The Five Freedoms Project

Achievement

If there is a bottom line in schools today, it’s this — educators must do whatever it takes to help close the achievement gap and improve student learning.

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Balance

We all seek balance in our lives. Indeed, the search for balance is a fundamental part of the human condition. Imagine how much more enjoyable — and effective — our schools would be if we assessed them, in part, through this prism?

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Climate

School climate is larger than any one person’s experience. When people work together, a group process emerges that is bigger than any one person’s actions.

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Democratic Practice

One of the great paradoxes of human beings is that we feel two pressing needs at the same time — the freedom that comes from defining ourselves as individuals, and the security that comes from feeling connected to one another.

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Equity

To ensure greater equity (or, to reduce the predictive value sociocultural and economic characteristics have on student achievement) in our educational system, school leaders must address two pressing challenges — improving the performance of our public schools, and strengthening the effectiveness of our civic activism — at the same time.

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