Poster School is an education design company committed to helping schools become exemplars of what is possible in education. We like to call it our mini educational renaissance. Our name comes from the idea of the “poster child” because we want our schools to be the example people point to when something is being done exceptionally well. We want them to be schools whose programs, practices, culture, and student experiences are worth learning from and replicating.

We believe schools become exceptional by paying attention to the whole experience of education. Academic outcomes matter, but they are shaped by much more than instruction alone. Culture, leadership, student identity, belonging, family and community engagement, communication, organizational systems, and access to meaningful learning experiences all influence how a school functions and how people experience it. For us, school design means considering how those pieces work together and being willing to rethink them when they don't.

That thinking shapes everything we create. Poster School develops curriculum, programs, tools, products, and creative solutions designed around the realities of today's schools and students. Our work ranges from curriculum that builds creativity, leadership, and real-world skills to school communications, culture and organizational development, community engagement, custom products, and other ideas that make the school experience stronger.

At the center of the work is a belief that school should prepare young people for more than school. Students should have opportunities to understand themselves, think critically, solve problems, create, lead, navigate real life, and see themselves as active participants in the communities around them. The same is true for the institutions serving them. Schools should continue to learn, question their practices, respond to their communities, and evolve.

We aren't interested in innovation for innovation's sake. We are interested in thoughtful design, relevant learning, stronger school communities, and ideas that work in practice. Sometimes that means building something new. Sometimes it means taking something that already exists and asking how it could work better.

Ultimately, our work is about helping schools become the kind of places people point to and say, “that's what school can be.” Our hope is that as a society we can figure out how to “Do School Differently.”