By Larry Efird Have you ever had the experience of trying to describe the personality of your hometown to someone who has never heard of it before? For the first 18 years of my life, I had the good ...

It's not uncommon to see the son of an NBA legend look to follow in his father's footsteps and try to make it to the league.

When Cooper Duff-Tytler takes the field for Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS), it’s not uncommon to see “two or ...

When asked about parents who feel charter and Renaissance schools were gaining at the expense of traditional public schools, Campbell said, “I can’t speak to that.” Tonia Pease-Beasley has three ...

The distinctions are becoming increasingly uncommon, as schools transition away from the traditional roles in favor of more expansive honors for students who earn perfect GPAs or rank within the ...

The much-vaunted schools of Finland, a country entirely free of charter schools, consistently perform near the top of the PISA rankings. There are surely many roads to scholastic salvation.

So, yes, it is uncommon, though there are imporant nuances between grade levels. While high schools are responsible for just 58 outbreaks, they involve 419 cases – a little less than half the total.

Sixty-one percent of Uncommon Schools graduates have either graduated from a two- or four-year college or are currently attending a two- or four-year college. Compare that to the national data showing ...

Uncommon Schools Excellence Boys Elementary was brand new when Latasha Smith was searching for an elementary school in Crown Heights for her first-grade son. At the time, Excellence Boys only offered ...

The former Quincy E. Dickerman School building, which now houses the Uncommon Schools Roxbury Prep charter school's Dorchester Campus. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) ...

For the past 10 years, unCommon Construction has given New Orleans teens on-the-job, hands-on training building houses after school. And it's better than free: For more than 100 hours each ...