As one of 24 school systems selected by the Carnegie Foundation, NEAAAT will help shape the future of high school education.

Elizabeth City, NC — June 18, 2025— Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies (NEAAAT) is proud to announce its selection as one of 24 systems participating in the Future of High School Network, a new national initiative led by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Network brings together innovative systems from across the country to catalyze learning, knowledge and progress to support a ‘new architecture’ for high school nationwide.

The Network is built around a shared vision: high schools should be places where students gain meaningful skills, engage deeply in their learning, and graduate ready to thrive in a changing world. Through this partnership, NEAAAT will explore and elevate new models rooted in competency-based education and improved tools to measure and support student growth.

CEO Dr. Andrew Harris expressed his excitement about sharing NEAAAT’s educational approach nationally. “It's a privilege to collaborate with schools across the country to drive educational innovation, with the goal of ensuring all students graduate prepared for success in the real world.”

As part of the Network, NEAAAT will also contribute to the Carnegie Foundation’s upcoming National Research and Development Agenda—a comprehensive roadmap outlining research and development priorities that support high-quality high school transformation across the country. Insights from network members will help identify the conditions necessary for innovation to take root, sustain, and scale.

"The Carnegie Unit has become the bedrock currency of the educational economy, defining almost all aspects of schooling and systematically conflating time and learning,” said Dr. Timothy Knowles, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. “The insights and partnerships generated by the extraordinary members of this network—in parallel with the priorities outlined in our forthcoming National Research and Development Agenda—will support knowledge building to enable innovation to flourish in high schools everywhere.”

To learn more about the Future of High School Network, visit: www.carnegiefoundation.org