The Rationale and Motivation
for Stellar Schools
David
V. Anderson
Janaury 19, 2006
Abstract
("In a Nutshell")
We address
and encourage potential participants in the development of
the Stellar Schools Company (SSC). The most important
benefits Stellar Schools will provide are: first, superior
instruction; second, lower tuition; and third a structure
that is immune from social promotion (and its devastating
effects). SSC intends to operate a K-12 instructional and
testing service using a novel combination of automation and
franchising in its organizational format. SSC will provide
a number of centralized services to its franchisee school
locations to help them provide better instructional
services and at lower cost. Also, its services will be
provided to individual homeschoolers. SSC will control the
curriculum and its content. It will control the
instructional methods and delivery mechanisms. Unlike many
of its competitors, nearly all routine teacher functions
will be automated. The teaching faculty of the Stellar
Schools will be far superior to typical K-12 instructors as
found in public or private schools. These expert teachers
will be teamed with university professors to provide video
instruction, detailed lecture notes, and the management of
their segments of the examination database. SSC has chosen
to build its curriculum from existing curricula including
the Core Knowledge Sequence, the Hillsdale Academy Study
Guides, and the Advanced Math & Science Academy
curriculum. At the level of each course, SSC defines its
curriculum as the content in its “universe” of
the examination questions and answers. Part-time students
will be served and awarded certificates for those courses
that they master. Full-time students will receive the
certificates and can also work towards a high school
diploma. SSC is currently refining its business plan to
include more details such as likely suppliers of services
it will obtain through contract.
For more information, simply read parts of or the entirety
of our report: The Rationale and Motivation for Stellar
Schools. And if you have other
questions please don't hesitate to contact us.