Purpose
The Commission on Public Elementary and Middle Schools’ primary purpose is the pursuit of educational excellence for the elementary and middle school students of New England. The Commission, through its standards-based accreditation cycle, assists and guides the school as it endeavors to achieve continued self-improvement and growth as an educational institution. The ultimate goals of the process are to improve school effectiveness, to develop planned improvement and provide public assurance of quality education by building on the strengths of the school.
“There is no power greater than a community discovering what it cares about. Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters. Our goal is to ask: ‘What’s possible?’ not ‘What’s wrong?’”.
- Margaret Wheatley
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