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Education
Superman Can Wait, Parents Hold the Power
A revolution in child-rearing that begins with a parent, a child, and a book.
Education
What's the Best Way to Commute to School?
How do you plan on getting to school and work tomorrow? Join Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Schools...
Education
New School Food Bill Is Anything but Junk
The Senate just passed the Child Nutrition Act. This could be a turning point in the battle for healthy school meals, but will the industry back...
Education
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
How to create a college-going culture. When I took a poll of my elementary students’ future career aspirations, an overwhelming majority wanted...
Education
Warning Signs of Information Overload
File this under what we expected was probably the case but didn't know for sure: Relentless bursts of information impede our ability to...
Education
Do Books in the House Make Smarter Kids?
According to this post on Salon, it looks as though there's a correlation between having books in the house as a kid and future education...
Education
The White House and GOOD Ask: What Are Your Ideas to End Childhood Obesity Within a Generation? [UPDATED!]
Following the success of last month's joint question, the White House and GOOD are joining forces again to ask: What are your ideas to end...
Education
All Aboard the Internet School Bus
In Arizona, an otherwise lengthy bus commute has been transformed by a $200 mobile router strapped to the rooftop. Dubbed the Internet Bus, Wi-Fi...
The Community Board
The decade according to 9-year-olds on Vimeo
A classroom of 9-year-olds records their impression of the first decade of the 21st century. The #1 celebrity is MJ, and terrorism scares the...
The Community Board
Google Me In Cabrini
Oh, the joys of motherhood. I truly believe being a parent in these trying times has to be more difficult than it was in the days of old. I...
The Community Board
Looking to Local Markets to Confront Poverty
Coffee Kids Announces 25 Projects to Improve Quality of Life in Latin America (Santa Fe, NM) – More than 25 million families around the world...
The Community Board
2009 Beam Project: Float With The Flowers
Each summer Beam commissions a Project Master to design a unique large-scale collaborative endeavor that campers produce and enjoy. For summer...
The Community Board
SUMMER CAMP SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR AMBITIOUS COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Calling all Engineers, Designers, Sculptors, Builders, Videographers, Architects, Artists and Makers of all descriptions and disciplines ...
Business
On Skid Row: Afterword
For over 20 years the official policy for Skid Row has been one of containment. Los Angeles needs a catalytic action from its political...
Environment
On Skid Row: God
People living on Skid Row have often severed their earthly relationships. Union Rescue Mission's Orlando Ward and Skid Row preacher Pastor...
News
On Skid Row: Drugs
In the shadow of Los Angeles's glimmering financial district skyscrapers, Skid Row is "like Vegas for junkies." Choc Nitty started selling...
Business
On Skid Row: Kids
Franklin Arburtha carries the mantle of disenfranchised youth on Skid Row. But the deck is stacked against anyone who's lived here-especially...
On Skid Row
On Skid Row: Introduction
Los Angeles's police chief called Skid Row "the worst social disaster in America." It's a frightening sight from a moving car. Sam Slovick...
