How Does Your School Garden Grow?
By Suzie Boss
11/4/09On a crisp fall morning, I watched students at Lewis Elementary School, in Portland, Oregon, roll up their pant legs and wade barefoot into piles of sand, clay, straw, and water.
YES Prep's Blueprint for Success
YES Prep North Central, serving grades 6-12 in Houston, does whatever it takes to prepare students for college success. More to this story.
Release Date: 10/28/09
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Produced, Written, and Directed by
- Ken Ellis
Editor
- Karen Sutherland
Coordinating Producer
- Amy Erin Borovoy
Production Assistant
- Doug Keely
Camera Crew
- Thomas Waldron
- Mark Angelo
Narrator
- Kris Welch
Original Music
- Ed Bogas
- © 2009
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation
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Support for Edutopia's Schools That Work series is provided, in part, by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
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Schools Create a Simple Recipe for Change
Digest these tips for making your food-service program tasty and sustainable.
by Fran Smith
This article was also published in the December 2009 issue of Edutopia magazine as "A Simple Recipe for Change".
School Lunches Go Back to the Land
Schools overhaul food service to improve student health and the environment.
by Fran Smith
This article was also published in the December 2009 issue of Edutopia magazine as "Farm to Fork".
A Healthy School Lunch
A middle school in Berkeley, California, serves up nutritious grub kids love. More to this story.
Release Date: 8/26/2009
Running Time: 4:00
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Produced, Written, and Directed by
- Ken Ellis
- Lauren Rosenfeld
Editor
- Karen Sutherland
Camera Crew
- Mike Elwell
Production Support
- Amy Erin Borovoy
Production Assistant
- Doug Keely
Narrator
- Michael Pritchard
Original Music
- Ed Bogas
- © 2009
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- All rights reserved.
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When the Class Is Half Full, Keep Pouring It On
Despite absences at an inner-city school, a teacher commits to long-term projects.
by Robin Bingham
This article was also published in the October 2009 issue of Edutopia magazine as "The Class Is Half Full".
A Learning Space for Learning About Space
A charter school in the Mojave Desert charts the heavens.
by Alissa Walker
This article was also published in the October 2009 issue of Edutopia magazine as "Out-of-This-World Learning".
The Importance of Project-Learning Schools
By Suzie Boss
8/28/09When I talk with groups of teachers about project learning, audiences typically divide along predictable lines.


