All Pieces for KERA
Jerry Harris, 18, is a senior at Plainview High School in Ardmore. After his parents split years ago, he left Texas to live with his dad in Oklahom...
- Added: Aug 09, 2017
- Length: 04:58
Kelli Bowdy, a senior at O.D. Wyatt High in Fort Worth, wants to be a nurse — she took special classes through school to make it happen. She’s plan...
- Added: Aug 09, 2017
- Length: 03:17
Ricky Rijos finished up high school in January, but he waited until June to get his diploma with his classmates from Flower Mound High School. He's...
- Added: Aug 09, 2017
- Length: 04:23
At this time four years ago, Phantasia Chavers of Cedar Hill was struggling with her sister’s departure for college. Today, it’s Phantasia who’s ge...
- Added: Aug 08, 2017
- Length: 04:18
Alex Gutierrez struggled with math — and that kept her from going to her dream school. She just wrapped up her senior year at a Garland charter sch...
- Added: Aug 08, 2017
- Length: 06:05
Going to school in a tough neighborhood has its challenges, even for a high-achiever like Joel Luera. The high school debater is headed to college ...
- Added: Aug 07, 2017
- Length: 04:57
Chance Hawkins, 19, was born with a rare genetic degenerative disease. He’s getting ready to graduate from Fort Worth’s Dunbar High School, conclud...
- Added: Aug 07, 2017
- Length: 04:32
Frisco, once a small, railroad town, is now one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. Two decades ago, three out of every four people livin...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Apr 24, 2017
- Length: 06:11
- Purchases: 1
Duncanville High School has undergone big demographic changes in recent years. Today, about 70 percent of the students are considered economically ...
- Added: Apr 24, 2017
- Length: 03:40
Through demographic and economic changes over the years, Duncanville High School, in a suburb south of Dallas, has maintained one constant — a winn...
- Added: Apr 24, 2017
- Length: 04:49
Poverty is surging at Kimball High School in Dallas. Fifteen years ago, 57 percent of the families were economically disadvantaged. Today, it’s 83 ...
- Added: Apr 24, 2017
- Length: 04:50
Kimball High School in Dallas has endured a demographic earthquake over the past 50 years. First came integration, then busing and white flight, fo...
- Added: Apr 24, 2017
- Length: 07:31
Here’s a look at each of the four North Texas high schools in our American Graduate series, “Race, Poverty and the Changing Face of Schools.”
- Added: Feb 24, 2017
- Length: 04:45
There’s a big push in education to boost students’ math skills. One group hopes to do that by taking elementary and middle school kids on a series ...
- Added: Dec 20, 2016
- Length: 04:47
The former Dallas Independent School District trustee showed the audience at the Dallas Regional Chamber luncheon some charts and said what they re...
- Added: Dec 20, 2016
- Length: 02:48
In Fort Worth public schools, just three out of every 10 third graders are reading at grade level.
- Added: Dec 20, 2016
- Length: 04:23
Over the next five days, in a series called "The First Week," we’ll listen in on the conversations students, parents, educators and police officers...
- Added: Dec 20, 2016
- Length: 04:18
Over the next five days, in a series called "The First Week," we’ll listen in on the conversations students, parents, educators and police officers...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Dec 20, 2016
- Length: 05:08
- Purchases: 1
This week, in an American Graduate series called “The First Week,” we’ve been listening to conversations about race after a summer of racial turmoi...
- Added: Dec 20, 2016
- Length: 03:40
A proposed bill from a Tarrant County lawmaker is causing a stir in education circles.
- Added: Dec 08, 2016
- Length: 05:11
