Panelists will present new research that will examine key elements of the School of the Future--including its genesis, design, flaws, and implications--and what it can teach about broader questions regarding educational innovation, public-private partnerships, and the integration of technology in the classroom.

Grand claims about the transformative power of technology in education are common, yet decades of high school redesign have yielded mixed results. One of the most widely touted efforts to tackle these challenges has been the School of the Future in the Philadelphia School District, created in 2006 through a...