The four-day school week has upsides and downsides. How do we weigh them?
Eco Child’s Play (ECP) brings an authoritative perspective to the recent move toward four-day school weeks, which have largely been the result of high fuel prices.
“As a parent and a teacher, I like this idea in order to give families personal time.  [...]

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Solar Vehicle Goes Around the World:  Arriving at Environmental Charter High School
From Green Ambassadors: Louis Palmer, a Swiss solar pioneer and inventor, is completing an ambitious plan to travel around the world in a solar-powered vehicle called the “Solartaxi“. The Solartaxi is arriving at Environmental Charter High School (16315 Grevillea Ave, Lawndale, CA 90260) on [...]

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Los Angeles-based nonprofit, The Children’s Nature Institute, introduces Nature to many children for the first time.

Imagine living less than an hour from the Pacific Ocean for the first five to eight years of your life and never seeing it, let alone stepping foot on the beach. Imagine a playground with no trees or vegetation [...]

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USA Today reports on the nationwide impact of rising diesel prices on schools. It presents a paradox of sorts, while creating some interesting opportunities.

As we recently reported here and here, the cost of fuel is putting a serious squeeze on school budgets. High gasoline and diesel prices can be a double-edged sword. Or, as Max [...]

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This is what happens when we really think about how we’d like to educate our children…and design accordingly.

The Willow School is one of the leading green schools in the U.S., though the qualifier “green” does not imply that it’s any less of a school academically. It can be considered a leading K-8 private school in [...]

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