Stages of a Downtown Comeback: Fresno Begins the Long Climb
Urban revivals require a shared narrative, private-sector partners, and a public official championing a far-sighted plan.
Town: California
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Fresno’s Tiniest Citizens
An elementary school of and for the urban community
California’s Centers of Technology: Bay Area, L.A., San Diego, and … Fresno?
How would you build a high-tech center in a vast farming zone? You might start by applying tech solutions to farming problems of water use and sustainability in all forms.
Reinventing High School
How Fresno prepares the kids in the middle
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.
Welcome to American Futures 3.0
A new season of reports on a renewing America
Talking With Dan Richard About High-Speed Rail
The chairman of California's costly and controversial infrastructure project explains why (in his view) it actually will get built—and whether its champion, 77-year-old Governor Jerry Brown, is likely to be able to take a ride.
Ask and Ye Shall Be Told, Mystery Airplane Edition
Sometimes crowdsourcing pays off.
When I Grow Up …
Darth Vader vs. Casper the Friendly Ghost, on an airport tarmac
On SOTU Day, Some Next Steps in Civic Life
A conference in Washington, a development across the country
California High-Speed Rail: The Collector’s Edition
An index to the arguments pro and con about the most ambitious infrastructure project in the United States
California High-Speed Rail: A Minor End, an Important Beginning
Who should get the benefit of the doubt when we consider the unknowable future?
A Rural High School with a 21st Century Outlook
A California school prepares its students for success.
The Long Stretch Home
The fourth day of a cross-country flight
That Winning Bid for California’s High-Speed Rail: Is It Suspiciously Low?
Yesterday I noted two seemingly positive developments in the California High-Speed Rail saga. That was installment No. 14 1/2 in the series. For previous episodes see No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7, No. 8, No.…
California High-Speed Rail: It’s Happening
Three weeks from now, a groundbreaking ceremony on the most important infrastructure project now underway in the United States