How ‘Deprogramming’ Kids From How to ‘Do School’ Could Improve Learning | MindShift

An excellent read, and a lot like what my classroom has been like this year and last year but with English 9. My kids have identified problems local and afar, written and acted to try to solve them, developed skills on their own and with each other simply to attempt to solve the problem and communicate, not because I asked them to. 

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/12/how-deprogramming-kids-from-how-to-do-school-could-improve-learning/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2046

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