innovation

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Innovations and inspirations brighten a changed world

A recent study of children in third to fifth grades showed that in a normal year, students lost, on average, about 20 percent of their school-year gains in reading and 27 percent of their school-year gains in math during summer…

A School Changed: A Necessary, and Equitable Path for Everyone

Walking through Central Park School for Children in Durham, students can be heard talking and laughing as they work on their assignments in class. It seems to be an ordinary school as Director John Heffernan leads the way through the…

Innovation: Changing the Odds

It’s hard to move forward when you feel like the odds are stacked against you. This is a feeling teenagers aging out of the foster care system know all too well. They face growing up — finding housing, education and…