When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk

Wess Wheeler (left), an independent learning opportunity student at Randolph Union High School, and Miles Hooper, manager and co-owner of Ayers Brook Goat Dairy farm, among the goats. Photo by Kelly Field for the Hechinger Report
This story is by Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.
RANDOLPH — Miles Hooper, the 26-year-old manager of Vermont’s largest goat farm, remembers what it’s like to be 16 and not want to be in a classroom. Just 10 years ago, he was kicked out of his Ver