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When Traditional Accreditation Threatens Your Model: How one school unlocked ESA funding while preserving its learner-driven studios
When Tennessee passed ESA scholarship legislation requiring accreditation, Acton Academy Johnson City faced a real threat: most accrediting bodies assumed traditional staffing and pedagogy. MSA's microschool pathway helped founder Sarah Fagerburg formalize her model without abandoning it. The result: projected 3x revenue and a doubled waitlist, with guides still coaching, not lecturing.
Permission to Be Who We Are: How The Mission Academy Unlocked Choose Act Funding Without Changing Its Model
Every time a new family walked through the door at The Mission Academy, the first question was the same: "Are you accredited?" For three years, Tiffany Jones had to piece together an answer. Now she has three words: "Yes, we are."