Topic: Education
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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.
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Literacy and the Wealth of Cities
The list of America's Most Literate Cities suggests there's little relationship between literacy and economic development. Our analysis suggests otherwise.
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Rankings
American Schools Are Failing Miserably at Science Education
The majority of U.S. states have "mediocre to awful" standards in science, according to a brutal new scorecard.
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The Next Metro Economy
Targeting an Achievement Gap in One of the Country's Most Educated Metros
King County, Wash., takes aim at cultivating local talent for its growing economy
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For These Baltimore Students, It's D.I.Y. School Building
One crumbling structure becomes a lesson in urban design for students
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Winner of the Day: Buffalo
The city received the top score in a federal school funding challenge
