Let Kids Rule the School

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/opinion/15engel.html?ref=education

Obama stated in a recent speech that nearly a quarter of American students are dropping out of high school.  Our school system is failing to educate students not just for college but for everyday life.  The education system is only letting students have little opportunity to explore the world of learning.  This is why we need to rethink the way our schools work.  In this article, a woman follows a group of eight students around in a high school in Massachusetts.  These students basically ran there own high school classes.  They had the guidance of teachers but the students monitored each others work through out the semester and there were no grades.  Coming up with their own set of curriculum about they wanted to learn was one of the biggest advantages.  They got to read classic novels, cook, and learned different topics in math and science.  Some of the students that were part of this group were students that were considering dropping out but by the end they couldn’t stop thinking about school.  I really liked this different way of learning for children! If we could change our educational system to be more like this, I feel that we would be helping our students out a great deal more.