Fixing Schools Outside of School
Districts are turning to private companies, nonprofits, and foundations for partnerships that can help tackle the biggest impediments to learning.
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Mel Evans / AP Learning How to Teach in an Increasingly Diverse Classroom
A program in Des Moines, Iowa, aims to train a cohort of predominately white instructors to help students who come from very different backgrounds.
Charlie Neibergall / AP How Immigrants Are Helping to Revive Detroit
Ailing cities might have a lot to gain from nurturing enclaves of foreign-born residents, and their thriving businesses.
Paul Sancta / AP The Art of Making Do
As the climate keeps getting weirder, localities across the nation are figuring out ways to adapt.
Steinkamp Photography Can California's Farmers Get Smarter About How They Use Groundwater?
Because rain is rare, preserving what's underground is becoming even more important.
Robert Galbraith / Reuters Cool Roofs
Replacing asphalt shingles with reflective metal could curb the warming of Houston’s hot climate.
Courtesy of Patrick Bulot To Defeat the Drought, Look Under Your Feet
Facing a parched future, California farmers are thinking afresh about ways to replenish the groundwater.
Courtesy of Terranova Ranch Inc. Working Across Party Lines
In South Florida, Democratic and Republican county leaders have joined forces on climate change.
Paul Krashefski, Broward County Adapting to Climate Change
The Earth is warming, but Washington is frozen, so localities keep finding new ways to muddle through.
Paul Krashefski, Broward County A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall
That’s the danger in Dubuque, where city officials are working to divert the floodwaters from streets and basements.
Courtesy of the city of Dubuque
