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Transparency: Who's Not Washing Their Hands?
Although people claim to wash their hands after dirty activities, when you observe them in person, the story (especially for men) is different.
News
Transparency: The Most Dangerous Cities for Walking
Cities where pedestrians happily walk to their destinations instead of driving everywhere are our dream, but what if walking means taking your...
Education
New Report Puts the Black Male Achievement Crisis in the Spotlight
The latest study on urban black male academic achievement is out, and the data is pretty grim.
Design
Transparency: GOOD's Most Popular Infographics of 2010
A look back at the infographics that drew the most attention, on topics from happiness to Burning Man
News
Rebranding the Food Movement to Broaden Its Appeal
A health food corner store in Atlanta eschews the local food movement's idealization of agricultural labor, opting for a vintage-train vibe.
Education
What's the Most Literate City in America?
Seattle's lost the Most Literate City in America crown. Is the rest of America losing the literacy battle?
Culture
Picture Show: Real Life Super Heroes
Portraits of the masked members of the Real Life Super Hero Project, by Peter Tangen.
Education
Is Online Standardized Testing the Key to Ending Cheating?
In the wake of Atlanta's massive scandal, why aren't more states copying the SAT and GRE and moving their high stakes tests online?
Education
Are Students Pre-segregated Before High School?
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is wrapping up a tour of state school systems around the country. A blog post on the Atlanta Journal...
Education
Atlanta Teacher Uses Angry Birds for Physics Lessons
A ninth-grade physics teacher at the private Westminster Schools in Atlanta uses the addictive game to teach the laws of projectile motion.
Education
Year in Review 2010: Urban School District Leadership in Transition
Almost every major urban school districts saw leadership shakeups this year. Here are some of the biggest.
Education
Hip Hop and Higher Ed: 10 MCs With College Degrees
Everybody knows Kanye West is a college dropout, but who are the MCs with bachelor's degrees? Here are 10 of our favorites.
Education
The State of Summer School: Teens Are Hitting the Books Year-Round
Top high school students are feeling the pressure to get into the best colleges, so they're signing up for summer school. Willingly.
Culture
Nonprofit Spotlight: This One’s For the Girls
Atlanta's Cool Girls shows girls ages 7-18 how to make lifelong choices that are good for them and their bodies.
Education
Teachers Take to the Streets: Education Reform After the SOS March
The march may be over, but the battle for public education is just getting started.
GOOD Blog
Atlanta's Absurd Crime Fighting Robot
If you're at all worried about hyper-intelligent machines taking over the planet, soothe your apocalyptic anxieties with this video of the BumBot,...
Lifestyle
Giant Food Falling from the Sky
Twelve of the fifteen strangest items dropped to mark the start of the New Year in different towns and cities around America are edible.
The Patriots
How do you erect an entire museum to an idea as divisive and abstract as patriotism? A trip to Atlanta's newest tourist attraction invites the...
