For some, learning about a new path can happen after completing a successful career in one field or another. Take a look inside the Inspired Leadership Initiative at the University of Notre Dame and see what's being done to make adults into students again. 

The traditional school route may not be for everyone. In the first part of a multi-part series, Brent Fox explores different types of alternative schools. He also explores how these alternative programs are working to break the stigma about the students who attend them. We begin with the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy in Berrien Springs, Michigan.

We take a trip back to the University of Notre Dame where the Inspired Leadership Initiative offers people with successful careers the chance to go back to school to find out what they want to do with the next step of their lives. Meets some of the fellows and learn about how they came to be part of the program and what tney are looking to get out of it.

Meet a former librarian who opened an inclusive bookstore in South Bend to make sure there’s a book for everyone. Kathy Burnette, owner of The Brain Lair, said she first started thinking of opening a store decades ago after searching for books for her daughter. Her store opened in July of 2018.

Take a look inside a mini-medical university where high school students get hands-on experience at Memorial Hospital of South Bend. During the week-long program they get to dissect an eye, examine blood vessels and even deliver the “baby” of a birth simulator robot named Simantha.

The fine arts can be an important, but often overlooked aspect of student life. These creative outlets allow students to take a more hands on approach and explore as aspect of education they may not get in other classes throughout the school day. Brent travels to Mishawaka High School where young artists are encouraged to think outside the box.

Spoonful of Imagination is a non-profit art studio located in Warsaw, Indiana. Kids and adults have the opportunity to come in and take classes, workshops, or just have fun with arts and crafts. 

Sometimes disciplining children can be as simple as asking them why they did the negative action in the first place. This style is known as Conscious Discipline and the aim is to teach positive action through demonstration and recognition. A group of teachers took the time to learn the ins and outs of this form of self awareness in the classroom.