Microsoft-designed School of the Future opened in Philadelphia in 2006 . The school is a collaboration between Microsoft and the University of Pennsylvania, which has been working on it for more than two decades. The school started focusing more on one-to-one relationships . The majority-minority $ 63 million school was erected with school district funds in the tough Parkside neighborhood in West Philadelphia . The first senior class recently graduated and every graduate has college plans .
Microsoft-designed School of the Future opened in Philadelphia in 2006 . The school is a collaboration between Microsoft and the University of Pennsylvania, which has been working on it for more than two decades. The school started focusing more on one-to-one relationships . The first senior class recently graduated and every graduate has college plans .