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The Learning Lab is a private school based in Singapore. It develops and runs academic enrichment programs in English, Chinese, Mathematics, and the Biological and Physical Sciences at the pre-primary, primary, secondary and pre-tertiary levels. ==Description== The Learning Lab runs academic enrichment and headstart tuition programs for primary, secondary and pre-tertiary students. The Straits Times Saturday Special Report "Cramming for an A" (28 August 2010) revealed that students needed to take a test to enroll.〔THE STRAITS TIMES, 28 August 2010, Radha Basu, Daryl Lim and Sumita Sami, “Cramming for an A”, Singapore〕 The Straits Times stated as well that The Learning Lab's curriculum was pitched at a level 30 to 50 percent higher than that in Singapore schools. The average waiting time is said to be 3 months. But some parents report that for certain time slots, wait times are much longer.〔THE STRAITS TIMES, 28 August 2010, Radha Basu, Daryl Lim and Sumita Sami, “Cramming for an A”, Singapore〕 There are now preparatory classes as well for the Gifted Education Program screening test and selection test, in response to repeated pleas from parents and families. The Gifted Education Program caters to the top 1% of each academic year and represents the crème de la crème of Singapore’s education system. Similarly, new preparatory classes for the Direct School Admission (DSA) program have been started in response to increasing demand from families. Along with the PSLE, the DSA program is a strategic gateway into top Integrated Programs sought after by the best secondary and junior college students. The school has an unrivalled track record for producing the country’s top students. Mediacorp's Today in its article January 3, 2012 quoted that almost 300 students enrolled at The Learning Lab scored 260 and above in last year's Primary School Leaving Examination. Students commonly gain admission thereafter into Raffles Institution, Raffles Girls' School, Hwa Chong Institution, Nanyang Girls' High School, NUS High, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and the other Integrated Program schools. Seven students from The Learning Lab have been awarded the President’s Scholarship by Singapore’s Public Service Commission (PSC) since 2005. Several dozen have been awarded the PSC’s Overseas Merit Scholarship (Open), the Singapore Government Scholarship (Open) and the Overseas Merit Scholarship (Legal Services), as well as a plethora of private sector scholarships. The centre’s students have gained admission into the best universities globally. In the US, this includes the likes of Princeton, Harvard and Yale. In the UK, they include University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics and Political Science. In Singapore, the centre’s students have been selected for entry into the elite University Scholars Programs at the National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University and Nanyang Technological University. Many have been successfully admitted into the much sought-after medical, business and law schools. The Learning Lab has six centres. These are located at Mountbatten Square, Rochester Mall, United Square, UE Square, Tampines Point and Bedok Point. Each centre boasts bespoke learning facilities, libraries and IT systems. The design themes have a futuristic, high-tech slant. Learning wings are named after global cities and hub centers, such as Silicon Valley, Stanford, London, New York, Boston, Paris, Geneva, Stockholm, Cambridge and Tokyo. As of October 2014, The Learning Lab has sold a significant stake to Advent International, an American global private equity firm, for an estimated $300 million.〔http://education.asiaone.com/content/tuition-chain-sells-stake-estimated-300m〕 Company filings obtained by The Straits Times indicate that Learning Lab founder Jonathan Choe likely no longer owned the firm as at Sept 30.〔http://www.stcommunities.sg/education/primary/news/parents-hope-tuition-centre-learning-labs-new-owners-wont-raise-fees〕 News of the buyout sparked concerns among parents who were worried that the new owners may increase tuition fees, which is already 50% more than other tuition centres〔http://www.stcommunities.sg/education/primary/news/parents-hope-tuition-centre-learning-labs-new-owners-wont-raise-fees〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Learning Lab」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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