Science Leadership Academy
- Science Leadership Academy
The Science Leadership Academy is a magnet high school in Philadelphia, PA that opened in September 2006. The school is a partnership between The Franklin Institute and the School District of Philadelphia. SLA is a 1:1 laptop school where all SLA students and teachers use Apple laptops as their primary learning tool. The school currently has grades 9-11, with 370 students in the school. The first class of seniors will graduate from SLA in June 2010.
Science Leadership Academy is an understanding-driven, project-based school where the learning is centered around the five core values of inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation and reflection. Students do benchmark projects every quarter to demonstrate the application of their learning.
SLA was featured in the April 2007 Edutopia Magazine article, "My School, Meet MySpace" where the schools called "... [John] Dewey for the digital age, old-fashioned progressive education with a technological twist." [Edutopia Magazine, " [http://www.edutopia.org/my-school-meet-myspace My School, Meet MySpace] ," April 2007. Referenced on July 9, 2008]
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