OUR APPROACH
The Problem
There is an epidemic in education where schools, the place constructed for children, are not about children. Administrators and educators feel forced to focus on adult goals and cultural values at the expense of children’s developmental needs.
The Solution
In order to construct environments and experiences that honor children, and value their childhood by meeting their needs, we must first change what we think about children. Using the unchanging truths of human development we seek to recalibrate decision making. This ensures children’s innate needs are primary to and balanced with adult goals for children and are integrated into the culture, policies, and instruction.
Our Guiding Principles
1
You cannot give what you don’t have.
Therefore, we give teachers an education that aligns with human development, so that they can in turn, give children an education that aligns with development.
2
Never do for someone what they can do for themselves.
Therefore, we do not teach practices, we teach teachers how to develop their own best practices that align with development.
3
Learning requires risks.
Therefore, we build failure into our model, as an expectation.