‘Unusual among their colleagues’

 "they were unusual among their colleagues"  
   (Schweisfurth, 2006, abstract)
the researcher claimed:

those who cared.

those who acted.
Those who
were not [tightened] by
"the tightening of curricular expectations"  
  (Schweisfurth, 2006, abstract)

the ‘heroes’ who
‘found’ opportunities
within the guides called
            curriculum.