. . . of their own learning. Through collaboration and experimentation, they come to understand the value of reflection and even failure....
Peter Lefkowicz
March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016
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...
Peter Lefkowicz
April 2, 2015
April 2, 2015
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...
Peter Lefkowicz
October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014
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...
Peter Lefkowicz
July 10, 2014
July 10, 2014
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...
Peter Lefkowicz
June 24, 2014
June 24, 2014
. . . where everyone is valued and respected, and students can be themselves, while belonging to something...
Peter Lefkowicz
June 13, 2014
June 13, 2014
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...
Peter Lefkowicz
June 11, 2014
June 11, 2014
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...
Peter Lefkowicz
June 5, 2014
June 5, 2014
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....
Peter Lefkowicz
May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014
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...
Peter Lefkowicz
April 22, 2014
April 22, 2014
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...
Peter Lefkowicz
March 19, 2014
March 19, 2014
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...
Peter Lefkowicz
February 27, 2014
February 27, 2014
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...
Peter Lefkowicz
January 29, 2014
January 29, 2014
You’re Going to Want to Take These Robots Home You should click on the link below if only to see the local Atlanta hip hop artist who stopped by the GA Tech lab and...
Peter Lefkowicz
January 23, 2014
January 23, 2014
Next Parent Info Session is Almost Here – RSVP Today! It’s not too late to sign up for our next Parent Information Session, which we’re having next Wednesday,...
Peter Lefkowicz
January 8, 2014
January 8, 2014
The title of this piece couldn’t be more spot-on: ‘The Coolest Thing Ever’: How A Robotic Arm Changed 4 Lives. Check out what three undergrads at Rice...
Peter Lefkowicz
December 18, 2013
December 18, 2013
Remember the talking Barbie who came out in the early 1990s and announced to anyone who cared to listen that “math class is tough.” Mattel retracted her in the wake...
Peter Lefkowicz
December 10, 2013
December 10, 2013
Teenagers are making the adults in their lives crazy. And not just in your house. If it’s any comfort, it’s happening all over the world. They’re making bad...
Peter Lefkowicz
November 21, 2013
November 21, 2013
