Why would Albert Einstein, Maxine Greene, George Lucas and Bill Strickland feel that traditional schooling is so inadequate?

Could it be true that learning is both an individual and a social endeavor, and that, while students must take responsibility for their own success it ALSO takes a village to raise a child?

In what ways is the approach to learning of young infants and world renowned experts the same or similar?

THE MISSION

Good teaching is indispensable for high quality student achievement.  But there are differing views of good teaching.

We work with philanthropies, foundations and other organizations to promote a general understanding of what good teaching looks like and what good teachers do.

The key is to keep the end in mind.  Students need to leave school prepared for college AND for the real world.  That calls for a combination of academic excellence and the skills and capacities needed to adapt, survive and thrive in the 21st century.

Good teaching and good schooling produce BOTH types of outcome at the same time.

The key: a rigorous synthesis of good instruction within the context of guided experience, sometimes called project based learning, action learning, self-directed learning and so on.

What are the essential ingredients?

How are results best evaluated?

Who is doing it?

What conditions make it possible?

We facilitate and participate in conversations and programs of all kinds for the purpose of exploring these issues, making the results public and promoting the sort of education that implements these findings - in public schools, charter schools, independent schools, home schooling and elsewhere.

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