Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Experimental School Gets Rid of Classes, Teachers


Imagine a school where students select their own learning projects rather than having scheduled classes, where adults serve as guides and critics rather than teachers, where technology is employed as a learning infrastructure, where loners feel comfortable and collaboration is promoted, and where test performances are perfectly fine...

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