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Dorene Ross and Elizabeth Bondy Guest columnists On Feb. 21, Craig Wood and Keith Birkett published an opinion piece entitled, “Micro schools: The coming educational revolution.” They describe a micro school as one formed by parents for a small group of students across grade levels as an innovation with “much potential for success.” As teacher-educators who have spent years working in high need schools, parents of former public school children, and volunteers who work with the Guardian ad Litem program and Gainesville For All early learning center team, we have several concerns about the potential of this innovation. First, public education is a government service designed to improve society and contribute to the common good. It is important to ask how the micro schools model accomplishes these aims. How does this model contribute to equity, unity and civility in the broader community? ....