Research has shown us how to optimize learning for children. It is what we should strive for to benefit all students, within the limits of funding and district structure.
- Children learn best in small groups, small classrooms, small schools.
- Children learn best when they are involved in active, in-depth learning. Hands-on experiences are better.
- Children learn best when they are allowed to make choices.
- Children learn best to make good decisions by making decisions not by following directions.
- Children learn best when they are successful both in the classroom and on the playground.
- Children learn best when the subject is interesting and meaningful to them personally. We want to create learning experiences that sustain a child's curiosity and are deeply engaging.
- Children learn best when they have a relationship with a consistent, caring adult over a long period of time.
- Children learn best in long blocks of ininterrupted time.
- Children learn best when their teachers are less concerned about if they got the right answer and more concerned with how they got to the answer.
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