If Baton Rouge intends to keep its "rock star" moniker, it needs schools that are producing talent and are attractive to corporate honchos. The Baton Rouge business community can play a key role in helping to ensure that EBR is doing just that. Here are a few lessons drawn from a hard look at locales where business is helping to lead the way on K-12 schooling.

This book aims to reorient discussions about school reform by moving away from "whole school" solutions to customized services and products.

Join us for a conversation with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Superintendent Shawn A. McCollough of Nogales Unified School District, who will discuss the challenge of improving cost-effectiveness in K-12 schooling.

When partnering with outside consultants to turn around a school, schools districts must consider how the work is setting schools up for long-term success.

"Greenfield," a term that investors, engineers, and builders use to refer to an area where there are unobstructed, wide-open opportunities to invent or build challenge, represents a challenge to create a world more welcoming to dynamic, talented, and hard-working educators.