Research The Howard School private Schools in Atlanta, Georgia

“I have been at The Howard School for one year in the upper elementary school and found that there is very little accountability within the entire school. The teachers as well as the administration is unresponsive and vague to questions around academic progress. There is no testing, no standard curriculum and very little output from the students which enbables the teachers to be totally unaccountable. The kids are not working on grade level and the teachers have no intention of working with you to get them there. It is way overpriced and you pay for services with an SLP that you do not receive. My child regressed academically during her year at Howard. It is too much $$ for academic regression. The school's claim to fame is 'assistive technology' which is basically MAC book usage for reading. For the sake of your child's academic progress, look for other options.”

“My son just celebrated his graduation from The Howard School. While there were ups and downs in his performance, just like with any child at any school, the overriding support for my son's intelligence and creativity surpassed his shortcomings. He was allowed to grow into his own person, thinking independently yet taking responsibility for his actions. He would never have had this freedom at a public school. These kids aren't stupid, they just need someone to help them individually and then they flourish! You'll find that at THS.”

“We had a terrible experience at this school. We have moved on, and donot care to rehash everything-- there is quite a bit! I just want other parents to research this school very carefully. I do know some families who have had positive experiences. However, there definately seems to be some correlation between how well a child does and is treated, and how much the parents donate. Keep in mind the tuition is already ridiculously high--way to high for what one gets. I agree completely with the other negative postings. Be very, very careful sending your child to this school.”

“My son attended the high school and would come home every day after school telling me how bad the school was. I then took this into consideration when i would go there for conferences. I realize that this schools is way behind, and does not teach my son any material on his grade level. I would never recommend this school because my son would come home everyday and sleep caused by depression. He knew he was smarter and they also treated him like a lower human being while he was there. 'they treat me like i cannot think for myself.'”

“Thank God for the Howard School! They have embraced my son and celebrated him for who he is. The teachers are among the best we have worked with and have the patience of saints. Every child has their own program to meet their needs and the teachers are accountable because students are tested at the beginning and end of the year. This is a wonderful community for kids with LD. Everyone feels accepted and loved.”

“This school proved to be a huge disappointment. It over promises and under delivers on what's promised to help the children. With no grading and little accountability by the teachers, there is lots of wiggle room for poor teacher performance. I found the head of the school to be non-responsive to the concerns of the parents. It is an elitist school for special needs kids. It is also very expensive for the little it delivers. Unless your child is so disabled they cannot function in any other environment, I would not recommend this school to anyone. I'm a very disappointed parent. They do nothing that an excellent public school couldn't do if the public schools were better focused on special needs kids. There are other options for special needs kids. Don't drink the kool aid on this school.”

“The Howard School changed our son's life, but also ours. He used to cry out of frustration just about every night with homework, and so did I. At the Howard School, he has been respected for his great intelligence and creativity, while not put down or punished for his LD. He has been able to move along and develop to his fullest, instead of being kept back for his areas of weaknesses. He has been 6 years at the Howard School, and is fluent with writing with his laptop. He just started High School, and we are extremly happy with the program. Our son has a friend who went to a public High School this year, and he commented last week that the adjustment had been surprinsingly easy. Parents? They are as great and unique as their kids.”

“I attended The Howard School for high school for two years and it was the best decision that could be made. Previously, I hated school and had a horrible problem with cutting class. After attending Howard, I started going to school everyday and actually wanting to go to school everyday. I began to get involved in various clubs and with student government, something I never would of done at public school. Before I entered Howard my parents were worried that I would never graduate high school, but by my senior year the only worry was having enough money to send me to the great college I was accepted to.”

“The new school, library and classroom layouts were designed with lots of input from the teachers to maximize instructional possibilities. It s really awesome and worth a tour! My child has attended The Howard School for 7 years and is currently a senior looking forward to college next year. Diagnosed with a language based learning disability in 2nd grade, he struggled through our local elementary school spending 3-4 hours a night on homework. At Howard he learned techniques to help him organize his thoughts and the homework battles ended. I highly recommend the school for their focus on individual learning styles and their ability to educate the whole child through academics, music, art and athletics.”

“I am a student here at the Howard School, and have been for eight years now, before Howard, I hated school, and only thought about how fast I could get out of school. Howard taught me how to not only enjoy, but how to look forward to school, everyday! I never felt like that at any of my four other schools. Howard is, hands down, the best thing that ever happened to me and my family. At my other schools, mom and I would stay up til 1:00 in the morning, now, I do my H. W in fair and respectable amounts of time. I don't dread the morning of Monday, instead, I can't wait to see my friends, and tell my teachers 'good morning' every day. I can honestly say that I barely even talked to my teachers at my other school, and that's saying something.”

“I would not recommend this school to anyone. It was extremely expensive, and the sparse speech therapy that you do receive through the school is an additional fee. The school is in transition, trying to build a new building and accept students with only extremely mild difficulties. Our son is extremely bright, but has a lanauge based learning disability and after two years, was told not to return. There is such a need for a school to help these bright students. They advertise that they are a school for children with learning disabilities, but they do not have the staff to help these children. Such a shame!”

“My son was called lazy in the posh public east cobb elementary school he attended from k-5. The truth of the matter was the public school was not equipt to handle learning disabilities within their population and deflected the problem onto the child even after he was tested by a pyschologist. My son credits the Howard School for teaching him to finally learn how to read, how to learn and how to study. He is a freshmen in college and thriving.”

“My daughter attended this school last school year. I enrolled her in the school because they stated that they specialized in teaching children with different learning styles and learning disabilities. However, I found that the school's teachers are not particularly trained to handle children with learning disabilities. You have to pay extra for that. Also, there is a fair amount of teacher turnover there. My child had three out of four teachers who were new to the school. There is also not a lot of diversity when it comes to girls in the middle school. Only one African American girl. This may have been because more boys are diagnosed with LD. On the other hand because of the smaller number of kids, my child was able to find out what she can excel in as opposed to the huge number of kids in the public school where she was swallowed up.”