A model for tranforming classrooms and school communities into powerful learning environments. These values undergrid every aspect of the accelerated schools philosophy, process, and daily practices. All students can learn and have an equal right to a high quality education. Everyone's ideas count. All members of the school community work together and share ideas.
Children engage in active and group learning.
Their thoughts, feeling, and interest are considered important, and students are given the opportunity to express and communicate these thoughts to their community. The entire school community collaboratively works toward a shared purpose by meeting with, talking with, and learning from each others experiences. School staff, parents, students, district office representatives, and the local community are all part of the school community. In transform a school, we need time to reflect, to do research, to work together, to share ideas. Children engage in problem-solving exercises that develop over time and require an interpretive approach to curricula.