“When I’m in there, I don’t really feel like I’m in school,” said Cole Thompson, a student at Haysville Campus High School. He works in the branch of the Valley State Bank in the school’s commons area. His job part of the school’s business program.
Banks, general stores, carpentry businesses, those are just some of the new ways Kansas schools are bringing your child’s education into the 21st century.
“It is what we have used for years, for decades!” said Dustin Little, principal of Norwich High School. He’s talking about the traditional school scheduling. “I mean, that’s what I had when I was in school. It’s what my mom had when she was in school. That’s not the most conducive to student centered learning.” The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) is working to bring public school education into the 21st century with a massive re-design program called Kansans Can, kicked off a couple years ago. KAKE News Investigates found some schools are well ahead of that re-design curve, already matching how they teach to what students need to know when they graduate in 2019.
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