Students get a lesson in empathy: This feature details a curriculum unit developed by a local fourth grade teacher to help students understand what it's like to live with a disability.
Schools trash their foam cafeteria trays: This short feature about a Portland Public Schools' pilot program eliminating Styrofoam lunch trays describes the issue from a variety of angles, including student reaction to the new trays, parental interest and involvement, the district's goals for the program, and statistics about the environmental impacts of Styrofoam and school lunch trays ... all in fewer than 500 words!