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The Automotive X Prize: A Primer
More on the history of the competition, the organization that sponsored it and other prizes that push the boundaries of innovation.
July 17, 2012
What is Project-Based Learning?
Background on the alternative approach to education featured in Fast Times at West Philly High.
July 17, 2012
Catching Up With West Philly's EVX Team
An education reform advocate. A budding rapper. A history buff. What three of the students are doing today.
July 17, 2012
What's Next for West Philly's EVX Teacher?
The engineer-turned-teacher started a new program last year for high school students centered around project-based learning.
July 17, 2012
What is the "Middle School Moment"?
One researcher has uncovered a series of indicators that he says can predict how likely a student is to drop out of high school.
July 17, 2012
Seven Years Later, BP Still Paying for Texas Refinery Violations
The $13 million settlement is the latest in the regulatory body's efforts to hold the company accountable for a 2005 refinery explosion, which killed 15 people and injured 170.
July 16, 2012
His Man in Macau: Inside the Investigation Into Sheldon Adelson's Empire
A decade ago gambling magnate and leading Republican donor Sheldon Adelson looked at a desolate spit of land in Macau and imagined a glittering strip of casinos, hotels and malls.
July 16, 2012