A Report on Secondary Education in America. The report presents six Core Principles that establish the philosophical foundation for this improvement effort. They are summarized below. If teachers choose to treat the students like young adults, the students need to choose to accept that responsibility and act like young adults. A. Core Practices for Learning and Teaching 1.
Every student is respected and valued by adults and by fellow students.
Every teacher tailors learning experiences to the learner's needs, interests, and future goals. Every teacher challenges learners both to master the fundamentals of the disciplines and to integrate skills and concepts across the disciplines to address relevant issues and problems. Every student learns in collaborative groups of students with diverse learning styles, skills, ages, personal backgrounds and career goals. Every student makes informed choices about education and participation in school life and takes responsibility for the consequences of those choices. Every student employs a Personal Learning Plan to target individual as well as common learning goals and to specify learning activities that will lead to the attainment of those goals.