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9th grade student Franke Le, left, telling other students about the advanced manufacturing equipment on which he had already received a special-proficiency certificate, at Indian Springs High School in San Bernardino, California, last year.

Economic Development

The Surprising Problem With U.S. Manufacturing: It’s Creating Too Many Jobs

James Fallows
June 11, 2016

An ongoing theme of our reports from “career technical” schools—like this high school in Georgia and this community college in Mississippi and these high schools and tech-training centers in California and South Carolina, and these colleges in Vermont and Maine—is that for…

Campus of the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, where MSMS is housed.

K-12

‘The Last Best Hope for Public STEM Education in Mississippi’

James Fallows
June 7, 2016

Over the years my wife Deb and I have frequently mentioned the remarkable Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science. You can read about some of its successes in posts collected here,…

Students from the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science doing a historical re-enactment in the town cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi, in 2014.

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Budget Challenges at a Remarkable Mississippi School

James Fallows
June 4, 2016

An update on what's happening at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science.

The lab floor at FirstBuild in Louisville, Kentucky, where a big corporation is trying to harness the spirit of the startup Maker Movement to create better products, companies, and jobs.

Economic Development

Why the Maker Movement Matters: Part 1, the Tools Revolution

James Fallows
June 1, 2016

Just like the internet before it, the Maker Movement is revolutionizing manufacturing, with implications for startups and jobs.

Deb Fallows wearing graduation gown.

Colleges & Universities

Deb Fallows at the University of Redlands

James Fallows
April 24, 2016

During our West Coast travels for American Futures reports in the winter of 2014-2015, my wife Deb and I were based at the University of Redlands, in southern California. From…

Courtyard at Fisher Middle School in South Carolina.

K-12

Tech Meets Art in Middle School

Deborah Fallows
March 3, 2016

A South Carolina public school gives tech-savvy students a sense of humanity.

Illustration by Adam Voorhes and Robin Finlay.

Civic Life

How America Is Putting Itself Back Together

James Fallows
February 22, 2016

Most people in the U.S. believe their country is going to hell. But they’re wrong. What a three-year journey by single-engine plane reveals about reinvention and renewal.

The MSMS in Columbus, Mississippi (Deborah Fallows)

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Mississippi Students Write About Life in Their Home State

Deborah Fallows
February 18, 2016

Inspiring young writers connect with their literary legacy

Turn-of-the-century postcard of a steamboat on the Tombigbee River in Columbus, Mississippi.

Education

Punching Above Their Weight in Mississippi

Deborah Fallows
February 11, 2016

Mississippi schools come in #49 in many national rankings. Read these essays and poems by high school students from Columbus, Mississippi. Then tell the folks who make up the rankings that they need a different algorithm.

Community Colleges & Technical Training

Another Look at Maine Maritime: Who is Providing Value, to Whom, and How?

James Fallows
November 1, 2015

In response to our series of posts about Maine Maritime Academy, we heard from a reader who pushes back on the notion that the merchant-marine academies provide very high career-earnings value to their students, at a low cost.

Classroom at Redmond Proficiency Academy in Oregon, where students personalize their education (Deborah Fallows)

K-12

When High School Means a Build-It-Yourself Education

Deborah Fallows
June 23, 2015

A charter school in Oregon encourages students to shape their own learning

Bend then and now: left side, when the lumber mills were running full tilt. Right side, today's restored Old Mill district (Historic lumber mill / Wikimedia; Current Old Mill District / James Fallows.)

Community Colleges & Technical Training

A Community College at the Center of an Oregon Recovery Story

James Fallows
June 22, 2015

When the lumber industry left, the region bet its future on technology—even though it lacked a research university.

San Bernardino's Dr. Bill Clarke (right), presenting 14-year-old Frank Le of Indian Springs High School with a certificate of proficiency in operating an advanced Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) milling machine like the one behind them. This is part of a new skills-for-all emphasis in the city's schools. (James Fallows)

Education

Building for the Future, In California’s Famously Failed City

James Fallows
June 14, 2015

The Los Angeles Times has a big, new demonstration of how bad things have gotten in the city of San Bernardino. Here’s a look at people doing their best, despite those odds.

Cajon High School, San Bernardino, California (Deborah Fallows)

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A High School That Changes Lives, One at a Time

Deborah Fallows
May 27, 2015

Teachers and students in a bankrupt California city, determined to make progress

"Keeping America Great in Manufacturing," one training project at a time. (Mobile Lab outside main site of Technical Employment Training in San Bernardino, California) (James Fallows)

Economic Development

Post-Memorial Day Note: Another Kind of Service, San Bernardino

James Fallows
May 26, 2015

"I don't just sit around. I don't sleep much. That's what I do. I do stuff." The story of a man determined to do something for his town.

Ajo High School Mural.

K-12

Growing Up in Ajo

Deborah Fallows
April 10, 2015

What it takes to get from the desert to college.

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