some challenges with it. There's limited social interaction. It requires really strong executive functioning skills. We've talked about that on Tuesday talks before, being able to, you know, manage their time, map out a plan, make sure that they're achieving each step in that plan to reach that ultimate goal. That's going to require a lot of mental flexibility and self-negotiating too. And that's part of that executive functioning. And then parent involvement is going to be really, really high with the online and virtual school. It won't just be here's your laptop, sit, learn, and no parent involvement. It's going to require a lot of you to support them because essentially you're their teacher. You are there to support in a very meaningful way what they're learning through the online program. And so online learning doesn't fail kids. It's a lack of structure and support that does. And that's what I felt bumping up against to the online learning that my kid did for kindergarten during the pandemic. It was a lack of structure. I was still working. I work from home, but I was still working. So there were some days where I was like, this online learning is failing my kid. He's not learning anything. And then I had to switch my mind. I had to switch my perspective. There was a lack of structure and support. I had to step in and fill that gap because there was no way that the teacher on the other end of the screen, who never wanted to get into online teaching, now has been thrusted into online teaching and has a screen of 30 faces on the screen. And she doesn't need support from the parents at home. It just, you've heard the horror stories about it. So it's not the online learning that fails kids, it's the lack of structure and support that doesn't. I think that's where we saw a lot of pitfalls during the pandemic. But if online learning is an option for you and a choice that you make, you really are going to have to be involved as a parent. And that's something that you need to talk about with your partner, your spouse, or with yourself if you're running the single parent game.

Homeschooling Works When Intentional

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I want to talk about another option that's grown tremendously over the past few years, and that's homeschooling. And so now before we go any further, I want to clear something up. Homeschooling is not one thing, it's not just sitting at the kitchen table, a parent recreating a traditional classroom at home. It can be that, but it's not just that. It can look like structured curriculum at home, a hybrid program, part home, part school. There could be learning pods or co ops or cohorts with other families. So they get this socialization. They get to go meet with another parent who's teaching math, and they get to meet with another parent who's really into science and shows up. All types of science experiments, things like that. It could be field-based, real-world learning. It could be outside of the home. And it could be fully child-led and interest-based in its approach to education. So don't think of homeschool, in I think the most traditional sense, it really could look like a lot of things. It could be homeschool with an online program. It could be homeschool with a self-directed component of it. So there are some strengths to homeschooling. It is highly individualized. Flexible pacing. There's no rushing, there's no waiting. Sometimes homeschool kids are further ahead based on state standards of where a second grader should be at a certain point in the school year. Maybe homeschool kids are working beyond that just because we are moving at our own pace. The child is really into this. Let's keep pushing. Let's let's move it on. We're not capping ourselves out to say, oh, well, we finished all of second grade, you know, reading, so we're done with reading for the year. No, you keep going because your child is ready for it. There's an ability to tailor learning to interests and strengths. There's a really strong family connection, and it is a safe and controlled learning environment. Some of the challenges with homeschool is that it really does require significant time and commitment from caregivers. There's a socialization that must be intentional because it's not going to be automatic if you're not a part of any learning co-ops or learning cohorts, whatever it's called in your area. You're going to have to be real intentional about socialization because that is a big piece to a child becoming an adult that can socialize, or even a teenager that can socialize in environments out with kids that are outside of their interests, right? Like maybe there are kids that aren't interested in what your kid is interested in. Do they know how to navigate that type of social situation? You're going to have to find ways to get them access to those types of environments. Um, access to resources can vary. Homeschool materials can be expensive. Not for the faint of heart. Sometimes those prices can, you know, make you gasp a little bit. Um, so that's why a lot of times parents will create those learning co-ops, it offsets some of the cost too. And sometimes homeschooling can feel overwhelming if you don't have that support or that structure. And that's again where those co-ops can come into play. So homeschool doesn't work because it's better. Remember, I said some kids can work ahead of where they are because you're designing the curriculum for your kid. It doesn't work better. It works because there's intention behind it. So let me say that again. Homeschooling doesn't work because it's better, it works when it's intentional. And so you have to ask yourself do I have the capacity, the time, the energy, the resources to support this? What kind of structure would my child need at home? How am I going to ensure the social interaction and the peer relationships? And am I choosing this out of alignment or out of frustration? If you think back to the episode we did with Janita, who decided to homeschool her daughter because she was frustrated with the daughter's charter school that she was going to, they decided to do homeschooling and found out this is not going to work for our family. And so they're looking to other options for next school year. So you want to have that internal conversation with yourself or your partner to make sure if you're choosing this, it is because it aligns with who your child is and not out of frustration because sometimes that can create a mismatch. And now you have even more conflict at home, even though you feel like you're doing the right thing. So homeschooling does give you the freedom to build the environment, but it also gives you the responsibility to sustain it as well. And just like homeschooling creates space and flexibility and personalization, there are other environments that a child's identity is centered in a different way.

