Project Learn School

I’ve been a parent at Project Learn School for seven years and I’m grateful to have been a part of its evolution. PLS is a learning environment ideally suited the 21^st century, encouraging children to think critically while working together in project-​based groups. Social Emotional Learning (or SEL) — which has lately become a major buzzword in educational theory — has been a part of the PLS core curriculum since its founding in 1970. What some people have experienced as negatives (the non-​hierarchical, cooperative leadership structure) I view as an added bonus: because of the school’s «crowd sourced» leadership, I have been intimately involved not only in my child’s education, but have been schooled myself in concepts surrounding the educational process — and community development — in ways I could not have imagined. Learning, in my mind, is never finished, and PLS is the perfect place for children to set off on the journey of life-​long learning and for parents to continue it.