Burbank mom Tammy Takahashi takes an “unschooling” approach with her three children, ages 7 to 13. The classroom might be an art table at home, a recycling center or the beach.

Along with the physical design, the school is also rethinking the scheduling system it’s had in place for the past decade to give students more flexibility in the “when” and “how” of their learning—in ...

You can learn more about the exciting happenings in her classroom on her blog. A few weeks ago, images tagged with #PaulWalksOn started passing through my Facebook feed.