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THIRTY THINGS IN A SCHOOL

Accountability                                       without it, regression to the mean, or lower

Books                                                  portable repositories of both knowledge and stimuli

Budget Autonomy                                 dollars and decisions must be coupled

Computers                                           for meaningful research

Copiers                                                quick response to situation

Critical Thinking Skills                         necessary for negotiating life

Dialogue                                               discussions sharpen and broaden the mind

Dress Code                                          delete consumer competition for a few hours

Extended Day/Year                              more challenges require more time

Goals                                                   if you don’t know where you are going, any route is fine

High Expectations                                 better to aim high and fall short than succeed at low level

Hiring Autonomy                                  vision, mission, and implementers must be linked

Intelligent Leadership                            necessary in any organization

Intentionality                                         important purposes require a deliberative approach

Inquiry                                                  is necessary to stay current and to have perspective

Math                                                    without skill here, vulnerable to shenanigans of others

Open Doors                                         friendliness and confidence re all constituencies

Orderliness                                           saves time for important things

Parental Investment                             education is a 24/7 task

Passion                                                makes the hard stuff easier and the journey fun

Phones                                                 communication needed among all involved

Purposefulness                                    want to get some things done, and let others simmer

Reading                                                a self-evident must

Small Classes                                       are better for individuality and dialogue

Small School                                        so everybody knows everybody

Smiles                                                  are much preferred to anything else

Teachers                                              are the key ingredients to the whole deal

Teacher Talk Time                                to share ideas and stories and other information

Vision                                                   to be able to rise above the day and see the future

Writing                                                 helps all other skills, which in turn help writing

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In addition to reading, writing, and math, learn keyboarding, dancing, swimming, bicycling, cooking. They facilitate social interaction and are sustainable skills/avocations throughout life.

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