All Pieces for KERA

 
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For decades, college has been touted as the best path to economic success for young Americans. But according to our guest this hour, this push towa...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 48:34
Caption: Dallas student Jazkira Combs, Credit: Bill Zeeble
In this series, The First Week, KERA's reporters are listening in on the conversations about race happening in and around North Texas schools. Toda...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 03:21
Caption: Kecia Dennis teaches eighth grade at Richland Middle School, Credit: Christopher Connelly
In a KERA American Graduate series called "The First Week," we're listening in on conversations about race. We've heard from parents and students. ...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:12
Caption: Duncanville Superintendent Marc Smith surrounded by students , Credit: Bill Zeeble
Superintendent Marc Smith is creating new programs and partnerships he hopes will help Duncanville schools stand out. With 13,000 students, Duncanv...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:08
Caption: Sarai (left) and her teacher Esther Martinez, Credit: Bill Zeeble
In North Texas, some schools are experimenting with teachers making home visits. In Irving, one teacher’s been doing just that for years.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 03:41
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Summer 2016 was filled with racial violence - from Minnesota to Louisiana, from Milwaukee to Dallas. And kids watched it all unfold on television d...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 48:29
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With little training under his belt, Nicholson Baker signed up to become a substitute teacher in Maine. As a part of KERA’s American Graduate initi...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 48:25
Caption: Ricky Rijos is a junior at Flower Mound High, Credit: Lara Solt
Like a lot of high school juniors, Ricky Rijos, Jr. of Flower Mound High is facing uncertainty. Ricky had dreams of playing basketball after high s...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 05:02
Caption: Alex Gutierrez, right, and Olga Sandoval wait for the bell to ring in their Mandarin Chinese class at International Leadership of Texas Garland High School. , Credit: Lara
Alex Gutierrez is a student at the International Leadership of Texas high school, a charter school in Garland. For Alex, math is a struggle. As jun...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 05:19
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Since 2013, KERA has followed a group of students on the path to graduation. As they finish their junior year in high school, they’re making colleg...

  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 48:30
Caption: Chance Hawkins at Dunbar High School in Fort Worth, Credit: Mark Birnbaum
Chance Hawkins has all the junior year challenges of his classmates at Fort Worth’s Dunbar High School. His personal challenge is even bigger – he’...

  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:45
Caption: Kelli Bowdy attends O.D. Wyatt High School in Fort Worth. She wants to be a nurse, Credit: Lara Solt
It’s crunch time for high school juniors to start figuring out what’s next after graduation. Kelli Bowdy already knows what she wants to do — she w...

  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 04:43
Caption: Joel Luera, right, and Steve Vasquez, left, study for a biology test at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Credit: Lara Solt
The Class of ’17 — a group of students from across North Texas that KERA started following when they were in eighth grade — are now high school ju...

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  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Alejandra Miranda, North Lake High Community College in Irving, Credit: Stel
Texas legislators are debating whether to repeal the Texas Dream Act. Signed by then-Governor Rick Perry in 2001, the law allows certain undocument...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dixon School of the Arts, Credit: Flickr.com
More than 230,000 students attend charter schools in Texas. And, on average, those students show less progress in reading and math than their peers...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 02:22
Caption: Chance Hawkins and Edgar Ortiz, Credit: Stella M. Chavez
For a kid with severe physical disabilities, having an aide at school can make a huge difference. It can affect whether a student stays in school o...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 03:58
Caption: North Dallas High School students, Credit: Lara Solt
160. That was the number of homeless kids this past year in North Dallas High School. Homeless students are four times more likely to drop out, the...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:24
Caption: Charles Johnson and Desmond Davis, Credit: Lara Solt
For more than 15 years, Charles ‘CJ’ Johnson has unofficially fostered homeless kids from North Dallas High School. He’s made his house their home ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:53
Caption: Desmond Davis
Desmond is one of those students that schools like to brag about: He’s a runner, wrestler and drum major. He graduated from North Dallas High Schoo...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 05:54
Caption: Sylvia Torres, Credit: Lara Solt
Across Texas, almost every high school has homeless students. They’re often invisible to classmates. Invisible to teachers. They’re even invisible ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 06:00