A high school with more clicks than cliques - Los Angeles Times

A high school with more clicks than cliques - Los Angeles Times:

"Ray Ravaglia, a co-founder of Online High, calls traditional pedagogy the 'Panama Canal theory of education,' which holds that all students must rise with their class until it reaches the top of the lock, at which point they float forward in unison. There, those on top stay high and dry — and bored. Those at the bottom drown, educationally speaking."