We are in Edutopia Magazine this month!

I’m really thrilled about this article — My School, MEET My Space — because the author really captured the feel of SLA. It’s a better explanation of what and who we are as anything I’ve been able to write.

Here’s a sample from the article:

Classes focus less on facts to be memorized and more on skills and knowledge for students to master independently and incorporate into their lives. Students rarely take tests; they write reflections and do "culminating" projects. Learning doesn’t merely cross disciplines — it shatters outdated departmental divisions. Recently, for instance, kids studied atomic weights in biochemistry (itself a homegrown interdisciplinary course), did mole calculations in algebra, and created Dalton models (diagrams that illustrate molecular structures) in art.

Such integration and pragmatism are not novel, of course. This is Dewey for the digital age, old-fashioned progressive education with a technological twist. But that twist is all important. Although Lehmann says technology is merely a tool, not the engine of the school, computers and networking are central to learning at, and shaping the culture of, SLA.

Go read the whole article…. It’s an amazing piece that really speaks to the heart and soul of our school.