Many teachers in Woodridge School District 68, located 30 miles west of Chicago, used to think their low-income students had little grit and their gifted students had lots.
In schools across America, perseverance is making a comeback, respect is getting its due, and relationships are as much a part of the lesson plan as reading, writing, and arithmetic.
The Opportunity Project, Tulsa’s out-of-school intermediary program under the Tulsa Community Foundation, and the two programs it launched after inception — Relate 918 and AfterOpp — will begin their third year in September.
Gary Percefull, often found with a helmet strapped to his head and a crew of kids riding behind him, has no regrets about trading in his school board seat for a bike seat. Tulsa Public Schools’ longtime District 1 representative decided against pursuing a fifth term this year, instead choosing to focus more on volunteer…
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A few weeks ago, Hyman Molett would walk out of Webster Middle School with limited options about how to spend the rest of his day. Now the eighth-grader gets to play video games and chess with his classmates and favorite teacher at least twice a week. Webster is the third middle school to adopt the…