Agency Presupposes Choice.

We Begin With The Hypothesis That Any Subject Can Be Taught Effectively In Some Intellectually Honest Form To Any Child At Any Stage Of Development.

Apollo Without Dionysus May Indeed Be A Well-informed, Good Citizen But He's A Dull Fellow. He May Even Be 'cultured,' In The Sense One Often Gets From Traditionalist Writings In Education. . . . But Without Dionysus He Will Never Make And Remake A Culture.

Learners Are Encouraged To Discover Facts And Relationships For Themselves.

Knowledge Is Justified Belief.

Whoever Reflects Recognizes That There Are Empty And Lonely Spaces Between One’s Experiences.