20% Time

The idea it that 20% of the day at school, students would be able to work on a project of their choosing -- that still meets the graduation requirements, of course. The idea is that students will work harder on something they are passionate about. It came originally from google.

"The idea for 20% time in schools comes from Google's own 20% policy, where employees are given twenty percent of their time to work and innovate on something else besides their current project."
(A.J. Juliani)

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/20-percent-time-a-j-juliani?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29