Just imagine . . .

Imagine an elementary school faculty who knows that good teaching is not just about technique. It is about a connective capacity: an ability to connect to students, to connect students to each other, and to connect everyone to the material being taught. Imagine a faculty that establishes the understanding that true learning requires openness to the unknown, that true learning requires—in addition to conceptual mastery—dynamic and interpersonal work, and that true learning gives children tools, information, and resources to make school rewarding.

Imagine that this school has, as part of its defining charter, an explicit focus on a social and emotional curriculum, and you are envisioning Explorer Elementary Charter School.