LET KIDS RULE THE SCHOOL

LET KIDS RULE THE SCHOOL

DIRECTIONS: Read the article via the link provided and respond to the following questions with your position on the topic. Write your answers in paragraph form (3-5 sentences each) in a Gdoc and submit the hyperlink to the comment box. 


1. Define: profound, impediment, flagged, critiqued, queries, inquiry, endeavor, transformative, thwarts





2. Why do you think so many students drop out of school?




3. If students had more responsibility for their own education, would they learn more? Would graduation rates improve? Explain.





4. Do you think the experiment discussed in the article will have a lasting impact on those students’ academic achievement? Why/why not?





5. Would the experiment work if it were implemented school-wide?





6. Do you think students designing their own curriculum would be motivated to challenge themselves, or would they just do the bare minimum? Explain.





7. Would you like the opportunity to design your own curriculum? Why/why not?





8. If you could design your own curriculum for one year, what would you choose to learn?