There was a sense of idealism in the air in 1971 when Craig Ramey, a psychologist in his late 20s with a newly minted Ph.D., took a job in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to launch what would become one ...

This article is part of the collection: From School to Shining School: 52 Stories from Educators Across the U.S. What would you do with $20,000 and the freedom to use it all for edtech in your ...

MOLINE -- Sitting cross-legged on the floor, 23 kindergarteners watch every move of the white rabbit puppet. "Shock, block, lock," Logan Elementary School kindergarten teacher Julie Laird reads. Then, ...