The students are honored, not the system. The students are offered reasonable choice regarding how the lessons are presented, and at what speed. The children and teachers are responsible for setting the learning standard, not the system. Teachers have great autonomy within their own student groups. Old educational paradigms are not worshiped.
New ideas are welcome.
Tests are constantly changed and re-worked to fit the skills and awareness of the information being taught and absorbed. They often will misunderstand or discard it mentally, and therefore fail it. A constantly changing way of doing things is the norm throughout the history of the institution. It's probably controversial. There are also a few more that have come in that we have checked out.