As one student wrote,
I was used to cramming information just to pass the next test,
only to have it dissipate the next day as the information was no
longer useful. So when 1 came to New Tech, my standards for learning
changed quite dramatically. After the lectures we are free to do what
needs to be done. In any other school, this would mean free time for
fooling around. But at New Tech it means getting what needs to be done,
done. It means working on my group projects and finishing assignments.
I was amazed with how I wasn't the only one working on my group project,
that my entire group did it (as cited in Kiker, 2007, p. 39)
One of New Tech High Schools' core values reinforced Pearlman’s claim creating
a school with a "flexible business/education environment that teaches and encourages
student responsibility, independence and resilience while building life skills in
collaboration, project management and leadership” (Pearlman, 2006b). With over a
decade of students to learn from, New Tech High School is in a unique position to see
how well they have achieved this core value.