“What do you do again? ”It’s a question many small-school founders hear from friends, neighbors, even parents, a sign of how invisible this wave of innovation still is. Across the country, microschools, pods, and community-rooted learning centers are serving children in ways traditional systems can’t. Yet they operate quietly in church basements, living rooms, and shared spaces—with little fanfare and even less political support. While debates about school choice and ESAs dom