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What is "WOW"?
"The business of schools is to design, create,
and invent high-quality, intellectually demanding schoolwork that
students find engaging."
- Phillip C. Schlechty
This statement is at the center of Fife's efforts to improve student achievement.
Our job is to create work that students find engaging. This is the
idea behind "Working on the Work"... creating quality work that
encourages students to do more that merely comply with what is being asked
of them, but engages them.
Design Qualities
The Schlechty Center has developed ten characteristics used to identify
engaging schoolwork. Fife's teachers attempt to incorporate as many
of these design qualities into the work given to students as possible.
The design qualities are:
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