How is The New School different as an educational institution?
A primary difference is that our classrooms are “child-centered.” This means that while teachers respect curriculum needs and demands, they design, plan, and implement curriculum strands in the context of each individual child’s needs, strengths, and timetable. As children and teachers meet over materials, ideas, and activities, teachers are constantly observing children’s understandings. If a child can move more quickly, or needsmore time, when a particular methodology is successful or unsuccessful, adaptations in curriculum for that child are made. We practice assessment of children in an ongoing (formative) fashion rather than in final (summative) fashion. This allows for ongoing feedback loops of communication between student and teacher. We provide children with learning opportunities in a multiage setting. This has many benefits. Most children do not develop evenly in all areas; someone with exceptional verbal skills might find writing quite difficult. A child might be average in
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