Sunday, September 10, 2006

Microsoft designs a school. No word yet on if CTRL+ALT+DEL restarts the school year.


No, really -- Microsoft has actually designed a school in an underprivileged section of Philadelphia.

The school has implemented the latest technologies and has taken in an initial class of 170 lucky teenagers.

The school scheduled to eventually enroll 750 students.

The teaching/learning philosophy is quite different from traditional schools and sounds like an absolute dream to me.

The curriculum flexes with the students, allowing them to re-visit topics they don't understand or push forward through topics they have already mastered.

This way, no struggling child is left behind -- but no thriving child is held back either. Why couldn't the government have implemented this policy instead?

[Full Article Here]



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