Montessori And Mixed-Age Considerations

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We talked and touched on Montessori or mixed age classrooms, very child-led, hands-on, independence-focused. Kids learn across age levels. They might be in a classroom with four and five-year-olds. There may be third and fourth grade that are in a class together, or sixth, seventh, and eighth that are in a classroom together. So those mixed age classrooms help kids learn across grade levels. Maybe it piques the interest of a sixth grader that he sees an eighth grader doing some amazing academic work, and that piques his interest. And now he wants to explore that. So that could be one of the pros to the mixed-age classrooms. There is a real strength with these types of school settings, Montessori and mixed age. There's independence and confidence building. There's peer learning where the younger kids are learning from the older kids. The older kids are reinforcing what they've learned through teaching it to the younger kids. It could be developmentally responsive. They are working in a manner that aligns with their development, just the natural development of every kid. But there are some challenges with it, right? There's an adjustment if you're transitioning to a traditional setting. So perhaps you think, well, I want my kid to go to Montessori. A lot of Montessori schools age out either at uh kindergarten, some may go through fifth grade, very few will take you through middle school. So you gotta think about what that transition is gonna be like. There has to be a plan in place because coming from that Montessori environment and now maybe going into public school can be quite jarring for some students. Another challenge could be that not all kids thrive without that direct instruction. We talked about that before. Knowing your kid, do they need more of that? I'm the teacher, I'm telling you what to do, I'm giving you the structure. Or are they the kid that can find structure within more of a loose setting? And Montessori and mixed-age classrooms are gonna require trained educators to do it well. Montessori teachers have a special certification that they have to go through. These are questions you need to be asking if you're considering Montessori. There is no um, how can I put it? I'm just gonna say it. You can call your school whatever you want. If you are making it on your own, this this private school, micro school type of setting, you can call it whatever you want. It does not mean the people in there are qualified to be in there. So you need to be asking questions in any environment. Okay. So think about this. Some kids bloom when given freedom, others bloom with structure. Neither is right or wrong. Maybe your kid blooms with a little bit of structure in one area and less structure in another. That's fine. But that is a key insight that I think you need to know about your kid as you're deciding about um what type of school environment is best for them.

