Organization Goals
Grow. We seek to increase the number of schools that adopt the CES mission of becoming intellectually vibrant, personalized, and equitable through enacting the CES Common Principles. We seek to increase the number of regional centers that have the capacity to support schools in this work.
Improve. We seek to improve the work of the schools that have already dedicated themselves to more completely enacting CES principles, with particular focus on creating more equitable schools. We seek to improve the work of the centers that support schools in our network.
Exchange. We seek to improve the dissemination and exchange of knowledge and practices that enhance schools' capacity to become more intellectually vibrant, personalized, and equitable. We seek to improve the dissemination and exchange of ideas that enhance centers' capacity to support schools.
Influence. We seek to influence public policy and public opinion to create a policy environment which is more conducive to the creation of equitable, personalized, intellectually vibrant schools.

Principles
CES schools share a common set of beliefs about the purpose and practice of schooling, known as the CES Common Principles. Based on decades of research and practice, the principles call for the creation of:

• Personalized instruction to address individual needs and interests
  
• Small schools and classrooms, where teachers and student know each other well and work in an atmosphere of trust and high expectations
  
• Multiple assessments based on performance of authentic tasks
  
• Democratic and equitable school policies and practice
  
• Close partnerships with the school's community