ALIVE’s vision is to create schools thatsupport open conversations about the truth in our students' lives, and therebyliberate their energies and spirits for the important work of learning.By attending to students’ stresses before they break down with symptoms and negativebehaviors, ALIVE helps entire classrooms and schools to maintain focus.We believe that the primary cause of the achievement gap isnot in the conditions of schools, but in the conditions of students, who havebeen exposed to toxic levels of psychological stress.