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October 20, 2026

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Houston Life, KPRC 2

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Houston Life

Houston Life: What to Ask Before Choosing a School

Head of School Karissa Ham returns to Houston Life as Texas Education Freedom Accounts give more families a real choice in schooling. Her advice: look beyond the website. Call the school and ask what the day actually looks like, how much live teacher access students get, what attendance is expected, and whether the program is live with teachers or leaves parents to do the teaching. She also shows how Novatio's parent portal reports grade levels, MAP scores, and daily lesson minutes, so parents can see exactly where their student stands.

October 16, 2026

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SA Live, KSAT 12

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SA Live

SA Live: A School That Gives Each Student Custom Support

Head of School Karissa Ham returns to SA Live to show how Novatio builds accommodations into every student's day: no timed tests, self-paced work, and placement assessments in each subject so the curriculum starts where a student actually is, not at their grade label. Students aim to reach grade level by year's end, and those who complete their daily work can gain two grade levels in a year.

A student smiling at a laptop in a home library, with books stacked beside her

October 12, 2026

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The AZ Insider

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Shelly Talsma

Beyond the Grade: Helping Students See Their Own Progress

The AZ Insider covers the goal-setting program that lets Novatio School students turn academic progress into points and save toward goals that matter to them. Head of School Karissa Ham: "They are learning how to stick with something, make choices and feel proud of the work it took to get there."

September 28, 2026

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SA Live, KSAT 12

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SA Live

SA Live: Sorting Through Texas School Choices Under TEFA

San Antonio's SA Live asks Head of School Karissa Ham how Texas families should sort through a suddenly crowded field of school choices under TEFA. Her three questions for any school: how much teacher access students get, what supports exist for exceptional learners, and how much visibility parents have into the school day.

September 25, 2026

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Houston Life, KPRC 2

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Lauren Kelly

Inside the AI-Powered Novatio School, Rethinking What a School Day Can Look Like

Houston Life on KPRC 2 welcomes Head of School Karissa Ham to explain what an AI-powered school actually looks like: live teachers with students all day, a fully personalized plan built from each student's assessments, and TEFA covering tuition for Texas families. "We are not a chatbot school."

A guardian and student reviewing schoolwork together on a laptop

September 7, 2026

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The AZ Insider

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Shelly Talsma

From Lessons to Goals, a Clearer View of Virtual School

The AZ Insider covers the portal that gives Novatio School families a real-time view of lessons, goals and assessment progress instead of a report card weeks later. Head of School Karissa Ham: "AI can help us spot patterns and suggest a next step, but it does not make decisions about students."

November 3, 2025

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Novatio

Gabi, Life Skills Guide

Building Confident Leaders, Not Compliant Students: How Empowerment Creates Better Social Skills

Most parents assume that schools teaching children to sit still, follow directions, and respect authority are building better social skills and creating future leaders. And yet, decades of evidence suggests the exact opposite. Our modern education system rewards compliance, quiet obedience, and rule-following, all things that diminish and destroy the exact qualities in our kids that build confidence and social capability.

October 16, 2025

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Novatio

Hasina Daya, Teacher

Personalized Learning: How We Broke a Fundamental Rule of Modern Education & Revolutionized Teaching

Most parents believe that good schools treat all students equally. Yet, decades of middle-years education research reveals something disturbing. This seemingly reasonable approach of standardization actually increases rates of failure for the majority of students, all because uniformity in education ignores fundamental differences in how our kids’ brains process and retain information.

August 5, 2025

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By: JP Guerra, Lead Teacher

Personalized Learning: How We Broke a Fundamental Rule of Modern Education

Decades of research show that standardized learning increases failure rates by ignoring differences in how children's brains learn.

August 3, 2025

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By: JP Guerra, Lead Teacher

What Your Child Does During the Other 4 Hours

Students excel academically but lack essential skills like problem-solving and communication because education focuses on test scores over practical experience.

August 1, 2025

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By: Hasina Daya, Teacher

Building Confident Leaders, Not Compliant Students

Traditional education's focus on compliance and obedience undermines students' critical thinking, initiative, and problem-solving skills.

October 20, 2026

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Houston Life, KPRC 2

Houston Life

Houston Life: What to Ask Before Choosing a School

Head of School Karissa Ham returns to Houston Life as Texas Education Freedom Accounts give more families a real choice in schooling. Her advice: look beyond the website. Call the school and ask what the day actually looks like, how much live teacher access students get, what attendance is expected, and whether the program is live with teachers or leaves parents to do the teaching. She also shows how Novatio's parent portal reports grade levels, MAP scores, and daily lesson minutes, so parents can see exactly where their student stands.

October 16, 2026

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SA Live, KSAT 12

SA Live

SA Live: A School That Gives Each Student Custom Support

Head of School Karissa Ham returns to SA Live to show how Novatio builds accommodations into every student's day: no timed tests, self-paced work, and placement assessments in each subject so the curriculum starts where a student actually is, not at their grade label. Students aim to reach grade level by year's end, and those who complete their daily work can gain two grade levels in a year.

A student smiling at a laptop in a home library, with books stacked beside her

October 12, 2026

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The AZ Insider

Shelly Talsma

Beyond the Grade: Helping Students See Their Own Progress

The AZ Insider covers the goal-setting program that lets Novatio School students turn academic progress into points and save toward goals that matter to them. Head of School Karissa Ham: "They are learning how to stick with something, make choices and feel proud of the work it took to get there."

September 28, 2026

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SA Live, KSAT 12

SA Live

SA Live: Sorting Through Texas School Choices Under TEFA

San Antonio's SA Live asks Head of School Karissa Ham how Texas families should sort through a suddenly crowded field of school choices under TEFA. Her three questions for any school: how much teacher access students get, what supports exist for exceptional learners, and how much visibility parents have into the school day.

September 25, 2026

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Houston Life, KPRC 2

Lauren Kelly

Inside the AI-Powered Novatio School, Rethinking What a School Day Can Look Like

Houston Life on KPRC 2 welcomes Head of School Karissa Ham to explain what an AI-powered school actually looks like: live teachers with students all day, a fully personalized plan built from each student's assessments, and TEFA covering tuition for Texas families. "We are not a chatbot school."

A guardian and student reviewing schoolwork together on a laptop

September 7, 2026

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The AZ Insider

Shelly Talsma

From Lessons to Goals, a Clearer View of Virtual School

The AZ Insider covers the portal that gives Novatio School families a real-time view of lessons, goals and assessment progress instead of a report card weeks later. Head of School Karissa Ham: "AI can help us spot patterns and suggest a next step, but it does not make decisions about students."

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