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Wanting More than Chemistry and Calc
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Saving and Spending , Credit: © Lauren Chiardio 2018
Two young adults share opinions regarding their own former high schools' curriculums. One of the students was required to take a financial literacy...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:57
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
High School Students are Participating in the Wrong Clubs to Get Into Their Dream School
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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High school students think they need to join a lot of clubs to give themselves the best shot at getting into a top school. Guidance counselors, par...

  • Added: May 02, 2017
  • Length: 04:22
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
Gender Fluid Generation: Evolving Gender Norms At School
From: Youth Radio
Caption: Jace McDonald,16, stands in front of his high school’s bathrooms in El Cerrito, California. Under current California law, students have the right to use the school bathroom that corresponds with their preferred gender., Credit: Teresa Chin
Young people increasingly see gender as not just limited to male and female. Youth Radio has been exploring the torchbearers of gender fluidity -- ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Invisible Americans: Stories from the New Immigrants
From: Black Swan Arts
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Invisible Americans: Stories from the New Immigrants explores the lives of immigrants through the eyes of children. “One of the values of seeing t...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Louisville Public Media, KQED and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
If We Can Get The Beast Out of His Lair...
From: Radio K
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In 1913, the American Social Hygiene Association launched a campaign to eradicate sexually transmitted diseases and prostitution. The subject was c...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
An answer to the American education crisis
From: With Good Reason
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A psychologist and education specialist is finishing up a major study that looks at how teenage brains respond to mental exercises. His findings su...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
Sleep Depravity in College Students
From: Chuck Harris
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WRVG's Chuck Harris looks into how college students spend their precious sleep time.

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:37
Roland Scott: The Art of Transformation
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Rolanda Scott can take a chunk of solid glass, drop it in a flower pot then super heat it in her kiln, turning it into liquid, which she then pours...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2011
  • Length: 53:46
What are your thoughts on drugs?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Everyone has thoughts on them.

  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 04:10
Black Feather P.O.E.T.S.
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Familiar with edutainment?!

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
Rejected
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Seven can be a very lucky number for some people. Not so much for others!

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
The 'Courage' to Graduate
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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Khalil Osiris’ “Circle of Courage” is one strategy the Booker T. Washington middle school is using to try and help students stay out of trouble and...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:30
Learn how to learn
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Gutzmann kids at the radijojo offices
Ever had trouble listening? ever had trouble concentrating? Yes sometimes we all have such problems. But some have it worst than others, some even...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 30:01
Live and Learn
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Josh
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Eighteen year old Josh Dayton lives in the real world, and his own fantasy world.

Bought by WCFM and WHQR


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 2