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Old Dogs, New Tricks
We asked four grownups what they've always wanted to learn to do, then sent them to class. BUILT TO SCALE or, How a Double-jointed Nonpianist...
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Class Action
Why are more public school educators than ever before leaving the field after only a few years in the classroom? Seven teachers take us to...
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School Wars
This summer, as I listened to the unbridled joy of children playing outside my window, I read a New York Times article about first graders...
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Affirmative Action: A History
From Kennedy's executive order 10925 to 2006's Michigan Civil Rights Initiative: A short history of the struggle for fairness in education.
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The Fixer
Why is one man trying to end affirmative action? ADAM MATTHEWS chronicles Ward Connerly's education crusade.
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Loose Parts Playgrounds
Lower Manhattan, already a playground for New York's wealthy, is fast becoming the epicenter of playground innovation. In addition to the...
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Adventure Playgrounds
There's an unusual park in Berkeley, California. Looking at it, "playground" probably wouldn't be your first thought. "Junkyard" is more like...
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Nature Playgrounds
When Richard Louv's seminal book Last Child in the Woods was published in 2005, it catalyzed a national movement to get kids not just outside,...
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Fall Down, Go Boom
When I was in fourth grade, my school replaced our playground. It had been a well-loved, ramshackle structure that seemed to rise 20 or 30...
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The Education Issue
It's easy to shake your head at the oft-repeated statistics about how many kids don't know what a verb is, or can't find the United States on...
