DIY+School

=Design Your Own School. What design factors would you want if you could build the school of your dreams?=

For me they are:

No tests No homework No grades No fixed periods Small class sizes Lunch and recess

Staggered start times: kids can show up at different times instead of all at once Mixed-age learning Self-directed learning Inter-disciplinary projects Teacher as catalyst, rather than expert Ask big questions Get out of the way Games and teams Multiple modes of expression Measure what we want to achieve: can Johnny read and subtract? Or is Johnny a productive, ethical, humane, creative citizen of our society?