Reinventing High School
How Fresno prepares the kids in the middle
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Next Up From Fresno: High School for Overlooked ‘Kids in the Middle’
Public schools often end up concentrating on students with obvious promise at the very top, and with obvious problems at the bottom. Here is one designed to foster opportunities for everyone else.
A Rural High School with a 21st Century Outlook
A California school prepares its students for success.
America’s Tiniest Innovators: Report from Pittsburgh
Teaching technology and life lessons in an urban elementary school
When a Community College Transforms a City
Ohio State University may be the local titan, but Columbus State Community College has also become a formidable presence.
A Creative Way to Educate Low-Income Students
In Columbus, Ohio, an innovative school has patched together state funds, work study, and grants to give at-risk kids a high-quality education.
It Takes a Village to Staff a Factory
"It indeed is an oasis, but the passion and commitment are replicable elsewhere." A Kenyan-born man working in Mississippi on some of the things the state has done right.
Raj Shaunak and the Economic Boom in Eastern Mississippi
It's one thing to draw high-skill, high-wage jobs to a place that has historically lacked opportunities. It's something else altogether to find people qualified to fill them. A local answer to a national question.
Build Your Own 3D Printer
High-school science projects from Mississippi
The Modern Orphans of Mississippi
"Actually, the children live very well."
Students From Mississippi Write About Their State
"MSMS is often referred to as the most diverse square mile in the state of Mississippi, alluding to academic interests, ethnicities, belief systems, aspirations, and much more," a high school senior writes. "It's true."
A Mississippi School Striving for Excellence
“I am so happy to be here. I have so many opportunities. I am so fortunate.”
Emancipation Day Commemoration in Eastern Mississippi
"It's not a black thing. It's not a white thing. It's an American thing."
A High School That Teaches Students to Fly, and Other Innovations in ‘Career Technical’ Education
"A lot of problem-solving skills grow out of the experience of doing things rather than thinking about things."
‘Career Technical’ Education: More Middle in the Middle Class?
Training students for jobs that are less likely to be outsourced, de-skilled, or stuck at minimum wage.
High School in Southern Georgia: What ‘Career Technical’ Education Looks Like
Earlier this month my wife and I spent about a week, in two visits, in the little town of St. Marys, Georgia, on the southernmost coast of Georgia just north of Florida and…