Class assignment: Reinvent the high school

No desks in rows. No 47-minute class periods. No warnings to remove the hat, put the cell phone away, take the exam seriously.

(No SSL – sit down, shut up and listen)

Instead, small groups of students are designing their own workshop space. They’re drawing up more efficient bus routes. Their teachers act as mentors, sounding boards, not lecturers.

The premise? American high schools are broken.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/12/14/class-assignment-reinvent-the-high-school/