Creativity, critical thinking and innovation develop best when students are challenged with rich, open-ended tasks. Students need to be comfortable working and creating in an environment where the answers are not always straightforward, and outcomes may be unknown. This ability requires students to employ their creativity, work in teams, learn to fail safely, be self-motivated, synthesize knowledge and create new knowledge.
A Congressional School education is about more than short-term recall; it builds long-term understanding applicable to a complex world. Rather than teaching facts for a test, the school teaches concepts and skills for a lifetime, encouraging students’ inquisitive young minds to keep questioning, exploring and preparing them for a complex future.