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North Carolina Teachers Cover Classroom Costs On Their Own Dime
From: WUNC
Caption: Guilford County fourth grade math teacher Diana Watson scopes out the shelves of donated markers and highlighters at the Guilford County Teacher Supply Warehouse., Credit: Jess Clark, WUNC
Recent national surveys from the National School Supply and Equipment Association show teachers spend an average of $500 to nearly $1,000 a year ou...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:49
Parents, Employees Question Cuts To Durham Schools
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
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Reductions in state funding have forced school districts across the state to cut millions from their budgets. But parents, employees and activists ...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
Lawmaker Stands Behind Plan For Charter School Takeover, Despite Lackluster Results
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Rep. Rob Bryan (R-Mecklenburg), Credit: NC General Assembly
In 2012, Tennessee lawmakers took a few of the state’s lowest-performing schools and put them in an "Achievement School District" (ASD). ASD school...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
What It's Like Inside A Low-Performing School
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Lead teacher Amy Brewer goes over a Math lesson at Concord Middle School in Cabarrus County., Credit: Reema Khrais
Reema Khrais reports on how teacher retention issues impact low-performing schools.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 04:01
The Problem of Rural Schools (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Nearly a quarter of Virginia’s schools are in rural areas. According to one researcher, Federal education policy could threaten the sustainability ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Teacher of the Year (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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It’s no secret that teachers are underpaid and underappreciated. But when a state’s Teacher of the Year jumps ship, it gets a lot of attention. Lil...

Bought by KENW and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Cost of For-Profit College (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Are for-profit colleges and universities worth the money? Lilia Fuquen reports that according to a new study, for-profit colleges are not only cost...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 2
Social Media Scrubbing (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With graduation ceremonies wrapping up across the country, it’s time for that dreaded next chapter: the job hunt. But for those students scrambling...

Bought by KZYX, KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 4
The Black Escalation Effect (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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For decades, studies have shown African-American students are disciplined more often and with greater consequences than their white peers. Now, a n...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 3
The Two Bloomingtons: Weighing the pros and cons of the student exodus.
From: WFHB
Series: Voices in the Street
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This week's edition asks Bloomington residents about the annual student exodus from the city.

  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 03:53
Denver Braille Challenge 2017
From: Julia Caulfield
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In January 2017, over a dozen visually impaired and blind young people from the Denver metro area competed in the annual Braille Challenge. It's a ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
College Credits for Free (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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It used to be that a high school education was enough to support a comfortably middle class lifestyle. But these days, it takes a lot more to get a...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 24, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
An American Mosque
From: Monique Parsons
Caption: The Prayer Center of Orland Park sits on a hilltop 35 miles southwest of Chicago. , Credit: Alyssa Schukar
An inside look at an American mosque: the story of two men who set out to build a "model mosque" in the suburbs of Chicago.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 62: Wildin
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 2014, 16-year-old Wildin Acosta left Olancho, Honduras and traveled toward the U.S. border. When he arrived, he turned himself in to border patr...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 22:47
  • Purchases: 1
Unconscious Addiction (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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America is facing a opioids crisis of epic proportions. In the southeastern United States, there are more opioid prescriptions than there are peopl...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, KRZA, Radio Newark, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 5
Mental Health: Why Students of Color Suffer More
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Eliquewa Santiago says college makes her struggle with mental health even more difficult. (c) 2016 Taylor Epps
Mental health is an issue that rarely gets discussed in the black community. For college students of color the issue gets even more difficult.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
Dancing to Save a Life
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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More and more students are taking part in fundraisers where they pledge not just to stand on their feet for long periods of time, but dance. Their ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
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
Black Lives Matter protest shapes Ohio ballot
From: George Drake, Jr.
Caption: Black Lives Matter protesters take over city hall in Columbus, OH., Credit: George Drake, Jr.
Black Lives Matter protesters take over a city council meeting to protest against police killings of blacks, and how Ty're King's death overlapped ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
Students Call for Equality Across College Campuses
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Today’s feature story explores a recent outcry from college students across the country, who are seeking racial justice and peace on campus.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 07:38
Food Insecurity in Bloomington's "Crestmont" Neighborhood
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Impoverished areas without grocery access to health foods are increasingly drawing attention in Indiana.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 04:12
Bought and Sold
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Javille Sutton was a 14-year-old runaway when she accepted a ride from a pimp who sold her across the country for the next six years. She was arrested multiple times as a juvenile. She now counsels girls at a horse ranch for young victims of trafficking.
Advocates for kids are pushing for a new approach to combating underage prostitution: treating young people caught up in sex trafficking as victims...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WRIR, WEKU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Where All The Old Clothes Go
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
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Unwanted and old fabrics often get thrown away, but they have a large value to the environment and local communities when they are recycled.

  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:15
Beats to a New Drum
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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The realm of South Korean pop music is now not only popular among fans in South Korea but also among those in the United States. Listen to its fier...

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 05:56