Education must prepare the individual to live a creative, humane and sensitive life. The Nueva Learning Center is dedicated to helping people educate themselves to think, feel and act. Nueva provides children with an environment in which they can discover their potential and strengthen their motivations for learning and living. A school should be a place where children learn at their own pace in ways that are meaningful to them; a place where children are free to learn what they want to know, as well as what we want them to know; a place where the thoughts, feelings and actions of individuals are integrated in a democratic climate. The success of the democratic process requires that individuals take responsibility for their decisions, accept the consequences of the choice they make and have confidence in their abilities. The Nueva Learning Center was established to provide the finest education for gifted and talented children and to serve as an educational development center for testing new ideas, exploring innovative teaching methods, developing relevant curricular materials, educating prospective and practising teachers, emphasizing interpersonal relationships and disseminating results of significant findings. Nueva's environment encourages experimentation and exploration by its staff without exploiting its students. Children are powerful consultants who show through their involvement and feedback what works … and what does not work.