Microsoft Designs a School :(

[Andy A.]

Microsoft has been a fantastic company when it comes to education. They'll throw free software at just about any educational institution that asks for it.

My only two concerns are,

1. A bookless library. Encyclopedias are still valid and a student should know how to use an index. If nothing else, they should have a collection of printed fiction. Magazines and Newspapers to.

2. If the 'system' Microsoft has come up with out does not work, what options are there for changing it? I'd say anything would be better then the way most schools are run today. I'm also suspicious of anything that labels a student as a 'learner'. Change is good, but some corporate practices, like slapping a new label on something and expecting it to some how change for the better, do not belong in schools.

I'd have loved to be a student there. A school like that is far more likely to appreciate technology and maybe even offer some classes around it. I hope they eventually field a FIRST team. It seems like a natural match.

-Local