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Why Learning Should be Messy. The following is an excerpt of One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student's Assessment of School, by 17-year-old Nikhil Goyal, a senior at Syosset High School in Woodbury, New York.

I extracted this excerpt summing up the excellent points made In a summary published on Edutopia, Brigid Barron and Linda Darling-Hammond reviewed numerous studies and found that: : Students learn more deeply when they can apply classroom-gathered knowledge to real-world problems, and when they take part in projects that require sustained engagement and collaboration. Active-learning practices have a more significant impact on student performance than any other variable, including student background and prior achievement. Students are most successful when they are taught how to learn as well as what to learn. As the old adage goes, "Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand." Harvard Professor Howard Gardner said to me that schools should incorporate the best of two models of learning: a hands-on children's museum, which encourages open-ended exploration, and an apprenticeship, which provides a more structured environment for practicing meaningful skills in an authentic, real-life context.

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