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Ag-based curriculum invigorates Kansas school

By Heather Hollingsworth
Published February 15, 2014 4:15pm ET
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Ag-based curriculum invigorates Kansas school
In this Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013 photo, second grader Brooklynn Black, and third grader Alice Claassen, left, look after the school's mule during morning chores at the Walton 21st Century Rural Life Center in Walton, Kan. Located in a small farming community, the school faced closing before re-establishing itself as an agriculture-focused charter school and more than doubling enrollment. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) | Charlie Riedel

WALTON, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas school that once was on the brink of closure has found new life as an agriculture-themed charter school.

Students at the Walton 21st Century Rural Life Center now learn through projects that range from selling eggs to showing pigs at the county fair.

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