Hidalgo High School

Published in Edutopia Magazine in April, 2009.

http://www.edutopia.org/hidalgo-early-college-high-school
http://www.edutopia.org/hidalgo-early-college-how-to

A Texas high school on the Mexican border settles for nothing less than success.

Laton Live!

Aired on The California Report Magazine on Friday, March 20, 2009.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R903201630/d

The Central Valley town of Laton was struggling even before the current economic crisis. Dairy farmers are worried about falling milk prices, and the town is feeling the hit of thousands of farm workers out of work in the region. But an eight-month partnership with a Los Angeles arts school is invigorating Laton.

Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL

Aired on NPR's All Things Considered Tuesday, March 3, 2009.

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=101389466&m=101369298

Birmingham, AL was once known as the "Pittsburgh of the South" because of the iron and steel industry that built this city after the Civil War. Sloss Furnaces, one of its largest steel furnaces, was saved from destruction in the 1970s and is now a National Historical Landmark, where the public can see metal-arts programs in action, attend concerts and movies, and learn about the industrial, race and labor history of their city.

Hunters Up Their Game with Camouflage

Aired on NPR's on Day to Day, February 2, 2009.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100019895

A faux finish artist near Huntsville, AL helps hunters blend into their environments by custom camouflaging their trucks and boats.

Grace Living Center

Published in Edutopia magazine's February, 2009 magazine:

http://www.edutopia.org/grace-learning-center-prekindergarten-community
http://www.edutopia.org/grace-learning-center-prekindergarten-community-how-to

With an audio slideshow on Edutopia.org.

http://www.edutopia.org/grace-learning-center-prekindergarten-community-slide-show


This is such an obviously good idea. A nursing center near Tulsa, OK is also home to two classrooms, where kindergarten and pre-K students start their school experience.

Sharpen Your Knives, it's Time for Butchery Class

Aired on Weekend America from American Public Media, Saturday January 17, 2008.

http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/01/17/butchery_class/

And on KQED's The California Report magazine on Friday, November 21, 2008.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R811211630/c

Full-Time Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/full-time-learning-after-school