The Newton Learning program offers district partners:

• Schools organized for every student's success

We commit to invest our resources in people and materials that directly nurture the growth of students. Each student is a special citizen-part scholar, part artist, part athlete-who deserves an educational community that cares. To achieve that, we've organized small, flexible student groupings where students work with one another in strong, mutually supportive relationships.

• A better use of time

Newton Learning partnership schools provide a summer and after school schedule that makes sense for families today. The extra time afforded to each student enhances learning, eliminating lengthy time lags between instructional periods.

• A rich and challenging curriculum

We have designed an engaging curriculum that provides schools and every participant a program of variety and possibility. The curriculum is carefully integrated to help students see the connections between knowledge and ideas, and to encourage practical applications of learning. The curriculum is built around five domains: the humanities, mathematics, science, the arts, and health and physical fitness.

• Teaching methods that motivate

We are committed to diverse instructional strategies that encourage innovation and excitement in teaching and learning. Newton Learning schools are marked by the sounds of discussion, debate, discovery, and delight.

• Assessment that provides accountability

Newton Learning monitors student progress to ensure the fulfillment of the program's ambitious goals. Students participate in Edison's unique benchmark assessment system as well as state and local testing programs. We believe in regular, clear, understandable reporting to our partner districts and families.

• A partnership with families

Newton Learning makes a commitment to families to keep them engaged in their children's progress. With solid programming and extensive care, Newton Learning provides parent and family members with safe, secure child care designed to enhance learning. Through frequent contacts, Newton Learning's home-school bond is strong and supportive.

• Programming tailored to the community

Newton Learning works with individual schools and school districts to tailor its program to the interests and needs of each community. Newton Learning sites are hubs of activity, bringing adults and children together.

• Advantages of system and scale

Every partner district automatically becomes a part of Newton Learning's national network of partnership schools, linked by a common purpose. Every school contributes to, and benefits from, our professional development efforts. Each has access to an array of specially conceived print and electronic materials to enhance all aspects of the learning program. Thus, when a school forms a partnership with Newton Learning, it joins a family of schools across the country and expands its resources, both human and material.