You take an area, a school, a district, you change the conditions, give people a different sense of possibility, a different set of expectations, a broader range of opportunities, you cherish and value the relationships between teachers and learners, you offer people the discretion to be creative and to innovate in what they do, and schools that were once bereft spring to life.
Ser man på et område, en skole, et distrikt, ændrer man betingelserne, giver man folk en anden fornemmelse for muligheder, et andet sæt forventninger, et større udvalg af muligheder, man værner om og værdsætter forholdene mellem undervisere og elever, man tilbyder folk valget at være kreative og at innovere indenfor det de gør, og skolerne der engang var berøvede vækkes til live.