Missouri

The three fellows from the University of Missouri of Journalism produced stories working respectively in the incubators of Columbia, Maryland and North Carolina.

• Arab-Americans Education Their Own

  With a mission to maintain students’ Arab and American identities, Star International Academy reflects the conservative values of Dearborn Heights, Mich.

• Bailing Out on Charters: Those That Left Mosaica
  Mosaica is one of the nation’s bigest for-profit charter school management companies, but with no hard evidence that its signature curriculum is effective, does it have what it takes to survive the marketplace?
• The Mosaica Way: 2 Strategies in Michigan
  Click through the photos to look inside two Mosaica schools in Michigan — Richfield Academy in Flint, and the Arts and Technology Academy of Pontiac — and see Mosaica’s signature Paragon curriculum in action.