1. Help students use their minds well.

2. Emphasize depth over breadth.

3. Apply goals to all students.

4. Personalize teaching and learning.

5. Emphasize the metaphor "student-as-worker."

6. Require students to demonstrate mastery through exhibition.

7. Stress unanxious expectation, trust, and decency.

8. Consider teachers as generalists with a commitment to the entire school.

9. Develop budgets that reflect these priorities.

10. Model democratic and equitable practices.

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