Teaching Kids to Love Nature (and Buy Less Stuff)
A new book, "The Failure of Environmental Education," says schools are failing to teach kids how to save the planet.
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Teaching Religious Literacy in California’s Bible Belt
A Central California community has added a fourth "R" to the core curriculum in its public schools: Religion. Sociologist Emile Lester answers our questions about the experiment.
Bridging the Budget Gap With Stolen Lunch Money
Results of a survey from the American Association of School Administrators shows how K-12 school officials across the country made cuts to their schools' programs.
Bad Teachers Improving With Help From Peers
How one California school district turns bad teachers over to their peers to help them improve their skills and save their jobs.
Chicago Charter Schools Aim to Lift Urban Education
The University of Chicago's Urban Education Institute runs charter schools and uses innovative practices to provide inner-city children a pathway to college.
Teacher Collaboration Gives Schools Better Results
The world’s best school systems depend on teacher collaboration, but the concept has not caught on in the U.S. We found schools where teamwork is making a difference.
What Would Diane Ravitch Say?
Diane Ravitch, the former assistant U.S. secretary of education, tells Miller-McCune what she thinks about No Child Left Behind now.
The Real Cheating Scandal of Standardized Tests
Opinion: The widening circle of cheating scandals on standardized tests should fuel the movement to reduce the stakes these exams have on public education in the U.S.
Lessons Learned From School and War
Reviews of two serious feature films examining true occurrences: the uplifting "The First Grader" and the brutal "City of Life and Death."
Lee Baca Wants to Educate L.A.’s Prisoners
In this Miller-McCune Q&A, Los Angeles County's top cop Lee Baca explains why he wants to offer an education to tens of thousands of prisoners.