There are actually schools (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_school http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_school) that attempt to teach K-12 this way. It wou

There are actually schools (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_school http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_school) that attempt to teach K-12 this way. It would be interesting to read a study of how Sudbury alumni perform after they graduate, but I can't find one right now.