Liz DwyerWhat do Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C. all have in common? In 2010, the heads of these major urban school districts-superintendents, chancellors and CEOs-either resigned, were fired, or announced that they'd be out the door come 2011. If you're looking for a job in school district, these cities might just be hiring.
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Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
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A Geodesic Dome Promises Fish from the Sky
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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
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Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
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Companies Value Internships, So Why Don't They Hire Interns?
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Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
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Infographic: Understanding Social Enterprise
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Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
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Is it Time to 'Occupy Teach For America'?
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What can an outpouring of 2011 food trend predictions tell us about today, if not tomorrow?
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Let’s look back at a year of wild and wacky architectural achievements—from the super-size to the super-tall to the super-expensive.
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Chester Upland School District runs out of money today, but teachers have pledged to keep working.
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We've done a bit of microhousing (and micro-driving) coverage of late, and here's some more. Inspired by the Urban Nomad movement of the 1960s...
City Year corps members based in Los Angeles write about their experiences. I felt like Cinderella—slightly out of place—stepping into the...
13-year-old Jada Williams' essay compared Douglass' story about being kept from reading with her experience in a struggling school.
As you can see from these photos, the historic Spanish district in Naples is currently littered with garbage.
A new breed of farmers' market in San Francisco's Mission District combines food, culture, youth, and entrepreneurship.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced plans to fundamentally change the way the State Department works with USAID.
From Boing Boing comes this video, by Al Jazeera, which offers one look at a legal battle between a resident of the polluted Niger Delta and...
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When President Obama took over the White House, thousands of campaign workers-who had abandoned the stability of education, careers, and even...
