Creating New Schools: The Strategic Management of Charter Schools

This article by Peter Frumkin retrieved from:  LISC Resources:  provides a list of core values and beliefs, part of a support system from which families can gain success. In setting a framework for our mission of making the world a better place one student at a time, these values support the ideals of Harmony and Intelligence Academy:  

• High standards. Set high academic standards for all schools that drive curriculum,

instruction, and assessment, stating clearly what all students are expected to achieve.

• Flexibility and equitable resources. Give schools—including the least successful

schools—the flexibility, resources, and support required to give all students an

opportunity to achieve success.

• Small, personal schools. Create schools that are small enough to engage all students, so that even the most disadvantaged students are connected to and supported by schools.

• Effective leadership. Allow school leaders the autonomy they need to overcome and

manage the mission, operational, and strategic alliance challenges they will face in

building the capacity they need to create a high-performing organization.

• Accountability for results. Hold all schools and districts accountable for the academic

achievement of all students, including those who have traditionally had the least

success in school.

• Family empowerment. Promote meaningful family empowerment and participation

in choosing schools, especially among parents who have historically been least likely

to participate in school life.

• Community support. Make education a larger community commitment to healthy

youth and family development.