What lessons can schools learn from the Kepler 16 solar system?

As an amateur (and even that is a stretch) astronomer, the kind who can barely track the path of Jupiter's moons, I am fascinated with Kepler 16-b. Kepler 16-b is a circumbinary planet, meaning it orbits not one, but two stars.  A two star solar system forces a paradigm shift for us when we are first exposed to the idea, which makes it a perfect metaphor for classroom and school culture.

Kepler 16-b's orbit is driven by the gravitational pull of stars: Kepler 16-A and Kepler 16-B. These stars are not considered opposite, or competing, but one binary star.

Similarly, master educators are driven by one binary star, with two factors: challenge and support. At different times in the life of a classroom, each mass has a stronger gravitational pull. Master teachers know when to give the stern look, and they know when to smile. They know how to present the rigorous assignment, and the scaffolding necessary for students to meet the challenge.

Likewise effective schools must be flexible enough to exert the forces of challenge and support as needed. Students must be held to high standards, academically and behaviorally. Systems must be in place to help them meet those standards, and support them when they fall short.

Questions to consider:
1.) What aspects of the class or school culture are designed to challenge?
2.) What aspects of the class or school culture are designed to support?
3.) What data is used to determine when the orbit of a class or an individual students needs to be influenced more by one than the other?