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Matthew Snyder applied for the job of superintendent in Cheraw, Colorado. The school board liked him (and the idea of saving money) so much that it asked if he’d serve as principal too.

Elementary to High School

The big jobs of small-town principals

by Caroline Preston December 6, 2018December 5, 2022

Sam Larson, 15, measures a section of his cardboard canoe during ANSEP’s summer Acceleration Academy at the University of Alaska in July 2018.

Elementary to High School, High School Reform, Higher Education, News, Race and Equity, Solutions, The West

Alaska Native students pursue STEM, with great success

by Lillian Mongeau November 19, 2018April 8, 2021

Hunter Blair and his fiancée, Ronnie Kinsman, pose in the field behind their home on June 2, 2018, in Onalaska, Washington. The pair graduated from Onalaska High School in 2017 and 2016 respectively, and say they intend to settle down in their hometown. “It’s beautiful country up here,” Kinsman said. “Why leave something that we love?”

Higher Education, Map to the Middle Class, News, Rural Education

How one tiny town is battling ‘rural brain drain’

by Kaitlin Gillespie October 24, 2018November 17, 2022

Freshmen at St. Louis Park High School, just outside of Minneapolis, take time out of their social studies class for a team-building exercise that is part of the school’s Building Assets, Reducing Risks program.

Elementary to High School

A little-known program has lifted 9th grade performance in virtually every type of school

by Tara García Mathewson August 30, 2018March 30, 2020

Divided We Learn, Higher Education, News

For students teetering on the edge financially, micro-grants help them finish college

by Emrys Eller August 17, 2018April 8, 2021

Teacher Catherine Connelly leads a lesson on giving compliments in Vista’s pioneering new class on social and emotional wellness. Connelly loved the curriculum, but not the rolling furniture.

Elementary to High School

A year of personalized learning: Mistakes, moving furniture and making it work

by Mike Elsen-Rooney August 8, 2018March 30, 2020

Participants from the college’s Summer Bridge program traditionally leave their mark on campus in the school colors of black, purple and gold.

News

Can ‘work colleges’ in cities become a low-cost, high-value model for the future?

by Delece Smith-Barrow July 26, 2018April 8, 2021

Alana Johnson, 18, uses a workbench vise during a construction class at Abraxas Continuation High School, in Poway, California. Johnson enrolled in an all- girls construction class at the school last year and has since completed three advanced mixed-gender construction courses.

Elementary to High School

Girls-only trade classes are spreading — and upending stereotypes

by Brenda Iasevoli July 20, 2018March 30, 2020

Freshman Arnaldo Gonzalez with his parents after the College Assistance Migrant Program celebration dinner in April.

News

A free sandwich can make the difference for some migrant worker children in college

by Wayne D’Orio July 17, 2018April 8, 2021