Philosophy

Instruction at Social Justice Charter School of Philadelphia is based on the social reconstructionist and progressive teaching philosophies. At Social Justice Charter, we believe that the goal of education is to prepare students to make the world more just and equitable place. With that in mind, all of our classes examine real world social problems. Like the progressives, we at Social Justice Charter believe that the best way to learn is to do. Students are charged with developing solutions, and acting to implement those solutions. In our Social Science classes, students study the Great Depression in order to find out what to do about today's recession, and write letters to Congresspeople urging specific legislation. In Science, they develop ways to make our energy use at school more efficient. In Journalism class, students write editorials, fighting for the rights of prisoners. At other schools, students are cut off from the world around them; at Social Justice Charter, we are relentlessly engaged with it.