Press

Education Reimagined: A Conversation with Cate Han and Stacey Seltzer

“My hope is that parents can strip away the fear of not conforming and reframe their thinking from ‘I hope my child will not fail in life’ to ‘I hope my child will thrive in life.’”

What Will Gen Zers Do All Day?

The chasm between the worlds of school and work will always have elements of exploration and serendipity, but schools can ameliorate the transition for learners by interweaving student agency and real work experiences throughout.

May 19, 2022

CBS News Sunday Morning: Schools without walls: Lessons in outdoor education

In autumn 2020, Hudson Lab School opened outdoors in classroom tents. See our teacher Kennon and middle schoolers learning outdoors at time stamps 3:40 and 5:35.

March 14, 2021

Innovation Showcase with Jay Sugarman: Hudson Lab School

Find out why and how the Hudson Lab School came about, how it has grown and developed and come to better understand and appreciate some of the key features of this fascinating approach to education that engages students in project-based learning, real-world exploration, collaboration and self reflection.

August 31, 2020

The Hudson Independent: Hudson Lab School Offers Project-Based Learning in a Private School Setting

“Hudson Lab School is about the joy of learning. The academics are there, and the topics are there but the speed and the way they guide themselves to learn those things is amazing. Kids are curious, and whatever it is that interests them, they’re supported in going deeper. They’re driving the experience themselves.”

December 2019

River Journal: The School Survival Kit for Parents – The Confidence Code for Girls at School

High-achieving girls often hold themselves back professionally because of their perfectionism. Rather than foster perfectionism, schools reimagined can prepare top students for their future by setting up a structure of experimentation and encouraging students to develop calculated risk taking.

October 18, 2019

Intergenerational History Lessons

Our Intergenerational Program Coordinator Joanne Corrigan shares how students gain rich history lessons from the Grands in our intergenerational setting.

October 1, 2019

What is Innovation? Part III: An Innovation & Learning Framework

Revolution School, a fellow Innovative School Cooperative school based in Philadelphia, explores innovation and how learning happens through the Innovator’s Learning Framework.

August 11, 2019

Digital Promise: How to Create Powerful Intergenerational Learning Experiences

Our teacher Kim Mishkin discusses how she creates powerful learning experiences through intergenerational connections and project-based learning.

June 27, 2019

The Rivertowns Enterprise: Outdoors Indoors

Students at the Hudson Lab School, a project-based elementary school located at Andrus on Hudson, unveiled a new nature nook for the nursing home’s residents last Tuesday, June 11. For the project, the school raised $4,250 through the website GoFundMe.

June 21, 2019

My World 360: United Nations & Digital Promise select Hudson Lab School Film for 360º Story Lab Media Collection

Our teachers Kate Williamson and Nick Johnson lead kindergarteners and first graders in their first 360 film production. Their film "Bringing Nature to the Grands" is selected by the United Nations and Digital Promise to be featured in the 360º Story Lab’s media collection.

April 23, 2019

Innovative Schools Cooperative

Hudson Lab School is proud to be a founding member of Innovative Schools Cooperative (ISC), a new consortium of 10 like-minded innovative schools from around the country.

April 2, 2019