This is achieved primarily through technical and financial assistance, staff development, and collaborative work with state and local partners. Guiding Principles 1. All young people are capable of achieving high academic standards and becoming healthy, resilient, lifelong learners and good citizens. All young people are involved in an ongoing growth process, originating at a point where they are dependent on others and progressing to a point where they are contributing members of a community and are able to guide the growth of others.
Families are the primary teachers of their children.
The role of education is to support families, not take their place. None of us can do it alone or has all of the answers. Collaboration and integration contribute to effective delivery of education to students and families. Student-centered approaches to disciplines, programs, and strategies are central to ensuring the needs of all children are met. Instruction should be culturally competent and help ensure educational equity.