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A growing number of state legislatures are using driving privileges as an incentive to keep students from dropping out of high school. States' laws...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 07:20
Part of the American Graduate project addressing the country's high school dropout crisis, Ray Suarez and former Deputy Secretary of Education Dian...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 09:40
Hoping to stem a high school dropout crisis, one Texas superintendent is luring many students back to school by giving them a taste of college cour...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 08:00
As part of the NewsHour's American Graduate series, correspondent Spencer Michels reports on Techbridge, an after-school program based in Oakland, ...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 09:42
Victor Rios says he has lived two lifetimes. In his first, he was a gang member, juvenile delinquent and high school dropout. Now, he's a sociology...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 08:54
Photographer and University of California, Santa Barbara professor Richard Ross has spent five years documenting juvenile detention facilities thro...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 05:46
In Shelbyville, Ind., Melissa Lakes and the Student Achievement Center provide at-risk students with technology-enhanced hands-on learning. But it ...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 08:56
How does violence affect students' ability to learn? That's what eighth-grader De'Qonton Davis and his classmates set out to investigate as part of...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 09:04
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 04:38
- Purchases: 1
A deeper look into the recent news of the Goldwater Scholarship Award being given to Prashant Rajan, and using that as a vehicle to further explore...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 04:05
When you think of climate change, you might think of melting ice shelves. Heat waves. Shrinking habitat for animals and plants. You might not think...
Bought by Aspen Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 10, 2012
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 3
Whitebark pine trees, once a feature of the mountainous west, are under attack. Nearly two-thirds have died from beetle attacks and other causes, h...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 17, 2012
- Length: 05:56
- Purchases: 1
Caves may lie beneath our radar, but they play an important role in many Southeastern U.S. ecosystems. They filter water and shelter diverse wildli...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 03:44
- Purchases: 3
News and features and the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.
- Added: Nov 04, 2011
- Length: 29:00
This is a documentary snapshot of the hundreds of people camped out at NYC's Zuccotti Park that attempts to go beyond simple slogans to the varying...
- Added: Oct 20, 2011
- Length: 32:50
Most Civil War scholarship focuses on generals and their armies. But historians at a recent conference explored how water, heat, and horses affecte...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Jun 13, 2011
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 1
‘Tis the season to buy and sell. We take a closer look at some of the current trends in retail online.
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 26:10
The snow has started to fall. What does the internet offer for amusement in the winter? Matisyahu, Charlie Brown, and curling in the same audio pla...
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 19:42
The Winter Olympics only comes around every four years, but fans of the peculiar sport of curling can find curling content online all year round. T...
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 04:46
A look at how the British Colombian government has enacted Olympic-related legislation to quell protest and dissension. Critics claim these new by...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 18, 2010
- Length: 05:04
- Purchases: 1
Vancouver Olympic organizers promised legacies - improvements to the community. They promised their nearly 9 billion dollar investment would pay h...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 13, 2010
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 1
A look at how the British Colombian government has enacted Olympic-related legislation to quell protest and dissension. Critics claim these new by...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 13, 2010
- Length: 06:11
- Purchases: 1
Many of British Columbia's aboriginal groups say the Olympics have allowed the government to take their land in the name of the Olympic Games. The...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 12, 2010
- Length: 06:14
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 03, 2010
- Length: 07:12
Charlotte-area small business Tyler 2 Construction is putting laid-off workers on "attached unemployment" and still paying their health insurance b...
Bought by Michigan Radio Economy Special and KUOW
- Added: Nov 23, 2009
- Length: 03:24
- Purchases: 2
