• Learning is developmental
• Learning should be collaborative
• Assessment should be authentic
• Learning should be child-centered
• Students should be able to work independently and cooperatively
• We are all (teachers, students and parents) responsible for working together to build a true sense of community
• There should be cross-age learning in multi-age environments
• Students work best in a non-graded and ungraded environment
• Learning should involve hands-on, project-based, integrated and thematic learning
• Students are most successful when there is parent involvement
• Teachers should use a variety of resources
• Students should receive instruction within their zone of proximal development (regardless of grade level)
• Students should take an in-depth look at issues & problems and study how these issues cut across national boundaries and concern all people as citizens of a global community
• Students should examine historical perspectives and how they relate to current world situations.
• Perspective-taking (being able to see things through the eyes an minds of others) should be emphasized. 

Rudolf Steiner