I hope this is what we're doing at Knox Gifted Academy.

Love this term.

Give students an open-ended framework in which they can fail and succeed...and learn!

I wonder what Jon's son would call him? Or her?

This reminds me of a student of mine who wanted to disrupt the lunch schedule because she felt it interfered with her progress. especially when working on engineering projects. Her question was why couldn't she just eat lunch whenever she wanted, whenever she was hungry, regardless of a schedule?

I would argue that A LOT of this is due to schooling. "We" have taken the joy out of learning. Little discovery. Little tinkering. Little to no making.

Super important for students to combine these two "content" areas. Teachers need to support this relationship.