A new model of education is taking root at an office building near you. Microschools, small and highly personalized learning hubs, are drawing more families who want something different from traditional public education.

Primer, one of the companies leading the movement in Florida, describes itself as a blend between private school and homeschooling. The model is defined by small enrollment. The average microschool nationwide has just 22 students, according to the latest data from the National Microschooling Center.

Parents say microschools take a more hands-on approach

For Jennifer Puig, that intimacy was exactly what her daughter needed after years of struggling in a larger public school classroom.

"Every morning my stomach hurts or I have a headache," Puig recalled her daughter sayi

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