Kentucky native Joe Bowen isn't just crossing the country by bicycle. He's bringing elementary school kids along for the ride.
(November 11, 2005) – Teacher Magazine
In a Missouri town, a $980,000 bequest from a local benefactor prompts questions about who ultimately controls private donations to public schools.
(September 30, 2005) – Teacher Magazine
Growing numbers of educators are using music, and guitars especially, to reinforce lessons across the curriculum.
(August 12, 2005) – Teacher Magazine
Bearing John Lennon's name, a tour bus packed with recording equipment offers high schoolers a creative outlet.
(August 11, 2005) – Teacher Magazine
Politically incorrect mascots fight to stay on the field.
(August 12, 2005) – Teacher Magazine
An acclaimed ballet dancer returns home
to Florida's so-called Redneck Riviera and opens a magnet school for dance.
(April 15, 2005) – Teacher Magazine
By tracking coyotes through urban neighborhoods, high school students help dispel unbased fears.
(February 18, 2005) – Teacher Magazine
How one environmental science teacher turned an empty lot into an open-air lab.
(December 27, 2004) – Teacher Magazine
Outward Bound forsakes the wilderness for the urban jungle to help teachers encourage student risk-taking.
(December 27, 2004) – Teacher Magazine
To counter obesity and other health problems, disabled students in Alaska are given extra attention to stay physically fit.
(December 27, 2004) – Teacher Magazine
For 35 years, the replica sloop Clearwater has offered students a glimpse of the storied past and murky present of New York waterways.
(November 12, 2004) – Teacher Magazine
Largely by word-of-mouth, children's book character Flat Stanley has linked students around the world.
(November 12, 2004) – Teacher Magazine
Students at the top of the academic heap should challenge what’s normally taken for granted, a parent argues.
(October 7, 2004) – Teacher Magazine
As a defensive lineman for the Baltimore Colts, the 6-foot-4-inch, 260-pound Joe Ehrmann was an all-pro bruiser on the field and a party animal off of it. But in 1978, after his 18-year-old brother died of cancer, Ehrmann blazed another path.
(October 7, 2004) – Teacher Magazine
The Louisville Leopard Percussionists owe their accolades to elementary school teacher Diane Downs, a closetful of abandoned instruments, and no small measure of intuition. Includes audio clips.
(October 8, 2004) – Teacher Magazine
Vocational education should challenge the divide between manual and mental work.
(October 8, 2004) – Teacher Magazine
A rural school offers state-of-the-art computer training that challenges conventional wisdom about vocational education.
(May 1, 2004) – Teacher Magazine
Behind the scenes at the International Mathematical Olympiad.
(May 1, 2004) – Teacher Magazine
