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From "Go Public" Ever since the emergence of talking pictures, schools have been a major subject of both Hollywood movies and documentary films. One consistent theme of Hollywood portrayals of schools – from Blackboard Jungle (1955), Up the...

A new documentary is a welcome antidote to the bleak and misleading message of "Waiting for Superman" and "Won't Back Down." Copyright, Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission. In the battle over public education, the corporate foundations and...

Eager students lean forward in their seats to watch an animated car drive across the screen at the front of the classroom. Hands shoot into the air as the classmates consider the instructor’s question about the relevant JavaScript functions. While it...

Megan Lu ’15 (left) and Megan McAndrews ’17 (right) at Alemany farm, an all-volunteer community farm that donates all its produce to a free farmers market in SF. Their ThanksGiving Back group participated in a workday weeding, mulching and harvesting...

“In that sugary euphoria, I was ready to admit the cultural superiority of humankind. If there were just six thousand more of these delicious [ice cream] bars…I was sure there could be peace between our people.” So says Chorkle, the alien narrator in...