Katha Lab School is an experimental school in a slum in Delhi. It is also quite possibly one of my favorite schools of the ones I visited in India. The rooms are text rich. Targeted skills, lessons, and special projects decorate the walls. Because lessons are theme-based, each subject is explored through the prism of the theme.
Although this is a K-12 school, there is also a pre-school and a daycare. This allows the mothers in the neighborhood to work. To address some of the issues in gender and poverty, the school works hard to attract female students who historically stay home to help the family and keep male students who tend to leave school to join the work force. They do this through reduced tuition and job skills programs.
Cooperative learning and multisensory lessons are part of the norm here. There is both a computer lab and a video lab. Students are responsible for gathering information, discussing it with their group, and rearranging it in a pleasing format to address each component of the project. Critical thinking skills are encouraged and enforced through the projects.