OBAMA promotes Redesign of schools through PBL

We’ve also got to start rethinking and redesigning America’s high schools.  That's part of what’s happening here is there’s innovation going on that equip graduates for the demands of a high-tech economy.  There’s a lot of hands-on learning here.  People aren’t just sitting at a desk reading all the time.  Reading is important.  I’m a big reader.  But part of what makes this place special is, is that there’s all this integration of various subjects and actual projects, and young people doing and not just sitting there listening, so we’ve got to reward schools like this one that focus on the fields of the future -- (applause) -- schools that focus on the fields of the future, use technology effectively to help students learn, and are also developing partnerships with local colleges and businesses so that a diploma here leads directly to a good job.—Obama, Manor New Tech High School, May 9, 2013

Read the whole speech at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/09/remarks-president-manor-new-technology-high-school