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How We're Bringing a Beacon of Creativity to Flint, Michigan

A handful of vagrants sat on the porch steps, drinking. They didn’t seem fazed when I kicked in the door and began bringing all my belongings...

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Separate and Unequal: Sorry, Poor Black Kids, Your School Just Got Closed

Politicians and policy makers think they can get away with shortchanging Buena Vista because of its demographics.

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Why Neighborhood Mentors Make All the Difference

At 826michigan, tutoring and mentoring kids couldn't help without the dedication of neighbors.

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A Day in a Pair: 25 Ways to Spread Acts of Kindness

A sticky note left by A Day in a Pair winner Hannah Nester This content was produced by GOOD, with support from Levi’s® Last month, GOOD and...

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Free Produce and A Peace Orchard for Flint Michigan

Peace Mob Gardens is bringing hope and sustainability back to Flint, Michigan. To prove it, they're even shaping their fruit trees into peace signs.

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You Hit Like a Girl: Meet the Youngest U.S. Olympic Boxer in Forty Years

Meet Flint, Michigan's Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, a strong medal favorite and superstar in the making.

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Your Favorite Public Education Reformer Probably Went to Private School

Many of today's prominent education reformers attended private school. Their policies for public schools are a far cry from that experience.

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Detroit's Plan to Close Half Its Schools? Now They're Turning Them Into Charters

The beleaguered school system plans to turn 41 campuses over to charter organizations. The thing is, they're not any better than public schools.

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That Plan to Close Half of Detroit's Schools? It's Really Happening

Paging Eminem: Michigan just approved the insane plan to shut schools and raise class sizes in the Motor City to 60 students.

Year in Review 2010: Urban School District Leadership in Transition

Almost every major urban school districts saw leadership shakeups this year. Here are some of the biggest.

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In Appreciation: Watch 14-year-old Graeme Taylor [UPDATED]

The gay teen recently addressed a local school board meeting, where he came to the defense of a teacher who "finally stood up and said something."

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Where Is Four Loko Banned?

Four Loko is finally drawing the attention of the authorities. Where can you still get it?

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Seeing Detroit Through the Eyes of a Jackass

Johnny Knoxville gets beyond the "ruin porn" of abandoned buildings to show viewers what's good in the Motor City

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Michigan Goes Big in Race to the Top

Since President Obama introduced his Race to the Top education initiative, states have been scrambling to rewrite their laws to qualify for a...

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Should We Retrofit Our Country Roads for Slow Touring?

America has thousands of miles of single-lane country roads that have fallen into desuetude. Many of them are part of the old numbered highway...

The GOOD 100: Farming Detroit

The Motor City's Newest Plants Detroit, as you may have heard, has some problems. It was hit by the economic collapse, but it...