MicroSociety

MicroSociety Logo.

MicroSociety, Inc is a non-profit organization located in Old City, Philadelphia that has been in existence since 1991, and it has been operating in over 300 schools across the United States.^[1]

The concept of "microsociety" was developed and founded by a Brooklyn teacher, George H. Richmond, in 1967. This concept was founded based on the idea that children need motivation and initiative to attend and stay in school. Richmond then launched MicroSociety, Inc. in 1991.^[2]

MicroSociety specializes in creating MicroSociety learning environments in grades K-8 which allows students to apply classroom knowledge to a real world setting.^[3]

Currently, there are around 250,000 students and graduates of MicroSociety.^[2] This includes school wide, partial school, after school, summer camp, and some classroom programs. Microsocieties have been operating in more than 40 states.^[2]

MicroSociety was named one of the two best educational programs for elementary schools in The Best Schools. ^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Meg Sommerfeld. "'Micro-Society' Schools Tackle Real-World Woes". Education Week. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1992/12/02/13micro.h12.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "History: One Man’s Fight Against Poverty". http://www.microsociety.org/history.php. Retrieved 5 April 2011. 
3. ^ "Connecting to Life Beyond the Classroom: The MicroSociety Approach". Edutopia. http://www.edutopia.org/connecting-life-beyond-classroom-microsociety-approach. Retrieved 5 April 2011.