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Rich and poor in San Diego speak out on wealth gap
Tom Fudge Oct 5, 2012
Residents of San Diego's wealthiest and poorest neighborhoods reflect on opportunity, responsibility and the American Dream.
The haves and the have-nots? Not in Country Knolls
Tracey Samuelson Sep 24, 2012
The through line in this election campaign and in the economy for the past year or so has been a debate about income inequality. According to the Census Bureau, the community of Country Knolls, in upstate New York, is the most income equal in the country.
Google Projected to Beat Facebook in Display Ads, and Why the Tech Giant is in New York
David Brancaccio Sep 27, 2012
You know those online display ads that seem to know where you've shopped on the web recently? Facebook had been making the most money on them, but new forecasts suggest Google will earn the most revenue from display ads this year.
Taking on teacher tenure
Amy Scott Sep 20, 2012
States across the country are trying to make it easier to fire ineffective teachers by changing the tenure process. But some people are still wondering... what does K-12 tenure mean?
Will New York be next for the fracking-fueled job boom?
Karl Baker Sep 18, 2012
A fracking-fueled job boom has erupted in parts of the U.S. and wages of gas workers have increased. But in New York fracking is banned. That hasn’t stopped an upstate New York school from offering training courses for work in gas fields, because many expect Gov. Andrew Cuomo to lift the ban.
Leading the change at Oyler School
Amy Scott Apr 3, 2013
School principal Craig Hockenberry fights poverty with community at a different kind of school in Cincinnati.
One School, One Year: A look inside Oyler School
Amy Scott Sep 13, 2012
Inside Cincinnati's Oyler Community Learning Center over the course of one school year.
Laid-off teachers look for their Plan B
Chris Bjuland Sep 5, 2012
A trip to the airport paid off for former technology teacher Chris Bjuland.
NY's high court considers: Is lap dancing a tax-exempt art?
Sarah Gardner Sep 5, 2012
New York's highest court is hearing legal arguments by a strip club about whether nude lap dancing is art -- and therefore eligible for state tax exemption.
Chicago teachers nearing strike
Becky Vevea Sep 5, 2012
For the last year, union leaders have tried to push Mayor Rahm Emanuel into focusing on other issues: smaller class sizes, more art and music programs and job security.
