Aim. An attempt is made to consider the processes of transformation of education in the network society from the perspective of the idea of the “New Education” on the basis of political science analysis. Methodology. The paper principally deals with the analysis of socio-political aspects of modernization of education in the info-digital-network society on the basis of the methods of content analysis, discourse analysis, political analysis in the context of project approach. Results. It is demonstrated that the implementation of the “New Education” idea will allow to reach a new level of development in the socio-humanitarian context. It is exactly the development of human beings, increasing their level of competence and knowledge in the info-digital-network society that becomes a decisive condition for social progress. Research implications. The author succeeds in updating the issues of educational development at the present stage on the basis of the idea of transition to the “New Education” as one of the political projects demanded by the network society.