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Schools Recycle Milk Cartons
Dozens of schools in Massachusetts are benefitting from a milk carton recycling program that cuts down on waste disposal costs and empowers students...
Grocer Gives $20 Million for Catholic Schools
An 80-year-old grocery magnate is donating $20 million to help train teachers for Catholic schools and universities. Patrick Roche, 80,...
UNICEF Airlifts Schools to Children in Haiti
Two boys walk over the steep hillsides of Haiti, the first time in a month they've been able to go to school. It...
Building Bamboo Schools for Poor Kids in Nepal
During his three years in Bollywood, Uttam Sanjel, 35, learned that the real heroes of our world are not famous movie stars.
He saw the...
Rudolph the Dog Inspires Compassion in Schools (Video)
Blind and deaf, a little dog who didn't seem to have much of a future finds a purpose helping to teach children about...
Hundreds of Earthquake Resistant Schools Built Since Indonesian Tsunami
In Banda Aceh, Indonesia, students who survived the tsunami were able to resume their lessons quickly, thanks to the overwhelming international response that allowed...
Chicago Schools Get New Tool in Fight Against Youth Violence
Two Chicago nonprofits, together with the University of Chicago, unveiled a counseling and sports program Wednesday aimed at stemming chronic youth violence in...
Solar Power Rescues Lebanon Schools from Frequent Black-outs
With Lebanon’s chronic power shortages, classes at the Rajam Issa public school are often plunged into darkness during the winter.
In the remote northeastern district...
Recycling Heroes Include Parks, Schools, Stadiums and Corporations
At Yellowstone National Park, the soda cups and white utensils are made of plant-based plastics that dissolve magically when heated for more than a...
Baltimore Schools First in U.S. to Adopt Meatless Monday Menu
Meatless Monday is a campaign that aims to get Americans to cut out burgers and dogs one day each week as a way...
Texas Urban Schools Win $1 Million Education Prize for Third Year
The Aldine Independent School District outside Houston has won the 2009 Broad Prize for Urban Education, the largest education award in the country, and...
An Idea for Helping Local Elementary Schools
Schools are being forced to slash budgets, lay off teachers, and yet are expected to do more to educate our children. What...
Senators Want to Expel Junk Food Vending Machines in U.S. Schools
U.S. schools with vending machines that sell candy and soda to students could soon find the government requiring healthier options to combat childhood...
Three Cups of Tea Author Still Building Peace – and Schools – in Afghanistan
Greg Mortenson has been promoting peace by building schools and purging ignorance in Pakistan and Afghanistan for more than a decade.
"If...
Afgan Schools to Benefit From $24 Million Boost
Tens of thousands of schoolchildren in Kabul are set to benefit from a $24 million donation from Japan, under an agreement signed today with...
Charter Schools Help Jailed Inmates
Albert is a 29-year-old jail inmate who dreams of working in real estate one day, but is currently a high-school dropout. Now, with help...
Colorado Schools to Eliminate Sale of Sodas, Offer Healthy Choices
In order to improve student's health, the Colorado Board of Education says schools under its jurisdiction will no longer be allowed to sell sodas...
Obama Campaign Donates Leftover Office Supplies to Needy Schools
It was like Christmas in November for needy school districts nationwide as the Obama campaign donated 100 percent of the leftover campaign supplies from...
Texas Schools Win $1 Million Prize for Advancing Poor Students
The border city of Brownsville, where nearly all students come from low-income Hispanic families and where 4 in 10 are not native English speakers,...
Chicago Charter Schools Defy Expectation for Poor Students
An inner city public high school consisting of poor students -- mostly immigrants -- has become a remarkable example of what a school can...