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Building Grit in our Kids
At Einstein Academy, we focus on four core values: kindness, empathy, responsibility, and grit. Throughout the year, we have spent time...


Mission: Possible - #DoingThePossible
We at Einstein Academy believe in the power and the potential of the individual and the community. We believe that students, no matter...


Preparing for the Unknown: The Basis for Entrepreneurial Education
President Trump recently announced that the social distancing guidelines he put in place a few weeks ago are being extended through at...


Defining Excellence: For Today and the Future
As we’ve been discussing for the last few weeks, Einstein Academy was created to be an excellent school; so far we have looked at what...


Defining Excellence
Greek philosopher Aristotle once said, “Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and...


Cultivating Innovation through Play, Purpose, and Passion
One of the buzzwords associated with 21st century education is “innovation.” We need to be “innovative” in our teaching in order for our...


A School for Today, Not 100 Years Ago
Our school system today has its basis in the world of agriculture, industrialism, and academia. However, in today’s world, 2% of the US...


Putting a Feeling Into Words
Think about the feeling you had the first time you held your child...or when you summited that fourteener...or when you took a bite of a...


Visualizing a Great Year
With the new school year right around the corner for some and already here for others, how can you work to ensure this is a wonderful...


Getting Ready for Back to School
School supplies have been on the shelves for weeks, and back to school sales seem to be everywhere, but beyond the usual (buy school...


Embracing (Rather than Avoiding) Summer Boredom
It is reported that Albert Einstein, renowned physicist and namesake of Einstein Academy, would spend hours studying bugs on the sidewalk...


Meet Mark and Sarah
Meet Mark and Sarah You might know Dr. Sarah Levy and Mark Parmet as the co-founders of Einstein Academy, but who are they? We asked them...


Turning the Summer Slide into the Summer Glide
The concept of the “summer slide” (the idea that students fall back in their learning and lose skills over the summer when they are not...


What is Progressive Education, and Why Isn’t it New?
When asked to describe Einstein Academy, we often start by telling people that it is a model of progressive education, but what does that...


Einstein Academy: A model of what 21st century (Jewish) education could be
Our current educational model was developed during the Industrial Revolution, roughly 130 years ago, resembling an assembly line, with...


REAL Learning
At Einstein Academy, we say our approach to education is “REAL Learning,” but what does that really mean? For us, REAL stands for...


The Story Behind Einstein Academy
When determining the name for our school, we wanted a name that would tell you a little about what we do and who we are. We wanted a name...
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