Achieve for a Cause

With such drastic gains in student achievement results in just two years, people may wonder whether our students’ astounding academic achievements came by way of a test prep factory, where adults teach and drill towards state tests, and not children.

Absolutely not, and quite the opposite. We take it very seriously that our students have fun in school because we believe that joy is a necessary condition for learning. And so we don’t just talk about joy, we invest, plan, and deliver moments of it with more urgency and care than we would any state tests. Joy nudges us to care, and we know, and have now proved, that when children learn to care, they will naturally care to learn.

Our greatest responsibility as educators then is not to give students the tools to succeed, but help them find a reason to.