All Pieces for American Public Media

 
Teaching Teachers
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Teachers in Chicago doing "lesson study," a teacher improvement practice borrowed from Japan., Credit: Emily Hanford
This documentary what it would take to improve American teaching on a wide scale. We meet researchers who are trying to understand what makes teach...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Prairie Public, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Living Legacy: Black Colleges in the 21st Century
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Students at Howard University graduation, class of 2015, Credit: Emily Hanford
Graduates of historically black colleges and universities helped launch the civil rights movement and built the black middle class. But after deseg...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WUFT, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WESM 91.3 FM, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ready to Work: Reviving Vocational Ed
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student learns welding at a vocational high school in Massachusetts., Credit: Photo by Emily Hanford
Vocational education used to prepare some kids for blue-collar futures while others were put on a path to college. Now advocates say career and tec...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WMUU-LP, WHRV, KUHF, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
The New Face of College
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A graduate and her parents celebrate first-generation college students at Amherst College., Credit: Photo by Suzanne Pekow
Today's college students are more likely to be older, working class, and ethnically diverse than in the past. Colleges must figure out how to serve...

Bought by WUFT, WMUU-LP, KQED, WESM 91.3 FM, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Greater Expectations: The Challenge of the Common Core
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Students in Kentucky taking a Common Core math test, Credit: Photo by Emily Hanford
New Common Core education standards are surrounded by controversy. Most teachers actually like the Common Core, but they’re worried about all the s...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WESM 91.3 FM, WNIJ, KPIP-LP, Capital Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
The Science of Smart
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Students in a Chinese immersion class in Utah., Credit: Photo by Stephen Smith
Schools across the country are trying new ways to teach based on brain science. Teachers say current techniques are failing, but new approaches can...

Bought by WUFT, WMUU-LP, WHRV, KUNM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Second Chance Diploma: Examining the GED
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Studying for the GED at an adult education school in Washington, D.C., Credit: Emily Hanford
Millions of high school dropouts hope their ticket to a better job is getting a GED. But critics say passing a test is not the same as getting a hi...

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, WITF, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
One Child at a Time: Custom Learning in the Digital Age
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Working a math problem at Mooresville Middle School in North Carolina, where each student gets a laptop., Credit: Stephen Smith
Learning with a personal tutor is one of the best ways to learn. But hiring a tutor for every student was never a realistic option, until now. Can ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, KMXT, KOSU, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Keyboard College: How Technology is Revolutionizing Higher Education
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Gary Hotsfall, a student at Western Governor’s University Washington. WGU is a network of nonprofit online universities., Credit: Stephen Smith
Digital technologies are changing how many Americans go to college - from online courses to robo-tutors. Can these innovations make college cheaper...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WUFT, KZYX, KMXT, and KOSU


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Rise of Phoenix: For-Profit Universities Shake Up the Academy
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A class at the University of Phoenix's Hohokam campus in Arizona. Phoenix is the nation's largest for-profit university and largely serves working adults. , Credit: Brian Pobuda/University of Phoenix
The rapid rise of career-oriented, for-profit colleges and universities has provoked heated debate about the costs, quality and purpose of higher e...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Grit, Luck and Money: Preparing Kids for College and Getting Them Through
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: YES Prep students at an informational session at the University of Oklahoma. YES Prep is a charter school network that serves a low-income population in Houston, Tex. and focuses on getting all of its students accepted into 4-year colleges. , Credit: YES Prep Public Schools
Why are so many low-income students quitting college, and what leads a few to beat the odds and make it through? (8/30/2012)

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, KERA, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Cheryl Rogowski: Farm-to-Plate Innovator
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
Caption: Cheryl Rogowski, Farmer and MacArthur "Genius"
Where does our food come from? Since we pay close attention to so many aspects of food in the holiday season, host Majora Carter visits Cheryl Rogo...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, KVMR, KEDM, WZEN.org and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Marla Spivak: Think Like a Bee
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
Caption: Marla Spivak, Bee Researcher and MacArthur "Genius"
When you sit down at your holiday table, thank a bee. A third of the food on your plate is made possible by these pollinators, whose numbers are be...

Bought by KUER, KPIP-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, WLPR , KEDM and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Who Needs an English Major? The Future of Liberal Arts Education
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: The campus of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., founded in 1874. , Credit: Steve Woit, courtesy of Macalester College.
The most popular college major in America these days is business. Does it pay to study liberal arts? (9/8/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WHRV, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WTIP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Don’t Lecture Me: Rethinking the Way College Students Learn
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: College students in a Maryland science class. Some professors are abandoning the traditional lecture because research suggests it's not very effective, but lecture classes are still common. , Credit: Emily Hanford
Most college students spend a lot of time listening to lectures. But research shows there are better ways to learn. (9/1/2011)

Bought by WUFT, WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, WTIP, KZYX and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Some College, No Degree: Why So Many Americans Drop Out of College, and What to Do About It
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student picks up new job skills at the Tennessee Technology Center in Murfreesboro, a technical school where many people who have quit college go to improve their chances in an increasingly competitive economy. , Credit: Doug Strickland
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTIP, KWIT, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Sharon Hanshaw: Leading Out of the Ruins
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Before Katrina, Sharon Hanshaw owned a beauty salon and lived in a house on a tree-lined street. All that all changed when the hurricane hit Biloxi...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio, Vermont Public, KOSU and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Reimagining a New Way of Life
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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New Orleans East is home to the most-dense ethnically Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. In the Gulf region, about 80 percent of Vietnamese ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KGNU Community Radio, Vermont Public, WTIP and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Wilma Subra: Chemistry of the Aftermath
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Chemist Wilma Subra has spent her career defending local communities against Louisiana’s powerful oil and gas industry. Since the Deepwater Horizon...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, Vermont Public, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Nat Turner: Planting Seeds for a Lifetime
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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For Nat Turner, garden rakes and shovels are tools for transformation. He's transformed an old store in New Orlean's Lower Ninth Ward into an urba...

Bought by KOSU, KCMJ Community Radio, KWMR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10

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