• Creating artisanal food districts in Baltimore

    Take a walk through Highlandtown or Station North and it’s clear that Baltimore has done an exemplary job of creating an environment that is not only welcoming to artists, but encourages their creativity. From housing communities and educational opportunities to tax breaks, Baltimore has rolled out the welcome mat, and like a friendly neighbor brought […]

  • Teaching kids through mobile media

    Most educators will tell you, teens have mobile phones, but they cannot make mobile apps. They access Web sites often, but few know how to use HTML code to design their own. In Baltimore, we can address this dearth of media literacy easily, to ensure the city will have its share of well-qualified workers for […]

  • Suspending judgment in favor of possibility

    When I first met Ruth, she told me, “I was 16 and did a wrong thing and my parents put me out.” I never learned the wrong thing she did, but Ruth was now 27 and had been living in her car with her two children for almost six months. And she expected to be […]

  • Investing our resources in summer

    Editor’s note: Brenda McLaughlin will be at OSI-Baltimore for the first forum in our Learning about Learning series, Expanding Learning Beyond the School Year, on Tuesday, June 7th. Friday, June 17 is the last day of school for students in Baltimore City.  Here in the suburbs of Philadelphia, my sons share the same last day. […]

  • Audacious Thinking: Summer 2011

    This issue of Audacious Thinking shows how a good idea can grow. The work of the Baltimore Urban Debate League, a longtime OSI-Baltimore grantee, is featured…