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Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group has appointed Paul Hillard and Duncan Robb as non-executive directors. Paul Hillard brings over 30 years of experience in the housing sector, having served 16 years as managing director at Riverside Scotland (formerly Irvine Housing Association). 

State education officials are pushing the federal Department of Education to clarify expectations for state school accountability systems that have been largely halted by two years of pandemic disruption and cancelled state summative tests.  “In some cases, we simply don’t have the data to calculate accountability scores using normal business rules,” said a Georgia Department […]

In this first installment in our series on state-level policy and microschooling, Jocelyn Pickford and Duncan Robb explain Idaho’s recent legislative debate over two competing approaches to supporting the creation of small learning communities, known as microschools. Idaho’s strong...

The passage of Idaho State Senate Bill 1046 empowers parents to enroll children in small learning communities and exert a say in curricula decisionsNEW YORK, NY — As evidence from a temporary drop in enrollment during the 2020-21 school year suggests, many parents found traditional school...