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How can "woofers" stay on the farm?

Young people are eager to serve as unpaid interns on organic farms, but translating their dreams into a real, self-supporting lifestyle is proving harder.

by Dev Carey, Oct 14, 2011
Rural California schoolkids learn from fire-damaged forest

A rural California school builds an innovative curriculum around a nearby forest and the fire that burned it down in 2007.

by Jane Braxton Little, Feb 16, 2011
Inside Taft High

Teacher Ted Pendergrass and his students take us inside the first high school in the country devoted to oil production.

by Molly Samuel, Feb 14, 2011
Fast Times at California's Petroleum High

A day in the life of the U.S.'s first high school academy devoted to oil production.

by Jeremy Miller, Feb 14, 2011
It’s never too late to go back to school

David Madrid has become a student again, a 30-year-old former dropout now eagerly working for his high school diploma.

by David Madrid, Oct 08, 2007
A Navajo journalist makes it the hard way

As a child on the Navajo Reservation, George Joe learned how to work hard and never give up in the quest to obtain his goals.

by George Joe, Jul 02, 2007
Open minds and free expression – what a rare treat!

Alan Kesselheim goes back to college as a teacher and delights in the wide-ranging discussions he has with young people.

by Alan Kesselheim, Jun 18, 2007
Epiphanies on the range

As teacher Phil Brick travels the West with 21 of his students, he encourages them to ask difficult questions about environmental issues

by Phil Brick, Jun 11, 2007
Epiphanies on the range

As teacher Phil Brick travels the West with 21 of his students, he encourages them to ask difficult questions about environmental issues.

by Phil Brick, May 28, 2007
Educating the economy

Western communities such as Lander, Wyo., are suddenly working hard to lure new colleges to town

by Rebecca Huntington, Apr 30, 2007