Why New Story is Most Loved

New Story provides special-education and therapeutic programs for children and young adults with special needs across a network of 14 school companies, with 75+ locations in 9 states serving 4,700+ students and clients, since 1997.

Positive Vision: Leading in special education and therapeutic services, extending to more communities as it grows.
Alignment of Values: Integrity, Accountable, Collaborative, Inclusive, Supportive (developed with state/regional/local teams).
CEO Strengths: Jonathan Bicknell (2025 CEO special recognition) holds monthly small-group coffee chats, listening and responding in real time.
Company Respect: Detailed value-behaviors plus regular company- and state-level surveys.
Loved Culture: Peer-mentor programs and the Accelerate/Ascend leadership development programs across the network.
Benefits: “Total You” total-rewards (Be Well/Successful/Balanced/Connected), healthcare, retirement, continuing education, annual benchmarking.

In employees' words

“The culture is amazing, the flexibility and the trust.”
— Verified employee

“We are making a difference every day for children with disabilities.”
— Verified employee

“Seeing the impact we make in kiddos' lives… such a positive atmosphere!”
— Verified employee

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Best Practice Institute

Best Practice Institute is the research organization behind Most Loved Workplace® certification, the SPARK Model, the Love of Workplace Index®, and The Workplace Report.

The Workplace Report

The Workplace Report is BPI's original workplace culture research and editorial briefing series for CEOs, CHROs, people leaders, talent leaders, and employer-brand teams. It turns BPI's 25 years of research, Most Loved Workplace® certification data, SPARK findings, and current workforce signals into practical analysis leaders can use.

The report format includes executive summaries, research-backed articles, company examples, methodology notes, and practical implications for retention, hiring, culture, leadership, and employee experience. New research and analysis is published on an ongoing editorial cadence at /workplace-report.