The Schools kids would like

I stumbled across this piece from the Guardian that reports a project the newspaper ran for school children, asking them what school they'd like. I came across it on Bob Pearlman's site. The project-based approach that he has traced across a number of schools is pretty KPS-like. Interestingly, he reports a study of school student leaders in the US conducted by the International Society for Technology in Education, they wanted schools that:

* Are Fun
* End lecturing from a textbook
* Institute problem-based, discovery-based, and inquiry-based curricula
* Implement "real life" situations and hands-on learning
* Shape the curriculum with student internship experiences
* Build relationships and "animated mutual learning" between adults and students
* Provide an "inviting" physical environment
* Provide the technology tools for students and teachers to do their work.

Not a bad check list.