Kansas City high schools add real-world learning — from gettingsmart.com by Tom Vander Ark
Excerpt:
The good news is that more young people are graduating from high school than ever. The bad news? High school is often less relevant to them and their futures than ever.
The largest effort to make high school more valuable—to young people and their communities— is underway in the six-county two-state Kansas City metro area.
About 60 schools in 15 districts from Kansas and Missouri are spending this school year investigating ways they can make high school more valuable to young people by incorporating more real-world learning.
From DSC:
I know that by the end of his junior year, our son was so tired of having information crammed down his throat. He viewed so much of the content of his courses as irrelevant and unimportant. This year, he is immersed in what he wants to do — acting. And now he is soooooo much more motivated to learn and to grow now that he is able to pursue his passion.
