This is a select list—in no particular order—of some essential beliefs we hold which distinguish our efforts from many of those past.
Many people work in and have tried to transform education. We feel something new is needed. This means we must have a compelling reason to believe we will succeed where others have failed. Although we do believe our team is uniquely skilled and positioned, we believe our pedagogical, organizational, and strategic insights are far more important. Whatever nits we might pick with a given vector of reform—whether Dewey or KIPP or homeschooling—basic insights have been missed which have meant no level of execution would have been enough.
This is a select list—in no particular order—of some essential beliefs we hold which distinguish our efforts from many of those past. Some of them are common to hear, but people do not really mean them. They are thoughtlessly aspirational at best or fig leaves at worst. In those cases, we believe we can point to differences in our process, product, or strategy which corroborate our statement of belief.