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Most military recruits come from families of people who served. Experts say that's not sustainable.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Military and community leaders, including Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (second from left), applaud new military recruits at a "Community Salute to Service" May 11 at Waynesville, Mo. High School., Credit: Dawn Arden / U.S. Army
The military is having a tough time finding new recruits, and one factor may be its heavy reliance on families of those who’ve served.

Bought by KTEP, Texas Public Radio, KPBS, WRFA-LP, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 6
College Classes Are Back In-Person, And Student Mental Health Is On The Decline
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Students attending colleges like Syracuse University are struggling to keep up with the increased workload and stress that have come with a return to fully in-person classes., Credit: Alex Malanoski 2021
With most college classes back fully in-person, current sophomores who started their college careers online are having a difficult time balancing t...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2021
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
GN_6.57_ Gaming For Peace
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A young boy designs video games about peace. He grew up as a Ugandan refugee and became a brilliant video game designer and business owner.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 05, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Security and Discipline in New Orleans Charter Schools Make Many Students Feel Unsafe
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 10 Asha Lane, a senior at one of New Orleans' high schools (all of which are charter schools) investigates why security and disc...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:26
  • Purchases: 1
Every Child in the Woods
From: Elia Powers
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Nature-based preschools are becoming increasingly popular. A school director in Seattle explains why children benefit from time in the woods.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
How disabled is too disabled to work?
From: WXXI Rochester
Series: Exited
Caption: Veronica Volk/WXXI News, Credit: Akin Johnson holds his credential during the East High School commencement in June 2017.
In recent years, there has been a push to get people with disabilities into the general workforce. But despite these initiatives, some students who...

Bought by KZYX and Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 2
Maritime schools teach Great Lakes skills
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Students build a tugboat at The Maritime Academy of Toledo, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz
The Maritime Academy of Toledo is one of 56 schools around the country that incorporate skills like boat building and seamanship into its curriculum.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 7
"For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education."
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Dr. Christopher Emdin, associate Professor of Math, Science and Technology at Teachers College of Columbia University) speaking about his new book,...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:00:03
Russell Granet and Lincoln Center Education: Enriching Learning Through the Arts
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate Media interview with Russell Granet of Lincoln Center Education on the importance of the arts for children and Russell's ext...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 43:11
Saving Onondaga Language from Extinction
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: The Onondaga Nation is located at Nedrow, New York. © 2015 Laura Molina
The Onondaga Nation started a program to save their language and their culture. Right know, many native American languages are endangered due to th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bay Area schools put race on the syllabus
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Beginning next fall, all San Francisco public schools will offer a class called Ethnic Studies. It’s a look at American history and culture from th...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
How one Oakland school is getting kids to class
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A board encouraging attendance greets students and parents as they walk into Garfield Elemantary School, Credit: Isabel Angell
Oakland schools have a dropout rate that’s higher than the state average. So, the district made solving the problem a priority. Officials started t...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:18
Social Exclusion and Bullying
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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Who are the kids who are left out, excluded? How does this play into bullying?

Bought by KVNO


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Grafton Girls Against Bullying
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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Senior girls in Grafton, ND organize to mentor younger girls.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 03:53
Cyberbullying
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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A girl and her mother talk about being bullied by internet, a school security officer talks about posing as a 14 year old online.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 04:21
Anti-Bullying Remarkable Efforts.
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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Bullying is a complex problem with many different causes. It’s defined as aggression that is habitual and that involves a power imbalance. Today th...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 04:08
Coaching Boys into Men
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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Coaches work to get boys out of bullying.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KVNO


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
Club de robótica inspira a latinos a estudiar ciencias
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
Caption: Dianna Valenzuela y Sergio Corral trabajan juntos en el panel de control de un robot acuático., Credit: Valeria Fernández / Radio Bilingüe
In Phoenix, Arizona, a robotics club is becoming a hotbed for Latino students, many of them low-income and some undocumented, to go on to graduate ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
School Culture and Bullying
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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People working on bullying talk about how the culture of a school must change.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:03
American Graduate - Crossing the Stage
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
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Hosted by Dick Gordon, this program talks about what’s happening with the drop-out rate in the country. More kids are staying in school but those n...

Bought by KUNM, KTSW 89.9, WNIJ, KUHF, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 14
Revisiting the inner lives of teenagers with ADHD three years later
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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In 2010, we brought you a whole show focused on ADHD and its effects. We spoke with four San Francisco teenagers living with ADHD about how they ma...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 11:24
"Flowcabulary" and other lessons from a special education teacher
From: KALW
Caption: Stevie Evans with her students
Special education is no stranger to California news. This past winter, a special education teacher in Oakland was accused of beating one of her stu...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 2
Diana Diaries, Part 3: Putting ninth graders on a path to graduation in Oakland
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Diana Diaries
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom
Diana Arbas has been retracing the ups and downs of teaching ninth graders at Oakland High School. In her first semester she was guided by a mentor...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 09:40
Diana Diaries, Part 2: A teacher's first year in Oakland
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Diana Diaries
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom
Diana, 27, is learning to lead in the classroom with the help of her Coordinating Teacher, or CT. She has felt a sense of responsibility to her stu...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:50
Diana Diaries, Part 1: A lesson in teaching from a first-time instructor
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom
This is Diana’s radio diary of her first year teaching at Oakland High in a ninth grade English class. You’ll hear what was challenging and what wa...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 11:05