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<jats:p>This paper analyzes Latvian school experience within the Innovative School program organized by Microsoft Latvia. Aresearch has been done in one of the schools in Latvia, Kurzeme Region with the aim to find out the understanding andwillingness of teachers, students and parents to implement innovative school ideas at their school. The quantitative methodof data collection questionnaire has been used to do the research. The survey revealed that the focus in creating theinnovative school model should be on the improvement of teachers’ qualifications, their foreign language and informationtechnology skills; 47% of students’ parents consider it appropriate to introduce teaching of the third foreign language atelementary school to improve the learning content/curriculum.
Keywords: Innovative school, school of the future, essential guidelines for innovative school development. </jats:p>