In Press | Novatio

May 21, 2026

The Education Magazine

Education Magazine

Novatio School: Redefining the Learning Experience

The Education Magazine profiles Novatio School as a virtual, mastery-based model where students advance when they understand the material — not when the calendar says so. Early NWEA MAP results show Novatio students growing 4.5x faster than peers in traditional classrooms.

May 8, 2026

12news.com

12news

Changing Students' Lives

Karissa Ham, Novatio's Head of School, recently did an inteview with 12news.com to share how Novatio is changing students' lives.

April 29, 2026

The AZ Insider

The Staff

Why Novatio's Students Are Building More Than Just Grades

In a recent AZ Insider story, Novatio's model is profiled for going beyond grades — building confidence, life skills, and self-direction by giving students space to lead their own learning every afternoon.

April 23, 2026

KTAR News Radio

KTAR

2 AZ Schools Pay Their Students to Learn — Novatio

KTAR News Radio explores how Novatio School rewards students for academic progress, helping them connect effort to real-world outcomes and build money habits along the way.

April 21, 2026

The Art Scene Podcast

Lynette Ari

School in 2 hours. Creativity the rest of the day. — Novatio

On The Art Scene Podcast, Novatio's approach takes center stage — focused academics in the morning and an afternoon shaped by creativity, curiosity, and student-led exploration.

April 14, 2026

The AZ Insider

The Staff

Novatio's New Accreditation? Not Your Average A+

The AZ Insider covers Novatio's accreditation milestone — and explains why this isn't a traditional A+ school, but a model built on personalized AI learning and student-led growth.

November 3, 2025

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

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

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

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

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.

November 19, 2025

FOX10 Phoenix

FOX10

ESA Funding in AZ Schools — Novatio

FOX10 explores how Arizona's ESA program is helping families access alternatives like Novatio — a virtual school where AI-driven academics meet hands-on afternoon learning.

November 17, 2025

FOX10

How ESA Helped This Family Find the Right Education

When Debbie Cech’s son, Hunter, was diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis, their world changed overnight. After losing mobility from the neck down, the search for a school that could truly adapt to his needs became an uphill battle.When the family moved to Phoenix for specialized care, traditional public schools still couldn’t support his learning. Core subjects weren’t accessible. Art wasn’t adaptable. P.E. wasn’t meaningful. Nothing was built for a child like Hunter.

October 9, 2025

NBC12 Arizona Midday

12 News

AI-Based Education With Unbound and Novatio — Novatio Page

NBC12's Arizona Midday features Novatio School alongside Unbound Academy, showing how AI-based education shapes a school day focused on personalized academics and real-world enrichment.

October 9, 2025

12 News

12news.com

Transforming Education with AI at Novatio

Students at Novatio start their school day with just two hours of AI-guided academics, focusing on what they need most and advancing beyond traditional grade-level boundaries. After academics, the afternoons are dedicated to real-world learning where students explore interests like entrepreneurship, technology, wellness, writing, and more.

October 6, 2025

Arizona Digital Free Press

Staff Reports

Novatio School: A new kind of virtual school is helping neurodivergent kids thrive

If your child feels lost in an education system that never quite fits them, Novatio School wants you to know: it doesn’t have to be this way. Novatio students start their day with just two focused hours of personalized, AI-guided academics.

September 29, 2025

Fabulous Arizona

Fab Teachers of Arizona 2025 — Novatio Teacher Ariana

Fabulous Arizona names Novatio teacher Ariana among Arizona's 2025 Fab Teachers — celebrating the educators bringing personalized, AI-powered learning to life.

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