Ryan Cox, a 2011 WW Indiana Teaching Fellow from IUPUI, teaches engineering and technology at Sheridan High School in Sheridan, Indiana. As WISH-TV recently reported, his students have created an alternative energy plan to power their school. The local school board is considering the proposal. More on the story in this three-minute video:

Sheridan students push school to go solar

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