“Education is stuck in the past, and a dramatic modernization is long overdue.”
“Children are not getting the tools and knowledge they need to succeed in our modern world.”
That’s about to change.
Whittle School & Studios is the first truly modern institution providing a global education for pre-K through 12th grade, with campuses in the world’s leading cities. It is a highly integrated global learning community with an international faculty that teaches a curriculum with experiential learning.
The school focuses on language and cultural immersion and will boast a diverse student body with day and boarding students through a network of schools — with the first campuses opening in the fall of 2019 in both Washington, D.C., and Shenzhen, China. It is one school with 30 campuses that will all work collaboratively through constant exchanges and online activities, creating an organization linked with a new collective intelligence unlike any single-site institution in the world.
“We believe the team and resources assembled here have a unique opportunity to achieve something extraordinary, a truly modern school that connects cultures worldwide,” said Benno Schmidt, co-chair of the school’s global advisory board and the former president of Yale University.
As the first global school network, Whittle School & Studios is challenging traditional schooling methods and creating a better, more connected world. Each student will have a global education with a personalized educational experience to each student’s needs and passions. It offers a carefully developed progressive curriculum rooted in interdisciplinary and experiential learning and an unequaled advising system to provide a personalized and rigorous education.
In the innovation age, our future leaders need to have a modern approach to education. Learn more about how Whittle School & Studios is reimagining education at boston.whittleschool.org.
The team at Whittle School & Studios is very pleased to invite you to a reception to learn about the school’s new educational endeavor — a reimagined, global K–12 school with a network of boarding campuses around the world. The inaugural Boston event will be on Tuesday, August 14.
The program will include:
- Rebecca Upham, Executive Chairwoman — D.C. Campus (Former Head of School at Buckingham Browne & Nichols)
- Peter Merrill, Co-Chair, Education Design Committee (Former Head of World Languages at Phillips Academy Andover)
- Matthew Drake, Associate Director of Admission — D.C. Campus
Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Time: 6–8 p.m.
Location: The Harvard Club, Downtown Clubhouse :: 1 Federal Street, Boston
Learn more at: whittleschool.org
Whittle School & Studios is the world’s first global school with a system of campuses serving children ages 3–18 in the world’s most vibrant cities. Over the past three years the Whittle School has assembled an exceptional team to build an academic program that incorporates the very best practices and pedagogies from around the globe, including language immersion, project-based and experiential learning, and personalized education. In September 2019, they will open their first two campuses, in Washington, D.C., and Shenzhen, China, and they plan to open campuses in 30 of the world’s leading cities over the next 10 years. The school’s founding team, leading their efforts, draws from many disciplines, including:
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Chris Whittle, co-founder of Avenues: The World School (Chairman & CEO)
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Nicholas Dirks, former Chancellor of UC Berkeley (Vice Chairman & Chancellor)
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Benno Schmidt, former President of Yale (Co-Chair of Global Advisory Board)
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Renzo Piano, globally renowned and Pritzker-winning architect (Chief Design Architect)
For more information, see the school’s website and their book, The Making of the First Modern School.
