Microsoft, City to Build School
Susan Snyder,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
Sept 05, 2003
Its last partnership with private enterprise, a much-maligned contract with Edison Schools, having failed, the City of Philadelphia is turning now to a partner with deeper pockets: Microsoft. "A $46 million high school dazzling with the latest technology - from interactive digital textbooks and computerized tablets to electronic play diagrams for the basketball team - will be built by the Philadelphia School District in partnership with Microsoft Corp., officials announced yesterday." I'm not sure of the wisdom of spending $46 million on 700 students, and I'm certainly not certain about the wisdom of letting a single company - which will provide " full-time on-site project manager, planning and design expertise, staff training, and continuing technology support" - such control over the educational agenda. On the bright side, parents and students will be easily able to enter the administrative system and change their grades.
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