Is Edison a fit?
You might recognize your child here.
The kid who reads late
Dyslexia and other language-based differences. Reading gets taught directly here, at whatever age a student needs it, and nobody makes a thing of it.
The kid with a motor that won’t idle
ADHD and attention differences. We build the day around how attention really works, with shorter blocks and movement worked in on purpose.
The kid who needs to know what’s next
Many autistic students do well here. The routine is steady on purpose, our rooms are as calm as we can get them, and we are friendly to those who are sound-sensitive. We’ve been part of Autism Tennessee since 2019.
The kid who knows it and still can’t start it
Executive function. Planning, starting, keeping track and finishing get taught in class, next to an adult, rather than sent home for you to referee at 9pm.
The kid who is way ahead and way behind
Twice-exceptional students are gifted in some areas and have a learning difference in others. Here they can run ahead in one subject and get real help in another in the same week.
The kid whose stomach hurts on Sunday night
Anxiety, and the school refusal that often follows it. In a building this small, a student gets greeted at the door by somebody who knows them.
From an Edison parent
Edison wants my child, and that means everything to us.
One student
One of them was Gabe.
Notes from Jon, our Head of School, on a young man who arrived here trusting no adult.
Gabe
Class of 2026 · The Edison School
2018–2019
Gabe joined us during the 2018–2019 school year.
What we saw
Anxious, from trauma caused by adults before he ever reached us.
What we understood
He didn’t trust adults. He didn’t trust himself either.
What that looked like
He avoided the work, because he was certain he would fail at it.
Spring of 2026
He graduated from Edison.
Along the way
He earned his driver’s license in his senior year.
Now
He has a job, and starts at Volunteer State Community College this fall.
That wasn’t a curriculum at work. It was teachers who kept showing up for Gabe, week after week, until he believed they weren’t going anywhere.
If that sounded like your child
Then come see what a day looks like.
Arrival without the rush. Reading and math in small groups. Electives, lunch, and what happens when a day gets too big and a kid needs twenty minutes. Walk through an Edison day hour by hour — then come look around and see it for yourself.