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WHITE HOUSE CABINET SECRETARIES BUILD PLAYGROUND

10/26/2010 1:12 PM EST  -   KaBOOM!
WHITE HOUSE VOLUNTEERS JOIN NATIONAL NON-PROFIT KaBOOM!, KNIGHT FOUNDATION, HYDE LEADERSHIP PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, AND USA WEEKEND TO BUILD D.C. PLAYGROUND ON "MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY"

Playground Opens Today!
 

On Saturday morning at 8:30 AM, more than 500 volunteers from the White House, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and KaBOOM! National Partners converged on an open field beside the...

Waiting for Superman? He’s right under our nose!

10/6/2010 11:08 AM EST  -   How to Walk To School
Check out the revolutionary and inspiring book that’s transforming public education in America


Foreword by ARNE DUNCAN and Afterword by RAHM EMANUEL
“I hope their story will embolden reformers across the country to step forward and take back their schools.”

—Senator Richard Durbin

“I recommend this book to anyone who is serious about changing America's urban landscape. The Nettelhorst story is one not...
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Education Reform is Not  Out of Our Control

6/11/2010 2:19 PM EST  -   How to Walk To School
“To read it is to come away inspired with the idea that regardless of one's community setting, it is vital to get parents and local businesses involved in the life of one's school....This book is a blueprint for showing how to break down those walls that separate to achieve a human and financial renaissance.”—MultiCultural Review, Winter 2009
“There is struggle in these pages but also joy. I recommend this book...