Students learn at a predetermined pace | | Students learn at their own pace |
Teachers and principals make all the decisions about education | | Children make decisions about their own education |
A rigid, command-based system makes kids anxious, unmotivated, and bored | | A student-led system gives kids confidence, teamwork skills, and leadership opportunities |
Schools follow an outdated model from the industrial age | | Classrooms prepare children to thrive in today’s world and in the unknown future |
Kids learn to hate learning, run from challenges, fear failure, and be compliant | | Kids love learning, embrace challenges, learn from failure, and solve their own problems |
Teachers build lessons around standardized tests | | Children structure learning around their natural strengths, talents, and motivations |
There’s no incentive for kids to care what happens to each other | | Kids build relationships, resolve conflicts, and become emotionally healthy people |