Additional Resources
Read the 6.19.20 Microsoft ‘School of the Future’ in Philly finally in a groove? by Kathy Matheson of The Associated Press. Learn more about Emory Knoll Farms/Green Roof Plants in The Greenroof Directory.
The Philadelphia School of the Future project took over three years in the planning, starting in June 2006 and opening in June of 2010.
“When the Microsoft-designed School of the Future opened, the facility was a paragon of contemporary architecture, with a green roof, light-filled corridors and the latest classroom technology, all housed in a dazzling white modern building.
“It might as well have been a fishbowl: Educators and media from around the world watched to see whether Microsoft could reform public education through innovation and technology,” (Matheson, 2010).