The program is designed to:

• Develop school-wide curriculum change focusing on critical literacy.
• Focus on the integration of language, culture, and codes of power as part of the development of school programs.
• Examine curriculum from a constructivist perspective that recognizes the voices of students, community and teachers as one learning community who inform curriculum and program design.
• Introduce participants to the concepts and the authors of critical pedagogy; a theory of education that gives professionals the opportunity to reflect on their own educational beliefs, practices, and processes in the context of standard curriculum, high stakes testing, and curriculum reform.
• Gives teachers the voice and tools to reflect upon their teaching methodology vis-a-vis their student's critical thinking;
• Promote equality and social justice through action research within the school and community.