1. Closing the historically chronic achievement gap for socio-economically disadvantaged children.

2. Providing post-secondary school financial aid to qualified need-based students.

3. Demanding rigorous accountability whether a public traditional school, or public nonprofit charter school.

4. Expecting consistent metrics and status reports on student progress to enable efficient and relevant comparisons between schools through our due diligence process.

5. Supporting teachers by elevating the profession to assure:

a. Abundant practical training, feedback from mentors, protected time for professional development, recurrent recognition, and prioritizing positive student-teacher relationships.
b. Retention and salary optimization based on measurable results linked to whole-child growth.

6. Rewarding successful school retool approaches that reinforce personalized learning strategies and strong teacher-student connections to nurture social-emotional learning and incorporate the rigor geared to close gaps in opportunity and achievement.

7. Reviewing proposals to meet our priorities consistent with challenging federal, state, and local education standards.

8. Framing our investments with humility, urgency and patience.