Recently, we’ve been meeting new and prospective families from all different backgrounds. Regardless of the label of these students’ former schools, their parents are looking for something better because they aren’t working for their students. Stereotypes are often associated with […]

Official planning for this upcoming school year at Indi-ED has begun, and we couldn’t be more excited. The collaboration among our staff has been very similar to last year, but even BETTER. (And we still have four weeks until our […]

Last year, Indi-ED had our first Meet and Greet. Since then, we’ve noticed other schools have also changed their “Meet the Teacher” or “Back to School” events to also call them “Meet and Greets”. While we’re hopeful that for the […]

As I talk to more and more parents who understand that there is more for their child than what traditional schools offer, I am beginning to see patterns. I’ve come to realize that choosing to make a change in anything […]

This week while researching texts that would support our new character development theme for the upcoming year-creativity, I stumbled across 11 year old Marley Dias’s story. If you’ve not heard of her, she’s an 12 year old who had a […]

This week we began sending out Welcome Packets to our new families for next year. As I added the personal touches that will hopefully provide some relief and reassurance for the students, it made me appreciate our Founding Families from […]

This week alone… The Tampa Bay Times published a story that reveals the bleak reality of the drastic decline in teacher preparation programs. 40% for one of our local universities. Within a thread discussing education, I saw veteran teachers sharing […]

A few days ago I saw a photo posted in an education group that made me furious. I wrote a response. I deleted it. Then I repeated the pattern until I thought it was best to sit on it before […]

Most teachers pack it up for the summer. By the last day, work is away, walls are covered up, and in some cases-copies are already even prepared for the following year. That did not happen for us this year for […]

Teachers-Were you counting down the days to freedom? Were you praying that you wouldn’t have any behavior issues? Were you utterly exhausted? Students-Were you counting down the days to freedom? Were you praying for a fun activity-finally? Were you utterly […]