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In August of 2006, a small group of public school educators and education reformers began a discussion about the current state of education, the trends of education reform and what they believed should be happening in schools. As the group began to articulate their vision for a school to which they would be proud to send their own children and grandchildren, the concept for The Bloomington Project School was born.

The Bloomington Project School will manifest in two schools in two unique settings. The Bloomington Project School will open in the fall of 2009 (offering kindergarten through seventh grade), and The Indianapolis Project School will open in the fall of 2008 (offering kindergarten through sixth grade). Each school has a long-term vision to provide a preschool through twelfth-grade learning experience. The Organizing Group will also incorporate a foundation, The School Project Incorporated, which will provide support to the two founding schools. The foundation will create a Project School replication plan with a vision to reform pre-service teacher education.
 
The Project School is the culmination of 18 months of intense dialogue, research, and synthesis, and countless hours of intellectual work. The school’s Organizing Group has well over 100 years of collective experience in classrooms, schools, and districts across the state and the country.

The Project School believes in:

  • Ending the predictive value of race, class, language, gender, and special abilities on student success in our school and in life by working with families and the community to ensure each child’s success.
  • Empowering students to be contributing participants in their education, our community, and the diverse society in which we live. The keystones to change rely upon the creation of a learning community that provides students with experiences that are immediately relevant.
  • Knowing ourselves and others well.  This is the pathway to the kind of collaboration that can solve problems and bring people together for the greater good.
  • Valuing the contributions of all members in the learning community. A school works best for each student it serves when the culture of the school is both inclusive and inviting. 
  • Judging our success based on the success of our students, particularly those with the highest needs and the most challenges.
  • Tailoring our practices to serve all children, including our own. We will identify obstacles and barriers to success and work collaboratively to systematically dismantle them. There is no reason to fail.
  • Celebrating and honoring our families and the communities from which they come by valuing our students, their diverse histories, and their ancestral backgrounds.
  • Creating a culture where all are important and valued by nurturing positive relationships across and among all members of the community.
  • Infusing environmentally responsible practices into our school’s culture and curriculum.
 

Contact Us

Thank you for your interest in the Bloomington Project School. Contact us at: blinfo@theprojectschool.org

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