by Mary Borobia Walls Students spend something like 13,000 hours of their young lives in K-12 education. What is the point of all of that time spent unless something comes of it, unless they are better human beings for it with the capacity to better the world and their communities? Developing life-long learners who are intrinsically motivated to wonder, make, tinker, research, problem solve, create, and take action is complex work but well worth the behind the scenes planning