by Imagination Staff | Jul 29, 2014
On a stifling hot day in East Los Angeles, Mara Bond walks us through the maze of classrooms that make up KIPP: Iluminar Academy. Her blonde hair is swept into a loose ponytail. She’s eager for us to step inside. We first enter a classroom where kids are huddled...
by Imagination Staff | Jul 15, 2014
The sun peeks through the clouds in the dusty town of Amarillo, Texas, as a young boy steps inside Rogers Elementary. With a backpack slung over his shoulder and books held close to his chest, he walks to his third-grade classroom. Patiently, he stands outside the...
by Imagination Staff | Jul 1, 2014
Stepping into Assemble is like walking into an explosion of color and creativity. Kids are knitting, creating color wheels, working with tie-dye and electronic light mixers. They are tinkering, painting, soldering and working hand-in-hand with local artists, makers...
by Imagination Staff | Jun 17, 2014
Over the last several decades, the once-thriving city of Detroit has become synonymous with three troubling words: unemployment, crime, and bankruptcy. These problems have forced thousands of families to leave Detroit—and most don’t come back. Since 1950, the...
by Imagination Staff | Jun 3, 2014
Did you know that Nobel laureates in the sciences are 25 times more likely than other scientists to sing, dance, or act? That they are 17 times more likely to be a visual artist, 12 times more likely to write poetry and literature, and four times more likely to be a...
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