Perhaps we all can look to a meaningful learning experience in our own lives when a coach, teacher, parent, counselor, or professor created an atmosphere where optimal learning took place. Our loss is that these practices were not widely experienced. They were limited to a class, a teacher, and a discipline rather than being readily available to us through our entire schooling. It was Miss Mason’s vision that all children would have the opportunity to be educated according to these foundational principles every day and that students in turn would live full and free lives.
