Academics
Educational Model: Competency-based
The goal of competency-based education is to transform our education system from a time-based system to a learning-based system. Instead of awarding credits based on how much time students spend learning, this model awards credits based on whether students have mastered competencies—the skills, abilities, and knowledge required in an area of study.
Our New Liberty Competency Curriculum Framework is a competency-based framework structured to replace time-based, age-based, and course-based structures with one that focuses on learning, growth, and readiness. Our framework defines the competencies, skills, and experiences students will need to master and/or complete in order to demonstrate readiness, earn credit, and graduate from high school. Competencies are created with a developmental continuum that shows how learning progresses and becomes more complex. New Liberty staff used the Common Core, Massachusetts State Frameworks, Next Generation Science Standards along with other resources to develop our competencies.
New Liberty Innovation School is a proud Project Lead The Way Distinguished School
2020-21 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 2025-26
A Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished School means the institution is recognized nationally for its commitment to student access, engagement, and achievement in STEM education.
New Liberty students are actively engaged in rigorous, hands-on, real-world learning experiences and have met national benchmarks related to:
- Student participation
- Access and equity
- Course availability
- Student achievement and performance
NLIS is recognized as a school that prepares students for college and career pathways in STEM fields. The recognition indicates that students are excelling in
- Effective project-based learning and innovation-centered instruction are working effectively.
- Programs such as PLTW Biomedical, science fair research, engineering design, robotics, and real-world investigations are producing measurable impact.
- Creating opportunities for students who may traditionally be underrepresented in STEM.