More Fragmentation in an Already Fragmented Industry

One of our longest-standing trends for private, independent schools merges with a newer one in this story from the Philadelphia Inquirer's web site. Fusion Academy now has more than 30 sites on both coasts and in Illinois, Texas, and Florida, and offers the ultimate in personalized instruction: a 1:1 student teacher ratio. We have at times joked that every parent's ideal classroom would be 1:1, but Fusion makes this the cornerstone of their value proposition.Just another option in our rapidly fragmenting marketplace. And while Fusion would appear, on the surface, to aim at students with issues (social anxiety figures prominently), many parents may see this degree of hyper-personalization as desirable regardless.Thanks to Barbara Kraus-Blackney at ADVIS for the pointer.