Dr. Dwight Allen working with a student. Last April, Delphi was privileged to have a group of distinguished educational consultants from the United States Department of Education visit our Boston campus. The members of the team were: Dr. Dwight Allen, Dr. Margaret Labot, Dr. Jim Tanner and Dr. Vennetta Whitaker.

The team of inspectors were amazed with what they saw. In their reports they made the following comments organized in four categories:

"Strong Methodology"

A student shows Dr. Margaret Labot what he is studying. "The love of learning and instilling the children's sense of 'learning how to learn for a lifetime' is a key strength of the program and evident in the students' attitudes towards their work."

"Students feel empowered and are enthusiastic about their studies, which should perpetuate positive learning attitudes throughout life. Students at the school are enthusiastic in their response to questions about their activities, showing an internalization of self-esteem and a passion towards learning."

"A commendable classroom culture exists between students as well as comfortable student-supervisor relationships. The team was considerably impressed by the students' individual focus."

"The Ethics Program"

"The team is very supportive and impressed by the level of ethics both in the curriculum, but even more so as evidenced by classroom behavior of both teachers and students. Learning which imparts knowledge in a way to achieve goals and apply learning in life is a commendable element of the program."

"Staff Development"

"In many learning programs staff development is not as practically applied or as proficient as seen at the Delphi school. The hands-on appropriate framework and commendable, applicable staff development made a significant impact on the team. Using the term 'supervisors' for the upper level of teaching staff, instead of teachers, cues that they have a different role than just lecturing to students. It is a powerful symbol of the self-paced learning system and indicates the facilitator role of teachers in the instruction delivery system."

"In Summary and Conclusion"

"The 'learning how to learn' style of Hubbard's methodology is an extremely powerful tool for students. Self-paced learning and the incredibly positive and disciplined classroom environments are star aspects of the program. The visitation team was impressed by the level of learning in the Delphi school and excited about the dedication of the students and teachers in the learning process."