# School Principal Reveals: Why Teachers Are Quitting to Start Microschools

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Podcast: [The OpenEd Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-opened-podcast-7044530)
Published: 2026-04-08T14:03:16+00:00
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## Resource

Jon England spent 14 years inside the public school system - seven as a teacher, seven as a principal. He climbed the ladder because he wanted to change things. In this episode with host Ela Bass, Jon introduces a reframe that changes how you see the entire microschool movement: microschools aren't just custom education for students. They're the first real answer for teachers who want to build the kind of education they actually believe in. He also covers what makes microschools fail (it's almost never the teaching), what his own family's homeschool day looks like, and why market forces will always beat reform from within. Read the full blog post: https://opened.co/blog/why-former-teachers-are-starting-microschools About Jon England: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jengland1226/ Libertas Institute: https://libertas.org

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