It makes me wonder if I would have had a child too if I hadn't had the opportunity through Paideia to make education a priority in my life. Paideia remains unique among many alternatives. Its insistence on an education that values the life of the mind and that cherishes dialogue as a means to deepen students' understanding of ideas puts the focus for reform squarely on teaching and learning. Paideia is also one of the few school reform models that explicitly advocates equal access to a high quality, single-track liberal arts curriculum as key to realizing these values. The Paideia Approach Students all study the same rigorous, single-track curriculum.
Teachers match teaching to students' individual learning styles.
Curriculum exceeds the minimum state requirements. The multicultural curriculum crosses subject domains. In every discipline three kinds of teaching and learning are thoroughly integrated. By 1992, the popularity of the two Paideia schools had become legendary. Local newspapers carried photographs of parents camped out in the cold waiting to register their children for available openings.