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Cities as Engines of Economic Growth
This new 10-minute film features some of the world's leading experts in urban development along with city leaders from around the world. It was produced by a...
Read More>>Introduction to Project Based Learning
Project-based learning is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges.
Read More>>Keeping the Beat: Music Education in Urban America
Philadelphia music teacher Jason (Jay) Chuong discusses the impact of the economic downturn on the learning environment of his inner city students.
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Preservation Assistance Grants
Preservation Assistance Grants help small and mid-sized institutions such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, cultural organi...
Read More>>Poor Air Quality and Facilities in Our Schools
This video of Southern Middle School in Reading, PA is a sneak preview for an upcoming airing on CNN. Reading's troubled school district, as most urban scho...
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Teacher Scholarship Program
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become...
Read More>>Stewardship Academic Sciences Program Grants
The Office of Stockpile Stewardship, under Defense Programs within the Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), created ...
Read More>>Should Cities Recruit or Retain Skilled Labor?
Should cities aim economic development efforts on recruiting the highly skilled or retaining them?
Read More>>Small Grants for Libraries & Non-Profit Institutions
The NEH Small Grants to Libraries and Other Nonprofit Institutions program brings humanities public programming to libraries and other eligible nonprofit ins...
Read More>>Teachers Guide to Fixing No Child Left Behind
Test obsession, narrow curricula, blaming teachers--a few problems resulting from the No Child Left Behind law that are unpacked in this animated video.
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