"These kids build tiny houses, chicken coops - and life skills"
Lila Allen
January 17, 2017
Ideas.TED.com Arts+Design

Originally Posted by article
- Building things can connect students and their communities.
- Design-build projects can help students develop empathy.
- Design projects encourage new kinds of thinking.
- Projects can be a pathway to further education.
- Finally, building something tangible can foster pride.
This reminds me a bit of the list of things which children learn when faced with appropriate academic/intellectual challenges, requiring them to exert effort... but which kids don't learn if under-challenged.