The highest level is total quality in learning. This is a learning philosophy supported by a comprehensive tool kit and driven by students and staff in order to identify, analyze, and remove the barriers to learning. Students want schools to equip them to deal with very uncertain futures. Parents want greater choice and involvement in their children's education. Employers require greater learning skills, teamwork, and self-motivation based on a good grasp of the basics.
Government is under intense pressure to reduce public spending.
In these circumstances, quality is the answer, not the problem. It is the only way to increase outputs and reduce costs, as the leading industrial practitioners discovered in the 1980s. An outstanding example of the highest level of quality in education is Mt. Edgecumbe High School. This school serves 300 students in rural Alaska. Their quality initiative started in 1988.