Performing Arts As The Right Medium

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And then finally, I want to talk about performing art school. I think this model gets overlooked a lot of times in these conversations, but it could be the right fit for your child. It could be life-changing. I have a friend whose kid was in traditional um public school, and he was getting in trouble all the time in class. Super smart kid, finished his work early. Very smart, very bright kid. Mom was getting phone calls weekly, sometimes daily. He's singing in class. He's finished his work, but now he's chatting with a friend. He finished his work and now he's over in the classroom doing something that he hasn't been given permission to do. And she's getting calls, and she was sick of it. She was sick of it. So she decided to look for a school that could suit her kids' needs. She did a reflection. What type of structure does my kid need? What are some of his interests? He likes to sing, he likes to dance. And so these performing arts schools are schools where the arts are not the extra, they are the central piece of it. And we're talking about dance, theater, music, vocal performance, creative expression as a core part of their day. And she found this school, and her son has thrived. No more calls home about singing in class, being done with work early, and feeling like he's doing things that he hasn't been given permission to do. He now has a creative space to both meet his academic goals and also meet his needs in the sense of the creative, too. And some of the strengths of performing arts, it gives creative learners a place to shine. It builds confidence, discipline, stage presence. It provides an emotional outlet for expression, connects academics to creativity, and it often increases engagement for students who struggle in that traditional setting, which was my friend's kid. Of course, with every model, there are challenges, right? Academics may feel secondary to the creative if it's not balanced well. It can be highly competitive or performance-driven. Not every child wants their passion tied to school expectations. Maybe they're really into singing. They don't want to mix that with the academic piece, and they don't want another um goal set for them with something that's just a passion for them. And then might come with limited availability depending on location. There's not a performing art school in every corner like there is traditional public school. So you're going to have to find perhaps transportation to the school if they don't provide it. And you're going to have to figure out what works best geographically for your family. So some children don't struggle because they can't learn. They struggle because they haven't been given the right medium to express what they know. And so if you're thinking about performing art school, you know, asking yourself, is your child constantly singing, dancing, performing, creating? Do they come alive on stage but shut down at their desk? Do they feel deeply and express through movement or art? Because for these children, perform in art school doesn't just educate them, it validates them, right? And so that is really at the end of the day, what I think a lot of parents want for their kids. They want their kids to be seen, want their kids to be heard, validated, and have a sense that what they're contributing actually matters. And when we honor how our child expresses themselves, we unlock how they learn. We know that to be truth. So when you think about all of these options, traditional, private, micro schools, Monsory, online, performing arts, it becomes clear there isn't one path.

Best Fit Questions And Closing

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There are many. And I want to bring it all back together with this. Instead of asking, what's the best school? Ask, what does my child need? And so really, you know, consider again, does your child need structure flexibility? Do they need to thrive socially or do they get overwhelmed? Do they need more movement and hands-on learning? Do they require specialized services? Are they self-moded or do they need guidance? Do they learn better through listening, doing, or exploring? The goal is not to find the perfect school, it's to find the best fit. Because the perfect school might not exist. But what's the best fit for your kid in the way your kid learns? And I don't want to leave teachers out of this either because here's the truth teachers are often expected to teach every type of learner in one type of environment. And that is a heavy lift. It is very challenging. And it is part of the reason why you see teachers leaving the profession in droves. For teachers, I would challenge you to ask yourselves what type of classroom environment do you thrive in? Where does your teaching style shine? What systems support you best? Because when teachers are aligned with their environment, students feel it. They feel it. They know when that teacher is at the front of the class or in the classroom amongst the children, guiding them through whatever creative project, they can feel that passion from the teacher. So when that is not there, students notice it too. And so I want to leave you with this. There is no right school. There is only the right school for this moment, for this child, for this family. And that can change. Maybe homeschool is what your kid needs for one school year to really help them get grounded in some things that maybe they didn't catch on for the previous school year, or maybe you want them to maybe work a little bit ahead of where they are. And maybe you transition them back into a micro school, or maybe you transition them back into a homeschool pod. It doesn't have to be a one-time decision that can never be changed. And I want to free every parent who feels that way. I chose private school. No matter how rough it gets, we're sticking with private school.

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Why?

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Why? Why do we have to choose one thing and force our kid to stay with that if it's not serving them? If it's public school, maybe you look to a micro school that could offer scholarships for your child to go there and maybe transportation. You won't know until you start to reach out and explore these things. And that's what I want to do is spark your imagination, your thought as a teacher. Maybe you go explore some of these different learning environments and see what really fits you. And so I want you to sit with this question. If you could design the perfect school for your child, what would it look like? Not based on what's available, not based on what others are doing, but based purely on what your child needs. Because when we start there, everything changes. Everything. If this episode made you think differently, sparked a thought, share it with another parent, share it with a teacher. Most importantly, start a conversation with your friends. Join the comments, leave a review, let me know how this challenged you. If maybe you did explore this and you found a good fit for your child, share, let me know how that has impacted your child, the home life, everything, because it does have a ripple effect. Thank you so much for joining me for another Tuesday talks. Be sure to like, subscribe, all the social media things, but most importantly, spark conversation with your partner, with yourself, with friends, and help your kid thrive in their learning, not just survive. I'll see you next week. Be sure to share this episode and join me next week for brand new Tuesday talks. See ya.