Alec Patton talks to teacher High School teacher Karen Shaffran and student Alegria Vargas about how their class created a socially conscious cosmetics business, featuring products made from plants grown hydroponically in a storage room!
Over the past decade I’ve attended 11 schools across the United States and Japan. I was born in San Diego, then my family moved to Yokohama, Japan when I was seven years old.
Alec Patton talks to Lincoln High School Principal Melissa Agudelo about the challenges of bringing exhibitions of student learning to a large urban high school, and how they made it successful by literally doing everything all at once.
Students strengthen their learning by practicing skills that may not fit directly into a project but build the foundation for authentic, high-quality work.