In Their Own Words

Lately we have started talking more about school culture. The New School culture is emerging, of course. There's no stopping it. Gather 18 high school students with five...

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Teaching is Not an Engineering Problem

I’ve had a front row seat at The New School for the past two weeks, and I’ve watched in wonder. There’s a lot to love. Creative, smart, self-possessed kids moving...

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Modern-Day Battles of Atlanta

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,”...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Last night we attended a gathering to meet one of the APS board of education candidates from District 9 at-large now facing a run-off on December 3rd. Spending time with...

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