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Goals

Primary Goals

1. Provide children with care and an education that will truly prepare them for being an adult in modern democratic and capitalist societies.
2. Develop a realistic system of education designed to meet the needs of a complex and often non-ideal world.

Secondary Goals

1. Care for the whole child.
2. Provide parents with options regarding how their children are raised.
3. Have children take an active roll in all aspects of the institution.
4. Develop an environment of decision-making and responsibility.
5. Develop an environment of open-mindedness and curiosity.
6. Develop an environment of discourse and understanding.
7. Develop an environment of cooperation and peer-reliance.
8. Encourage intellectual self-sufficiency.
9. Encourage independence and free-will.
10. Encourage individuality.
11. Teach children about diversity.
12. Teach children interdependence and social skills.
13. Teach children practical skills and develop a respect for practical labor.
14. Teach children art skills.
15. Teach children physical skills.
16. Teach children intellectual skills.
17. Establish education for younger children.
18. Establish education with flexible schedules.
19. Maximize the potential of institutions with low budgets.
20. Maximize the potential of institutions with limited technology.
21. Maximize the potential of institutions with high student to teacher ratios.
22. Emphasize independent study and peer cooperation while deemphasizing lecture

Rationale