We've written here about some new thinking on "grit" and how to set a kid up to have enough to make a difference in their future success. We've also done…

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) started this week in Las Vegas. For people addicted to tech and gadgets, it's the mothership of invention. There's a…

Over the last year, however, money in the district has gotten really tight. Superintendent Carl Heidrich shows me charts and bar graphs outlining these…

Part of the State of Opportunity's mission is to hear the stories of listeners as they experience their local communities. One of the best kinds of…

The schools in Stockbridge, Michigan have in some ways a sad task in educating their youth. Because Stockbridge is a rural village with very little…

Remove When Gabe Schray was in middle school in Stockbridge, he admits he was kind of a mess. He got bullied, in part because he was a new kid. He moved…

The first time I met Bruce Brown, he had to excuse himself when three middle-schoolers came into his office to ask if he could jump a father’s car with a…

Robin Lowe Fletcher grew up in Stockbridge and she now owns one of the beauty salons in town. Fletcher and her husband have one son in high school and one…

Locals joke that the village of Stockbridge, Michigan is a 45 minute drive from anywhere. Apart from a few small businesses there’s really nowhere to work…

As part of the reporting on Stockbridge, I worked with 17 young journalists. They reported on life in their town, educational opportunity and coming of…