Three Components for Re-imagining Education
Community Voice And Values
​Community voice and values build a bridge between home and school. Student and teacher agency should be honored to make decisions that best meet the needs of individual learners and classrooms.
The Science of How Students Learn:
At the core of the APL Project lie six pillars to learning. Research shows that children learn best when they can be active and engaged in learning that is meaningful, socially interactive, iterative, and joyful.
The Science of What Children Need to Learn:
APL strives to support growth in the following skills: collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creative innovation, and confidence. These six skills are identified as those that students need to be successful learners today and productive citizens in the future.  
Community Voice And Values
By honoring and respecting families' and communities' cultures and values, students feel a sense of belonging which increases their likelihood of success in school.
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Meaningful learning is in close alignment with community engagement and bringing community values into the classroom. Making learning more relatable and contextually significant to all learners.
The 6 Pillars: The Science of How Students Learn
Children are actively involved and have agency in the learning process.
Active
Engaging
Children are engaged and focused on learning goals.
Children connect their own experiences and interests to learning goals, making learning relevant.
Meaningful
Socially Interactive
Children collaborate and work together involved to meet learning goals. ​
Iterative
Children are involved in learning that evolves to grow and extend understanding.​
Joyful
Children’s’ learning is joyful and heightens their interest and motivation. ​
