Learning for the Future
If you were able to actually design the School of your Dreams, what would it look like? Feel like? Sound like? How would things work differently? In what ways could relationships be different? How would the design of your school help you to make your vision become a reality?
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Non-Graded Groupings
We know that all children mature at different rates and that all children have different triggers to learning. The idea that all five year olds, born in the fall of a particular year are ready to start school at the same time, learn to read at the same time, learn to print at the same time, and so forth, runs contrary to what we know about human development and cognition. Students should be able to start when they are ready to start school and not before. Students that are able to advance ought to be able to do so and…
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All classes would take advantage of the Outdoor Classroom
The school yard, local parks, forests and community spaces would be part of the regular program. Students would benefit mentally, physically, socially and academically from increased time spent learning outdoors. Children who make connections with our natural world will grow up to be leaders ready to face the challenges of sustainability for the global community.
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