Topic: Education
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Urban Wonk
A New Model for Green Schools
A school in Portland, Oregon, is housed in a super-green building. And that's just the beginning.
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Videos
Was Hurricane Katrina Good for New Orleans's Schools?
Mayor Mitch Landrieu makes the case.
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How to Fix the Juvenile Justice System
City kids are disproportionately jailed in facilities that don't meet their needs. Here's what can be done.
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Charts
What's Your 'Mobility Biography'?
Major turning points in life are linked with shifts in car ownership and transit use, a new paper argues.
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The High School Curriculum Every Urban Planner Wishes They'd Had
A Bronx private school uses the city to unite and apply the variety of subjects taught in class.
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Rankings
These Cities Buy More Books Than Your City
But are they really smarter than your city?
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Videos
Urban Sustainability's Missing Ingredient? Education
The best way to make cities greener might be teaching residents what that actually means.
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Best U.S. Metros for Women's Well-Being
Large U.S. cities offer high quality of life for women, according to the Social Science Research Council.
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Urban Wonk
What's Missing From Universities' Sustainability Push
Lessons on environmentalism should be worked into course offerings, not just infrastructure.
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Hold on Tom Friedman … Resource-Rich Places Can Be Smart, Too
What the New York Times columnist got wrong in his recent look at the relationship between natural resources and knowledge-based development.
