Last week I stopped by Voyage Academy here in Clinton and had a most fabulous surprise. It is an Expeditionary Learning school and I got so excited and so overjoyed I could barely contain myself. Outside of San Francisco and the Berkley area Expeditionary Learning wasn't all that popular. Now mind you I was in the San Francisco area back in the early 90's but still my excitement on seeing the school right here, right down the street from my home, WOW.  Complete joy, I just wish my children were still young and could have the opportunity to go to Voyage Academy. Expeditionary Learning is hands on learning where children actually "do" they "get involved" they "work through" the real subject. Rarely is it just a book, never are they given worksheets upon worksheets for the rote of remembrance.
I firmly believe that everyone learns better by doing, but most especially children. Can you imagine if our children from birth all the way through college learned by doing? Our children would have a much lower drop out rate, our children would be so much more engaged in learning and would enjoy it. Look at these links and you will see what I mean. This is where I have founded many of my beliefs in over the years, along with Maria Montessori and a few others but the bottom line is Play, engage, and enjoy what you do.
http://www.kauffman.org/what-we-do/programs/education/expeditionary-learning
http://elschools.org/
http://open.spps.org/expeditionary_learning
https://vimeo.com/elschools
A lot of these things can also be done by parents. It would be better if it was done across the board with daycare, preschool, grades k-12 and through collage but we have to start somewhere and like I said I first learned about it in the early 90's now it's 2015.