Musk established Ad Astra, a microschool, after withdrawing his children from a conventional educational setting. The school emphasized innovative learning, encouraging students to engage in advanced subjects like nuclear chemistry and participate in competitive hackathons. Microschools, typically having fewer than 150 students, operate with flexibility and often outside traditional education regulations. Musk's educational ventures have influenced similar initiatives in the tech sector, including a Montessori-style school in Texas, reflecting a growing trend among tech elites to create alternative schooling options for their children.
In 2014, Musk reportedly pulled his children out of the elite Mirman School in Los Angeles and recruited one of their teachers to help him build an alternative school unbound by conventional curriculum standards.
With Ad Astra, Musk became an early pioneer in the emerging microschooling movement. Loosely defined as schools with fewer than 150 students, microschools often operate for profit, and outside the regulatory frameworks that govern traditional public schools.
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