Today, there's a parent revolution underway in Compton, California.
Today, there's a parent revolution underway in Compton, California.

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today's top stories from our friends at pitchfork

How parents can turn around failing schools.

The suit will set precedent for all future parent trigger attempts in both California and the rest of the nation.
A year ago, parents in the small farming community of Kettleman City, Calif., were shy and unquestioning. Many were dealing with the devastation...
According to a recent Treehugger post, your local McDonald's might one day include parking lots that double as Electric Vehicle charging stations....

The Bullitts produce "WEIRDO," a music video about love, language, and crime.

Helicopter parenting may be coming in for a landing as more and more parents are embracing a growing movement to restore play.

Making data-driven education reform decisions is great — unless the results come from flawed questions.
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The benefits of a feral, rough edge on urban childhood, particularly with the growing chatter around the rise of "Chinese parenting" and "tiger moms."

A new mural recently completed in Boyle Heights is part of a global campaign to empower young people in the preservation of water.

The state that brought you Lauren Conrad, the Black Eyed Peas, and gangster rap goes hard with education reform, too.

The House Republicans read the Constitution in Congress today, but they left out most of the racist parts. That was stupid.
On April 11, there was a malaria outbreak in West Canton, California. Maybe now we'll start taking the disease seriously. A GOOD Provocation.
Last night in Oakland, over 150 people protesting education budget cuts were arrested. Sebastian Beretvas, a 12-year-old who attends a local ...

California just got a new law that clears one of the big hurdles for convenient carsharing. It's easier than ever to rent your car to strangers.
The paranoid style of American politics is at work again-this time in Riverside County, California, which recently banned Merriam-Webster's...
A little while ago we held a contest, Islands for Islands, that asked members of the GOOD community to spruce up traffic islands in their cities....
The short film "Cannonball" artfully follows a group of skaters in search of newly empty pools behind foreclosed homes in and around the arid...
Today the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the state's gay marriage ban. The ban was approved by 52.24 percent of voters last...

California just passed a law mandating that schools teach LGBT history. Will this help the next generation dissolve homophobia?

While California’s overall economy took a 7 percent hit, the green economy shrunk by only 3 percent.