The importance of the teacher--and the principal

 “The success comes, not from the principal and not just from the teacher, though the teacher is more important than the principal every time. It comes from the community for each child. Nobody is going to be in the back of the classroom in the traditional sense. Nobody is going to be able to escape accountability in the most positive sense of the term. Everybody is going to be a part of this community, and everybody is going to be successful.” – Members of the International Community School Founding Group