ology , ▁Power Sch ool , ▁and ▁Nav iance . ▁ ▁Element ary ▁school ▁ ▁The ▁elementary ▁school ▁prom otes ▁exper ient ial ▁learning . ▁As ▁a ▁Writing ▁and ▁Reading ▁Work shop ▁school , ▁students ▁learn ▁by ▁doing . ▁Method s ▁for ▁writing ▁and ▁reading ▁instruction ▁were ▁developed ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁work ▁of ▁Donald ▁Gra ves , ▁Donald ▁Murray , ▁and ▁other ▁teacher - res earch ers ▁who ▁found ▁that ▁co aching ▁students ▁to ▁write ▁and ▁read ▁for ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁purposes ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁effective ▁way ▁to ▁teach ▁skills ▁and ▁concepts . ▁Similarly , ▁students ▁experience ▁active ▁learning ▁in ▁science ▁using ▁the ▁Full ▁Option ▁Science ▁System ™ ▁( FO SS ) ▁philosophy . ▁Stud ents ▁from ▁J K ▁through ▁Gra de ▁ 5 ▁connect ▁math ▁to ▁the ▁real ▁world ▁through ▁the ▁E ure ka ▁Math ▁program . ▁ ▁The ▁elementary ▁school ▁uses ▁a ▁standards - based ▁approach ▁to ▁education , ▁where ▁compreh ension ▁of ▁key ▁concepts ▁is ▁the ▁focus ▁rather ▁than ▁letter ▁gr ades . ▁ ▁Middle ▁school ▁ ▁The ▁middle ▁school ▁see ks ▁a ▁balance ▁between ▁the ▁standards - based ▁approach ▁of ▁the ▁elementary ▁school ▁and ▁more ▁traditional ▁grad ing ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁high ▁school . ▁A ER O ▁standards ▁serve ▁as ▁the ▁foundation ▁on ▁which ▁students ▁build ▁end uring ▁understand ings ▁that ▁challenge ▁them ▁to ▁think ▁crit ically , ▁transfer ▁concepts , ▁and ▁synth es ize ▁knowledge . ▁This ▁standards - based ▁approach ▁ens ures ▁that ▁the ▁compreh ension ▁of ▁key ▁concepts ▁remains ▁the ▁focus ▁of ▁students ’ ▁education ,