I was using him as an example. I have no idea if this school has underperforming students. But if there are, you can bet they are meditating and will soon be designing their own curriculum instead of just buckling down and hitting the books.
These same folks tend to implement the "teaching feature" of the day: outcome based education, "open" schools, etc.
Why does everyone assume that students who go to school in the burbs outperform other kids due to the supposed increased quality of teaching? I'd say the home environment has more to do with it.
I don't assume that. In my own local district, I *know* it from observation and my children's experience.