Even more important, you have to think through what that means for the school community. Through dial-up access, those resources are available from any computer with a modem, so kids can get the information they need 24 hours a day. When they enroll at Hunterdon, students get their own email accounts. They can access homeroom news, including homework assignments, on a computer. We expect students to be actively involved in their own lesson-planning and to learn to work within the strictures of group decision making.
Teachers have offices in their classrooms.
They spend more time with kids, and they don't want to leave at the end of the day. We also have fewer labor-management problems. Like most revolutions, Farley's required change at the top - so he toppled himself. Now they decide what needs to be taught, who gets hired, and what the school day looks like. Once you put people in charge of their own destiny and say, 'Here's where you need to go if you want to be ready for the future,' the rest just happens.