On paper, consolidating South Robeson County High School in rural North Carolina might make sense. But how do we account for the intangible losses like community identity, cohesiveness and social investment? A few weeks ago, the Robeson County, North Carolina, Board of Education voted to close South Robeson High School, […]
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Science can be a hard subject to understand, especially upper-level higher-ed science courses. A professor in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle is creatively cracking the code to help his students understand tricky topics. Joe Horzempa is an associate professor of Biology at West Liberty University, and he has what could be […]
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The excitement in the room is hard to miss – and it’s coming from the kids as well as the teacher. “Kiss your brain for knowing that!” Dr. Stephanie Parker exclaims to her students at Huffman Academy Pre-K this cool December morning in Birmingham, Alabama. The class is part of […]
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The first time that Nyah visited the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for a campus tour, there wasn’t much of a chance to see what takes place inside the classrooms. “We just walked by buildings and the guide talked about what goes on inside,” Nyah recalls of the campus […]
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With equal quantities of truth and empathy, the book Heartland reveals the stories of the rural working class. But Sarah Smarsh isn’t fighting for her tribe, she’s building bridges across America’s wcultural and politics divides. Sarah Smarsh is a unique and prophetic voice in American journalism. Smarsh tells the convincing and […]
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The Virginia city has one of the widest achievement gaps in the U.S., and a ProPublica/New York Times analysis shows that white students there are about four times as likely as black students to be considered gifted. This article was produced in partnership with The New York Times. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. […]
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