Chris Spence hopes to open the Toronto Urban Academy

Of the many projects that Chris Spence (Christopher M. Spence) is working on, the most prominent and crucial one is the Toronto Urban Academy. The Toronto urban academy is a building model in which kids will learn most of their basic skills via adaptive technology, leaving the teachers free to focus on critical thinking study guides and instruction for the kids.

It is about time that someone made the decision to put technology to good use in the education system. Effectively individualizing the education of each student to diagnose and evaluate the learning ability of each student, in order to zero in on where they are truly struggling, rather than approaching the problem that is perceived to be true by the teachers. 

The mission of the TUA is to be sensitive to the needs and aspirations of each individual. To educate all students to be responsible, productive, life long learners in an ever-changing society, by providing quality-learning opportunities that meet the needs of our diverse community.

They intend to provide each student with appropriate educational programs in a nurturing yet stimulating environment, where students are going to experience success and gain the necessary skills to become a life long learner. In partnership with the community,they seek to develop responsible, productive,creative, and ethical citizens who respect themselves and others;as well as valuing cultural diversity, setting their goals with a positive attitude, thinking critically in order to solve problems, and adapting to the changing needs of a global society.

TUA is about disrupting the book on education with its global approach. By graduation, students will attain fluency in the second language.They will be connected by technology and ethos.In contrast to the public school system, which faces unrelenting fiscal pressures, the not for profit school will be based on supply and demand. TUA believes that form affects function, and that constructing a school from scratch will allow them to embrace technology and collaboration in a completely new way.

Chris Spence is working to make this vision a reality, and provide an inspired platform to the community of Toronto. The opening of this school is going to be one of the most remarkable achievements in Chris’s career and in the history of public education. An achievement that won’t only pave the path for change in this city, this province, and this country, but the entire world!