VMMS: The WOW School - What is It?
Phillip Schlechty's book, Working on the Work: An Action Plan for Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents, provides a unique approach and educational framework aimed at improving a school's capacity to provide a quality education to their students. Working on the Work (PDF, 106K), calls on everyone to provide high-content, engaging work for students that results in students learning what schools, parents, and the community want them to learn to be considered well-educated. In a WOW school, teachers ensure that students are motivated to participate in, respond to and benefit from a variety of modes of instruction.
According to the Schlechty Center Website, the core business of schools is to provide students with high content engaging school work.
Work that is challenging to students
Work with which students persist when they experience difficulty
Work from which students gain a sense of satisfaction
This information was taken from The Schlechty Center Website: http://www.schlechtycenter.org/psc/approach.asp