Accelerated Schools are students, parents, teachers, staff, administrators and other school community members who are striving to develop the best school for every child. The overall goal of Accelerated Schools is to create the school we want for our own children. If a school is not good enough for our own children, it is not good enough for any child.
No single feature makes a school accelerated. Rather each school community uses the Accelerated Schools’ philosophy and process to determine its own vision, understand its challenges and collaboratively works to achieve its goals.
Instead of viewing children
as at-risk, we believe they are caught
in a mismatch in which the experiences
they bring from their homes, families,
and communities are different from those
on which traditional schools are based.
Children caught in this mismatch are often
put into remedial tracks with low expectations
where they fall further and further behind.
Instead of slowing down the progress of “low
achieving” students, Accelerated
Schools work to create Powerful Learning situations
that motivate all students to grow and
succeed. The best of what we know about
education, which is often reserved for
gifted and talented students, is given
to all students.
To learn more
about the Accelerated Schools Process explore
our site through the links to the left
of this page and contact
us.
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