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Here you can see the seedlings we've started. and if you look underneath, that's actually the brick of dirt that expands when we add water. so all of this soil, it's a magic soil that grows. >> so you didn't add any soil? >> just that. >> so you break it up with some water. add it here. there's a whole irrigation system going on in here. we add about 2 1/2 gallons of water. this lets us know when it's full. you can't overwater this. it's awesome and they are growing a healthy garden. >> what a great learning experience for kids. >> basil, tomato, oregano. >> speaking of fantastic learning expe...

Don't want to go back. i wouldn't have survived if i had stayed. >> we know that people do their best learning not in a classroom but actually get out of a classroom and go experience real life. we want them to have nontraditional learning experiences. they have a lot of traditional learning experiences as well in lecture but we also want them to get out and learn some things about themselves that are normally not what you would experience. >> i'm very good with being yelled at. when i get yelled at, i tend to shake and really quiver and i fear if i do that, they will make me do pushups or mak...

Be assigned. hence we got into a discussion about the weekend, and some of the literature we read, some of the feedback we've had, especially in our community where parents work many different shifts, including a lot of weekend workers. gregg: we had a discussion about asking teachers --. gregg: superintendent, we'll run out of time here. so i got to cut to the chase. what are you proposing for the weekend? no homework? >> what we are proposing that assignments not be assigned on friday that are basic assignments due on monday morning. gregg: okay. >> we do believe in students reading, complet...

Shannon: parents in one massachusetts town are now questioning a school district proposal to buy 150 brand-new ipads for kindergarten students. some parents say the school budget is very tight and the money for the high-tech gadgets could be used in other ways. >> we have no vice principal. we have a very barebones staff, and i don't think that kindergartenerses having ipads is the best expenditure of our taxpayers money. >> what we see in the ipad is a tool of the future that students can use in the classroom to expand their learning experiences. >> technology is great. my son is in kindergar...

Be hands-on with financial statements, with bank statements, and with signing off checks, with being in contact with your vendors and knowing what you actually owe. >> while the will sons look at this ordeal as the most difficult of learning experiences, they still believe that they have to trust their staff. >> you go through tough times, tough economy. go through an oil spill in the summer. you just have to -- persevere. we just feel like we have to work harder than we ever had before and you just believe in good people. there are good people out there willing to do good honest work. >> the ...