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MAR 12 · 20269 min · Matthew DeFranza
What we mean by 'redemptive impact'.
Redemptive is not a brand word for us. It is doctrine.
We mean: the work students do here is meant to mend something. Not extract, not perform, not even merely succeed — but mend. Some thing in the world is closer to whole because they touched it.
Innovative does not mean novel for its own sake. It means: we are willing to build the school we wish existed, even when no one has built it before.