NYTimes: Building Skills Outside the Classroom With New Ways of Learning | John Hanc

"What differentiates the Mayfield Innovation Center from traditional classrooms is evident not just in the virtual reality technology, the 3-D printers or the open architecture that make the two-floor, 30,000-square-foot building seem less of a secondary school than a Google satellite office.

It is also in the words emblazoned on the crimson-colored wall of the Computer-Aided Drafting and Design lab, a quote attributed to Curt Richardson, the founder of OtterBox, which makes consumer electronics accessories: Failure is a part of innovation. Perhaps the most important part. Wait a minute. Failure, being extolled, even celebrated? In a high school"? More here...