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In Pictures: Turnaround schools
Ideas for a better world in 2011

To start the new year off right, the Monitor asked various thinkers around the world for one idea each to make the world a better place in 2011. We talked to poets and political figures, physicists and financiers. The results range from how to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world to ways to revamp Hollywood.

How to fix America's worst schools

One school in Chicago shows the promise and pitfalls of a federal effort to turn around the nation's bottom-tier schools.
In Pictures: Turnaround schools
Difference Maker
Children who lend a helping hand show they can make a difference and change the world

We highlight five kids and teens who are making a difference through volunteer opportunities, proving that helping hands can be child-sized too.
Ideas for a better world in 2011

To start the new year off right, the Monitor asked various thinkers around the world for one idea each to make the world a better place in 2011. We talked to poets and political figures, physicists and financiers. The results range from how to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world to ways to revamp Hollywood.
Harvard student who is accused of falsifying records pleads not guilty

Adam Wheeler, a Harvard student from Delaware, pleads not guilty to larceny, identity fraud and other charges and ordered held on $5,000 bail Tuesday.
Olympics: a maverick skier who could medal

Andrew Newell is turning cross-country skiing on its head, literally, and is one of the U.S. Team's best hopes for an olympic medal.
Does community service really change anything?

Our group of teens discovered the answer is complex.
Schools' unrest over the AP test

Elite schools are dropping it, striking a blow to public education.