‘Career Technical’ Education: More Middle in the Middle Class?
by James Fallows
Training students for jobs that are less likely to be outsourced, de-skilled, or stuck at minimum wage. (Read it here.)
High School in Southern Georgia: What ‘Career Technical’ Education Looks Like
High School in Southern Georgia: What ‘Career Technical’ Education Looks Like
by James Fallows
A school that is famous for football is notable in an entirely different way. (Read it here.)
‘Where Do You Go to Church?’ The Video and Mapping Versions
‘Where Do You Go to Church?’ The Video and Mapping Versions
by James Fallows
More ways of taking the measure of this vast country. (Read it here.)
Video: How You Say Hello May Depend on Where You Live
The Geography of Small Talk
from The Atlantic, based on research and writing by Deborah Fallows
How you start a conversation with a stranger depends on where you live. We survey the diverse geography of American greetings—from Honolulu to Hays, Kansas, from Anchorage to Appleton, Wisconsin, from New Orleans to New York. (See the video here.)
The Vermont Lake Monsters, and Other Updates From the Road
The Vermont Lake Monsters, and Other Updates From the Road
by James Fallows
Are people in smaller towns “nicer” than cosmopolitans? No. But their political structures are working better. (Read it here.)
The Glamorous Life of a Journalist, Couples-Getaway Edition
The Glamorous Life of a Journalist, Couples-Getaway Edition
by James Fallows
Addressing America’s infrastructure crisis, while people are staying right in the infrastructure. (Read it here.)
Greenville, Burlington, and American Futures
Greenville, Burlington, and American Futures
by James Fallows
“I loathed it with the heat of a thousand million suns.” (Read it here.)
What My School Means to Me: Essays from 3 High Schoolers
What My School Means to Me: Essays from 3 High Schoolers
by Deborah Fallows
How students at an unusual school think—and write—about their experience. (Read it here.)
On the Road Again: St. Marys
On the Road Again: St. Marys
by James Fallows
Starting the Mardi Gras festivities early in southernmost Georgia (Read it here.)
East, West, and Points in Between
East, West, and Points in Between
by James Fallows
Where the Pacific Ocean is east of the Atlantic (Read it here.)
American Futures 