Introduction to SLA
The abbreviation SLA stands for this.
What is Science Leadership Academy?
This is the first question in SLA’s mission statement.
What is “How do we learn?”
This is what prospective students had to provide from their middle school experience when applying to SLA.
What is a completed project?
This is what SLA encourages students to do with their knowledge.
What is put it into action?
This is what SLA focuses on creating instead of students who only memorize facts.
What is real-world thinkers?
Location of SLA
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
This is the second question in SLA’s mission statement.
What is “What can we create?”
This is what the prospective students' projects were meant to demonstrate.
What is their process of learning and love of learning?
This is the type of learning that allows students to take an active role in shaping their education.
What is student-led learning?
This is one way SLA connects schoolwork to the real world outside the classroom.
What is community internships?
This type of learning encourages students to ask questions and explore topics.
What is inquiry-based learning?
This is the third question in SLA’s mission statement.
What is “What does it mean to lead?”
Students participate in this process when the school considers hiring new teachers.
What is interviewing and making hiring decisions?
These are the types of questions SLA encourages students to ask.
What is challenging, provocative, and sometimes uncomfortable questions?
These are two outside resources SLA depends on that may be difficult for underfunded schools to afford.
What is funding for MacBooks and museum partnerships?
This is the type of integration that connects different subjects and areas of learning.
What is interdisciplinary integration?
This is one of SLA’s five core values that involves working together.
What is collaboration?
In one science class activity, student teams were asked to create and manage this type of business.
What is a cell-phone company?
These are three skills students can develop through SLA's approach to education.
What is critical thinking, independence, and real-world problem-solving?
This is one concern about SLA's selective admissions process.
What is potentially leaving behind struggling urban students?
These are three major focuses of SLA besides its core learning methods.
What is student leadership, community and technology engagement, and progressive science?
These are the five core values that guide learning at SLA.
What are inquiry, collaboration, research, presentation, and reflection?
These three areas were used by students to create and market their cell phone companies.
What is science, business pricing, and target advertising?
This is one reason SLA's approach to education can be considered a risk compared to traditional classrooms.
What is allowing students to take more responsibility for their own learning?
This is one problem that creative assignments can create for students and teachers.
What is making students uncomfortable and making standardized grading difficult?