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Education
KIPP's Graduation Rate Stats Spark Charter School Debate
Data from the charter school network shows a higher college graduation rate than for students attending regular public schools.
Education
Laura Bush Thinks "Middle School Matters" and She's Right
The Former First Lady wants to stop the nation's dropout crisis before kids even get to high school. The research backs her idea up.
Education
Harriet Ball, Master Educator and KIPP Inspiration, Has Died
The tireless teacher and advocate for educational excellence has passed away. Thankfully, her legacy still lives on.
Education
College Admissions and Affirmative Action: In Texas it's Still Legal
A court says the University of Texas at Austin can consider race as an admissions factor. With college admission so competitive, are they right?
Education
Are 1,000 Teach For America Teachers Worth $8 Million?
Teach For America's presence in Texas may be in jeopardy thanks to the state's $20 billion budget shortfall.
News
Houston Gets Private Electric Car Charging Network
Texas might be getting the most innovative and practical electric car charging system in the United States. Surprise?
News
The Cities with the Most Frustrating Traffic Problems
IBM surveyed drivers in 20 of the world's metropolises to see which city's drivers experienced most drivers experienced most traffic-related woes.
Culture
A Neighborhood Canvas
When Assata Richards moved into one of the newly renovated row houses in Houston's Third Ward in the winter of 1996, she knew her life had...
Cities
Houston Embraces the Leaf
The city of Houston is partnering with Nissan and Reliant Energy to make the city electric-car friendly (and get people driving the Nissan Leaf)....
Cities
Saving Money by Cutting Traffic
America is known for its car culture—but we haven't designed our daily commutes from home to work (and back) to be easy. In fact, they're...
Cities
Putting the Stimulus to Work
In February, the U.S. government passed the $787 billion Recovery Act, better known as the stimulus package, in an effort to breathe new life...
GOOD Blog
Ike: A Year Later
Hurricane Ike remains a strange moment in our nations recent history. In a world where Hurricane Katrina hadn't happened, it would have been huge...
