Project-based learning (PBL) is an instructional approach that provides opportunities for students to collaborate and drive their own learning through an extended course of study of a real-life topic that is applicable to their lives.
Atlanta’s partnership with Purpose Built Schools broke new ground for both APS and Georgia. Jovan Miles, principal of Thomasville Heights Elementary School, shared the benefits of the partnership school model in a guest column on the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s education blog, Get Schooled.
In this essay, Price Middle School Principal Luqman Abdur-Rahman considers how the work of an educator in a turnaround school is like that of a revolutionary, working to transform a system that has historically kept students from uncovering their true potential. In ‘The Cracked Mirror,’ Principal Abdur-Rahman explains why the work starts from within the educator.
When I was just 13 years old, I walked eight blocks, caught the subway, then walked another five blocks to get to my highly competitive school across the city. The trip was about one and a half hours each way.
“AVLF and Purpose Built Schools helped me a lot,” says Ms. Pearson. “I really do appreciate how strangers went out of their way to help a single mother like me. Their hearts are genuine and pure.”
From Carver to Price, Slater to Thomasville Heights, our team of educators have a passion for turning around schools, impacting families and our community, and deliberately changing the trajectory of students. But with this work…
The Price Middle School Green Squad helps students see themselves as change agents. Every Friday morning, the group meets to learn lessons about the environment and what is happening around the world. “The Green Squad…
Xavier Morgan, a senior at Carver STEAM Academy, knew that he wanted to make the most out of his time in high school. He decided to take advantage of Purpose Built Schools’ Internship Program to…
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Ms. Marian Edmonds, a teacher at Price Middle School, was on cafeteria duty in the fall of 2017 when she pulled out a chess board. The kids seemed interested, so she taught a few to play. A few turned into more, and the Price chess team was formed.
