When Covid-19 began to hit Georgia hard in March of 2020, The New School found itself facing some challenging questions: How does a school built on its tightly-knit...
The Same and Different We talk a lot about what sets The New School apart from other Atlanta high schools. But it’s also important to mention the similarities. For...
Do you recognize The New School building from this angle? Looking East with a wide view of our new courtyard? We’ve been amazed by the way changing our...
We know that Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) experiences during the high school years have the potential to profoundly affect students and transform traditional...
One of the most promising movements to emerge in recent years in high school education is Community-Engaged Learning (CEL). Done well, CEL has the potential to increase...
. . . of their own learning. Through collaboration and experimentation, they come to understand the value of reflection and even failure....
Number 1: The 14-year-old whose science project showed that the federal government could save about $136 million by switching the font it uses to print government...
For the past several weeks New School students have taken a close look at Little Five Points, Atlanta, their adjacent neighborhood. Early in that process they were...
The First Days of High School Do you remember your first few weeks of high school? Did you work with award-winning architects and designers to imagine, draw up, and...
One of our parents sent us a link to this story that she thought would be right up our alley. And boy was she right! “The Many Battles of Atlanta,” by Fletcher Moore...
. . . where everyone is valued and respected, and students can be themselves, while belonging to something...
Mentors (and Meaningful Work) Really Do Matter Most of us know what it’s like to do work that we’re deeply engaged in, enthusiastic about, and committed to. You wake...
James Watson, one of our founders and our lead Math/Science teacher, said the other day that we ignore our own milestones at our peril, and last Thursday was a milestone...
In recent years, we’ve come to understand that there are some ways of praising kids that are better than others. Say a student does makes an “A” on a math test....
Number 1: High Standards and High-Stakes Testing If you have a child in public school right now, chances are the idea of high-stakes testing has turned into a bitter...
Pass It On! We’re hearing almost every day from parents and students who’ve only JUST heard of The New School and want to learn more. We know that many of you have...
This morning The New School joined representatives from nine other Atlanta high schools in talking to a room full of middle school parents. It was enlightening to see...
1. No Worksheets, No Poster Boards. Sick of hours of homework consisting mostly of photocopied worksheets? How about “projects” that are really just the umpteenth...
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