promising futures

For the most part, i feel like the core concepts in the promising futures booklet are concepts so central to the nature of education that needing to type them out as a focus for schools seems almost silly. For example, that every student is respected by both students and teachers is a must for schools, but for some reason even this most basic concept needs to be expressed in print and evaluated. I think that concepts 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 14 are the types of fundamentals that seem like they should be unspoken. For example, practice 11 is "Every teacher has sufficient time and resources to learn, to plan, and to confer with individual students, colleagues, and families." How could a teacher be expected to do their job without the resources and time that are required for the job? that practice seems to be just common sense that functions to call attention to the fact that teachers don't always have the time and resources though all schools should be trying to provide them. The core practices that I really pay attention to are the practices that help make connections through education. I think that too often high school feels like fragmented classes that have nothing to do with each other or with life and that should not be the outcome of education. I especially take notice of practices 3 and 6. I think that goal six is important because having an education plan will make students more engaged and responsible for their education. I strongly believe in the power of having self-directed students and think having students putting thought into what they want to get from their education will help produce students that are more personally engaged in their education. The possible downside would be students who don't know how they want to focus their education, but for those students obtaining a general knowledge of different subject matters to inform their decisions for later in life could be an education plan. Practice number 3 seems so important to me because i think students need to understand how the subjects work together to create each other. I especially notice the importance in linking history with English. I think about this more because English is my concentration but still making connections across all subject matters is essential to education.