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Education is living, not just preparation for living. It should reflect democratic practices and not be an autocratic institution.

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Learning advances through cooperation, not competition.

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Project Method of Instruction: students learn through a process of problem-solving, not to gain facts, but to gain knowledge through experiences.

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Students should focus on problem-solving in schools.

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School education should not be artificially divided and punctuated by separating content areas (ELA, Writing, Science, etc.)

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Children's interests are a natural starting point for the learning experience.

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Education in schools should mirror the outside world, it is a microcosm of larger society.

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Students build problem-solving skills and build the cognitive store of information through the teacher's development of lessons based on natural interests of the children.

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Using the motivational force of genuine child interests helps teachers build strong, trusting relationships and maximize learning.

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Children are active learners, not passive learners.

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Students should be guided, not directed or ordered.

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Young students are not meant to absorb facts, like sponges. They are engaged learners.

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Educators help students learn how to learn by themselves!

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Teachers are not authoritarians; there can be no authoritative teaching of a restricted body of essential knowledge. Knowledge changes with time.

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Teachers are knowledgeable guides who learn with their students!