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Binder clips hold a bridge project together while the glue dries at The Workshop School.

Teaching Students to Change the World

The Workshop School in West Philadelphia is unlike most high schools. When you walk through the door, the first thing you see is not a classroom, but a carpenter’s workshop.

The school, which is part of the Philadelphia School District, allows its ninth- through twelfth-graders to both take traditional academic courses while also going "hands-on" with real-life skills.

"The thing that makes the workshop school so different is we put kids in direct contact with the real world," explained math and special education teacher and adviser Jared Lauterdach.

"So a lot of the projects are those that exist not just in school, but also outside of the real world," Lauterdach continued. "In the morning, students spend time in different workshops. There is an auto-body shop, an auto-repair shop, a carpentry workshop and a special section of the school known as 'Workshop Industries.' They are the kind of the entrepreneurial-side to our school."

Note: The above description came from CBS-3.

In The News

'Jawnaments’ Top Selling Item For West Philly High School Entrepreneurial Club, CBS-3, December 5, 2017.

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Video: Open Education Philadelphia: The Workshop School at Vimeo

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 [http://www.workshopschool.org workshopschool.org][[File:WorkshopSchool.jpeg|300px|thumb|right|Binder clips hold a bridge project together while the glue dries at The Workshop School.]]<blockquote>''Teaching Students to Change the World''</blockquote>
-The '''Workshop School''' gives the following descriptive information:<blockquote>The mission of the Workshop is to unleash the creative and intellectual potential of young people to solve the world’s toughest problems. We do this by putting real world problems at the center of the curriculum, and evaluating students’ work based on the progress they make in defining, exploring, and ultimately developing solutions to those problems. We create a culture that fosters creativity, risk-taking, and responsibility for self and others. And we help students understand that setbacks are a necessary part of doing challenging work, and that the most important thing is to learn from them and press on.</blockquote>
+'''The Workshop School''' in West Philadelphia is unlike most high schools. When you walk through the door, the first thing you see is not a classroom, but a carpenter’s workshop.
+The school, which is part of the Philadelphia School District, allows its ninth- through twelfth-graders to both take '''traditional academic courses while also going "hands-on" with real-life skills'''.
+"The thing that makes the workshop school so different is we put kids in direct contact with the real world," explained math and special education teacher and adviser Jared Lauterdach.
+"So a lot of the projects are those that exist not just in school, but also outside of the real world," Lauterdach continued. "In the morning, students spend time in different workshops. There is an auto-body shop, an auto-repair shop, a carpentry workshop and a special section of the school known as 'Workshop Industries.' They are the kind of the entrepreneurial-side to our school."
+''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above description came from [http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/12/05/jawnaments-west-philly-school CBS-3].
 ==In The News==