Mary Johnson Patt

Students are being trained to audit and help conserve electricity on district campuses.

Funding and partnerships with higher ed institutions can help increase professional development resources.

Amarillo (Texas) Independent School District

Mason County (Ky.) School District

Administrators in Olathe (Kan.) Unified School District have spent the past decade identifying and developing opportunities for immersion in a range of career paths relevant to local students.

Somerville, Mass. is a model city where civic and educational leaders are creating a culture of healthy living for young residents.

While funding woes and NCLB mandates have led many school districts to cut music programs, Bay Shore, N.Y., remains steadfast in its support of all forms of arts education.

Elementary schools that buck tradition and place recess before lunch consistently report improvements in student nutrition and behavior.

Clermont (Ohio) Northeastern Schools' thrifty ways of saving money.

New Canaan (Conn.) Public Schools award-winning library media center models an affordable vision for 21st Century collaborative teaching

At Socorro's Eastlake High School, ninth graders have begun learning Mandarin Chinese using an online tool.

Superintendent Sheri Allen of Mankato (Minn.) Area Public Schools educates several hundred students of refugee and immigrant families, many of them survivors of poverty and abuse in war-torn Somalia and Sudan.

Council Rock (Pa.) School District's success has been possible because board members, staffers, students and parents have all embraced the same idea—small actions, taken collectively, can yield huge changes.

Balsz (Ariz.) Elementary School District, the first school district in Arizona to adopt a 200-day calendar, is reporting impressive academic improvements after only one year.

Last year, Arkansas gave Springdale (Ark.) Public Schools an award for wide-ranging policies and educational programs that promote the health of students, their families, and school staff.

For this progressive superintendent and board, it's all about trust.

A new Web-based tool, Tel.A.Vision, inspires young people to dream the possible dream.

Natomas (Calif.) Unified School District

Character education in memory of the first victim of the Columbine shootings, 10 years ago.