> Microsoft introduced the School of the Future that had incredible results.
Your article cites no actual results.
In reality, the problems it seems to have had is that the basic idea just doesn't work: the first years were plain rocky. [0] When it dealt with some of the early problems, it got good results, to the extent it did (and certainly some measures were quite good), largely by costing more, even though the fundamental concept was to prove a scalable, efficient model by requiring no additional funding (so it had to try to close the gap by aggressive outside fundraising to meet the additional costs.) [1] When the baseline funding for public schools dropped, the extra cost of SoF’s original model became even less sustainable. [2]
The school still exists, but I can't find anything after 2014 even treating it as a particularly interesting thing.
Your article cites no actual results.
In reality, the problems it seems to have had is that the basic idea just doesn't work: the first years were plain rocky. [0] When it dealt with some of the early problems, it got good results, to the extent it did (and certainly some measures were quite good), largely by costing more, even though the fundamental concept was to prove a scalable, efficient model by requiring no additional funding (so it had to try to close the gap by aggressive outside fundraising to meet the additional costs.) [1] When the baseline funding for public schools dropped, the extra cost of SoF’s original model became even less sustainable. [2]
The school still exists, but I can't find anything after 2014 even treating it as a particularly interesting thing.
[0] https://www.eschoolnews.com/2009/06/01/school-of-the-future-...
[1] https://technical.ly/philly/2012/11/12/high-school-of-the-fu...
[2] https://www.phillytrib.com/news/past-problems-saddle-school-...