A recent twitter re-tweet from radiointhetrees by Radio23 introduced me to a new branch of the High School for Recording Arts based in Portland, Oregon. It looks like exciting things are happening with new media and education in my home state.
I was surprised to learn that HSRA has been around for nearly 15 years. The first such school was established in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1998. Below is a description of the program:
HSRA is a project-based, public charter school that operates within and around a professional recording studio. Students earn time in the studio by completing academic projects in the core learning areas of English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. HSRA encourages students who may have dropped out or been expelled from traditional schools to complete their diplomas through a love of music.
The documentary above is from the HSRA program in Los Angeles, California.