The Learning Project’s curriculum is specific, detailed, systematic and carefully sequenced across the years. It emphasizes the acquisition of basic skills and a core of common knowledge—neither ends in themselves, but each a step in the process of moving children toward higher level thinking. It is supportive of good teaching and it is broad enough to be inclusive of many different kinds of learners. Our general approach to teaching is both traditional and experiential. We do a considerable amount of direct instruction using textbooks, but the children are also frequently engaged in creative, independent projects and in many collaborative group activities. The school actively uses the city as an extension of its programs, and classes do many field trips that are tied directly to curriculum.