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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
Sixty years after the Supreme Court banned school segregation, a report found that schools are still segregated, and New York City schools more tha...
- Added: Sep 22, 2014
- Length: 07:16
Most English learners in secondary school are considered Long Term English learners, meaning students who have been English learners for six-years ...
- Added: Aug 18, 2014
- Length: 08:18
Spanish-Speaking Kids Benefit from Oklahoma Pre-K - Children from low-income families, immigrant families, or who are English learners often come ...
- Added: Aug 15, 2014
- Length: 05:55
Some members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe are concerned that their perspective won't be adequately portrayed at the 400th commemoration of the Pi...
- Added: Jul 28, 2014
- Length: 05:47
More than thirteen states require children who do not demonstrate a good grasp of reading to repeat third grade. This is the first year that studen...
- Added: Jun 10, 2014
- Length: 05:33
Though many salute the Common Core Standards as a new method of teaching that will help students to reason better, in Florida, some experts are con...
- Added: Jun 10, 2014
- Length: 05:49
A charter school in Texas is dedicated solely to helping students who previously dropped out of school to graduate. But the state is about to close...
- Added: Jun 06, 2014
- Length: 06:31
In Arizona, dual language immersion programs are gaining momentum and demand among Anglo families in wealthier school districts, while dual immersi...
Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
- Added: Jun 06, 2014
- Length: 07:25
- Purchases: 1
Dan Goleman wrote the book called Emotional Intelligence in 1995. The book generated enormous interest in the science of emotional intelligence and...
- Added: Apr 07, 2014
- Length: 55:42
John D. Mayer, or Jack as he likes to be called, is the renowned psychologist who co-developed the groundbreaking theory of emotional intelligence ...
- Added: Mar 15, 2014
- Length: 52:30
While many schools across the country are facing budget cuts and teacher layoffs, students at highly reputable universities are signing up in drove...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WXDU
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 11:18
- Purchases: 2
Educators at one Brooklyn high school focus on getting their at-risk students across the threshold of the building. Sounds simple, right? Think again.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WABE, and WNIJ
- Added: Jan 02, 2014
- Length: 07:08
- Purchases: 3
Not long ago there was a food fight at Ralph Bunche High School. And Angel Hernandez is in trouble. He’s 18, a senior, and he’s not admitting anyth...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 07:23
Last month, a group of students from the 100% College Prep Club in the Bayview district marched into the San Francisco Unified School District boar...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 08:54
It’s an age old question for teachers from elementary school to college: how do you get students to do their homework? Some educators are trying to...
- Added: Nov 18, 2013
- Length: 02:28
Bean Blossom, population 15, attracts more than 20,000 bluegrass fans every year. How and why has bluegrass lasted several generations?
This was ...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Oct 16, 2013
- Length: 20:37
- Purchases: 1
People working on bullying talk about how the culture of a school must change.
- Added: Sep 20, 2013
- Length: 04:03
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
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
Dr. Cary Cherniss is currently the director and co-chair (with Daniel Goleman) of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organiza...
- Added: Aug 11, 2013
- Length: 34:39
Volcanoes fueled by baking soda and vinegar. Carnations dipped in colored water. Those are popular projects at school science fairs, but do they re...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Hark!, WABE, Troy Public Radio, WNIJ and more
- Added: Jul 12, 2013
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 18
Missing the deadline...and heading off for a week's vacation...The House and Senate failed to reach a final deal on keeping student loan interest r...
Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and WOUB
- Added: Jul 03, 2013
- Length: 59:11
- Purchases: 2
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
Getting access to special education services can be tough. A lawsuit is currently making its way to the California courts saying that school distri...
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 08:09
