Philadelphia educator figures in ‘School of the Future’

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     Simon Hauger is the founder and principal of The Workshop School in West Philadelphia. (AP file photo)

    Simon Hauger is the founder and principal of The Workshop School in West Philadelphia. (AP file photo)

    Wednesday at 9 on WHYY-TV, “Nova: School of the Future” reimagines the future of education for children in America. As part of the effort to prepare kids to compete, the PBS program touts the work of Simon Hauger, founder and principal of The Workshop School in West Philadelphia.

    Hauger and one of his students, junior Khandace Mitchell, discuss the school’s unique, project-based and collaborative program with NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller.

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