This teacher quit crowded classrooms to run her own microschool—now she’s earning over $100K and finally doesn’t have to work a summer job

Apryl Shackelford in her classroom with students (Credit: Courtesy of Primer)

The new school year is back in full swing, and for many educators that brings a sense of dread: overwhelming responsibilities in the classroom, worries over artificial intelligence in education, bruising political debates, and even the day-to-day question of whether they’ll have enough cash to put food on their own table.

But for Apryl Shackelford, those anxieties have been replaced with opportunity.