Fifty Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do

Here's another radically different view of what a school is and what a school does.

http://www.tinkeringschool.com/
There are many videos all over the internet of Gever Tulley... the inspiration behind The Tinkering School... speaking.

There are some great curriculum ideas here, like building a rope bridge from 200 pounds of recycled plastic grocery bags.  Our curriculum should respond to challenges like this... How do our children address their world?  How do they address the challenges of recycling?  How can they be creative in re-using resources?  These are Big World issues.
http://ww3.tvo.org/article/power-tools-can-help-kids-love-learning-expert-says