Popular with Mexico City residents in need of a relaxing weekend, the colonial town of Ixtapan de la Sal is bestknown for its thermal baths and healing traditions. An important source of salt ever since preHispanic times. Its two rivers and the carbonated water of "La Laguna Verde," actually a spring erupting from the volcanic landscape, served as a public bath for indigenous people.The inherent value of learning aside, the current reality is that a high school education leaves many young Americans unemployable and unprepared to meet future challenges. Students graduate without the communication, collaboration, and analysis skills that will help them be successful. To succeed in the antiquated structure of many public schools, students have to shut off their technology, separate what they are learning into the often arbitrary silos of discrete courses, and succeed at reproducing answers obtained through rote learning.

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