ASBJ Senior Editor Naomi Dillon was there, along with hoardes of other media, public figures and onlookers when the School of the Future, a cutting edge collaboration between Microsoft and Philadelphia Public Schools, opened in 2006. Since then, as blogger Joanne Jacobs writes, the future is uncertain.
And while we’re in the city of Brotherly Love, The Notebook notes how new Superintendent Arlene Ackerman may have garnered some love from community members by postponing the planned closure of a century old high school. Unfortunately, it looks like she may not get the same kind of affection from her faculty.
As the economy prompts more and more districts to cut costs like travel and training, the Flypaper defends conferences, like this week’s National Charter Schools Conference, as wonderful learning opportunities. And speaking of the charter school conference, who wasn’t talking about it.
