Excerpt from The Learning Network, a newsletter from the Small Schools Project.

Highline Big Picture sophomore Laura Smith LOVES architecture. In fact, it's the reason why she chose to attend Big Picture. "I love buildings, especially really big, new ones. I've been building things ever since I was two, and I would build houses with my blocks," she says. "I came to Big Picture because I really, really want to be an architect, and this school will help me reach my goals."

Read the rest of the story plus several others about Highline Public Schools' work in innovative student learning in the latest issue of The Learning Network, a publication of the Small Schools Project.