Girl with a Lesson Plan

I’m currently working on a research project with my sophomores that is rooted in place based education. The idea behind PBE is that students have the ability to use local, community resources in order to make standard educational objectives.

My students did a fairly traditional research paper in the past as a springboard from reading a historical narrative set in World War I about the fall of the Romanov dynasty. This year to make it PBE, I took students to the local military museum. After touring the museum, they are choosing an object to research, and then they will tell the “story” of that object, and create a website to showcase the object.

Indiana did a disservice by raising the dropout rate to 18.

Now, homeschool is a loophole, and people are clutching pearls at how many kids are signing out to homeschool ... realizing there is no oversight for homeschool in Indiana. It’s been this way for YEARS.

I mean, what are we supposed to do with a 17-year-old with five credits, a poor attendance record, and no work ethic? I’m genuinely asking. There is no way for this kid to get a diploma. (This is a hypothetical kid, but variations of them are in every high school.)