Here's a link from Microsoft®: http://www.microsoft.com/education/schooloffuture.mspx
Here's a link with SDP's spin: http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/sof/concept.html On 4/5/08 7:56 PM, "Anthony West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for updating us, Frank. So where does the money for this school > come from, in fact? How much comes from tax revenues allocated to the > School District and what is this funding source called? How much comes > from something-blabla-Gates and what is this funding source called? > > I'd be very interested to learn these details and many other UC-list > readers would too. Can you check it out and get back to us? > > -- Tony West > > > Frank wrote: >> The Philly mag article made it very clear that HSOF is NOT a Gates >> Foundation project: >> >> "There are two big misconceptions about the School of the Future. The >> first is that Microsoft is paying for it. The second is that it is a >> Gates Foundation school, one of the thousands of high schools around >> the country that have received money from Bill Gates¹s philanthropic >> organization. (So far, more than $1 billion has been invested.) The >> foundation focuses on improving high-school graduation rates by >> funding small schools of 200 to 600 students, and frequently bankrolls >> technology-based initiatives. But the School of the Future is not a >> Gates School. It has nothing to do with the Gates Foundation >> philanthropy." >> >> Frank > > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
