this is not a novel idea. several countries have open classrooms where all kids in the school, be it elementary, middle or high, mingle every day. i did a study where i gave ten kids, ages 2 to 16 a smart phone with wifi. every day i gave them an email lesson to finish. it started out by making sure everyone had gmail and knew how to use google translate. one lesson would be, make a one minute video and send it to me. another, if you had money, where in the philippines would visit and send me the link. the younger ones learned from the older ones and even the two year old knows how to go to google store and download apps.  todays homework for the 10 and up is, 'the reproductive health bill was passed in 2012, why hasn't it been implemented yet? 'kids are smarter than we give them credit for. a lot of parents are just as prejudiced, biased and bigoted as their kids think they are. i believe if we dont let kids use tech in learning, we will be a second class society in ten years.